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Feb 21st, 2018, 11:11 | #11 |
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Right, question answered myself in the end
It would appear that the dealers don't know what they are on about, and their system of your car registration number being linked to exact parts is wrong I was sold a bulb. What I needed to be sold, was a bulb pre mounted in a ballast box, which would explain why the bulb would not come out of the box. It's not meant to. Last edited by psq43; Feb 21st, 2018 at 11:13. |
Feb 21st, 2018, 11:25 | #12 |
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Wait, what?
Are you saying you cannot just replace a bulb, the bulb is built into the ballast and you have to buy a new ballast to get a new bulb?? |
Feb 21st, 2018, 12:09 | #13 | |
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Bear in mind, this is my first experience with both an XC90 and HID bulbs, AND I was sold by a Volvo dealer, just a bulb that looks precisely like the bulb protruding from the ballast box. I'm quietly confident that this would confuse even Stephen Hawking |
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Feb 21st, 2018, 12:17 | #14 | |
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Feb 21st, 2018, 12:39 | #15 | |
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Simple in the end, dealer error Like I said, first experience of both an XC90 and HID bulbs Last edited by psq43; Feb 21st, 2018 at 12:43. |
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Feb 21st, 2018, 12:41 | #16 | |
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I thought the Active Bi-Xenon lamps were fitted from 2007 on (D1S), and I have only seen those come fitted with the square silver ballast. The older Bi-Xenon lamps (D2R) were fitted to the non-active headlight cars.
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Feb 21st, 2018, 12:51 | #17 | |
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Not being a car buff and new to the car, I'm not really in a place to say End result, dealer sold me the wrong part that looks highly similar to the correct part to the uneducated, and now it's been rectified. Last edited by psq43; Feb 21st, 2018 at 12:56. |
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Feb 21st, 2018, 13:58 | #18 | |
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I was struggling to understand how/why Volvo would design a car where you can't replace a light bulb without replacing a perfectly good ballast too? |
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Feb 21st, 2018, 14:06 | #19 | |
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For sure though, it's the large square metal mounting the bulb sits in that was missing from my initial purchase. Hopefully I supplied an image a few posts ago on here comparing what I was sold and what I needed Last edited by psq43; Feb 21st, 2018 at 14:10. |
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Feb 21st, 2018, 15:13 | #20 |
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Not that it really matters, since the OP has his problem solved, but in the interests of clearing up any confusion, as Tannaton has already shown, the bulb and ballast ARE separate units and can be replaced independently. The OP has simply fitted a new bulb.
The bulb assembly does have a square metal base but it is just the base/mounting, not the ballast. The ballast is a larger unit, flat and rectangular, and slots into the underside of the headlight unit. |
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