Bulbs, how many and how to I remove this bit?!

[jamski]

So my main and dip light on the near side isn't working. Not had to change the bulbs before so had a look and managed to remove the bulb in the picture below.

Is this a double filament bulb (therefore the only one I need to replace)? And how on earth do I remove it from the plastic bit?!

I've done a search, and aware the manual could well tell me some of this but don't have it to hand right now. :)

Thanks,

James.

[FROSTYBALLS]

The bulb is an HIR2 bulb, which is single filament, but supplies both high and low beam (high beam is produced by an actuator moving the bulb or the reflector). The 'plastic bit' is an integral part of the bulb, so not removable.

See https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=hir2+bulb

[jamski]

10 minutes ago, FROSTYBALLS said:

The bulb is an HIR2 bulb, which is single filament, but supplies both high and low beam (high beam is produced by an actuator moving the bulb or the reflector). The 'plastic bit' is an integral part of the bulb, so not removable.

See https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=hir2+bulb

Then I shall stop trying to rip the bulb out of the plastic!

Thanks very much, perfect reply. :)

[jamski]

I assume you get what you pay for as most things in life??

£20 for two

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bulbs-Halogen-Headlight-Autolampe-Sockets/dp/B01FWB0R2C/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1467795235&sr=8-3&keywords=hir2+bulb

Or £20 for one

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Osram-9012-Headlight-Bulb/dp/B00I409JK0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1467802134&sr=8-1&keywords=hir2+bulb

I have £20 sitting in my Amazon account so would like to get from there unless there's a significant reason not to. Thanks. :)

[craggle]

When I had one fail I bought a couple of the cheaper ones and the light output was dismal. I suspect they were standard halogen bulbs just fitted to a base the same as the HIR-2 bulb.

I confined them to the emergency bulb pack in the boot and bought some proper Phillips HIR-2 bulbs. They cost about £70 a pair but much better performance and I think better than the original Toshiba bulbs I had.

Craig.