Guest Atomaton Posted July 24, 2004 Share Posted July 24, 2004 There seems to be a difference in the bulb holder's between UK and J spec. and they've got slightly different connectors that plug into the wiring loom. Anyone got round this problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digsy Posted July 25, 2004 Share Posted July 25, 2004 If you have put UK lights in a J-spec car you should be able to get around the problem by simply buying UK spec bulbs. The connectors are integral to the bulbs for main and dipped beam. The way the bulbs themselves are "keyed" into the light differs from UK to J-spec. I found that the actual electrical connectors were the same on the bulbs, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted July 25, 2004 Share Posted July 25, 2004 Originally posted by Atomaton There seems to be a difference in the bulb holder's between UK and J spec. and they've got slightly different connectors that plug into the wiring loom. Anyone got round this problem? I recently had the same problem when fitting UK Spec glass lights into a RZ. I had to cut the small ridge out of the plastic on the inside of the of the bulb's electrical connector. I used a Dremmel, only took a few seconds once I realised what the problem was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digsy Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 I bought the two different types of main beam and sidelight bulbs from Halfrauds and almost ended up trimming off the centre tag from the connector until I realised that I was trying to fit the blubs the wrong way around. In short I could not get the J-spec bulbs to fit the UK lights (at all), but the UK bulbs went in fine (obviously) and once I had them the right way around, they connected to the J-spec harness with no mods required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Atomaton Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 Thanks for that info. Will try the dremmel method first, i did notice the step in the bulb holder on the J type. Why o why not make them all the same, its the same car, made at the same time...you know what i mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digsy Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 Originally posted by Atomaton Thanks for that info. Will try the dremmel method first, i did notice the step in the bulb holder on the J type. Why o why not make them all the same, its the same car, made at the same time...you know what i mean. Well on my car they were the same. That was kinda my point. Call me an old fuddy-duddy but I'd see if I could buy bulbs to fit off the shelf before I dremmeled my connectors, but that's just me. What bulbs do you have and where dd you get them from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Atomaton Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 Ah, dremmeled the light keys to fit in the UK headlamp, they now fit, but i've now noticed the rubber o-ring seal is actually smaller on the J-spec (so the J light plugs arn't making a seal in the Headlamp). Plan B, go and buy some UK spec bulbs! Should have listened to you Darren. You say the connector will fit the J type plug on the wiring loom? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 Originally posted by Darren Blake Well on my car they were the same. That was kinda my point. Call me an old fuddy-duddy but I'd see if I could buy bulbs to fit off the shelf before I dremmeled my connectors, but that's just me. You're an old fuddy duddy. BTW, I was talking about using a Dremmel on the bulb connector not the wiring loom connector. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digsy Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 Originally posted by Atomaton Ah, dremmeled the light keys to fit in the UK headlamp, they now fit, but i've now noticed the rubber o-ring seal is actually smaller on the J-spec (so the J light plugs arn't making a seal in the Headlamp). Plan B, go and buy some UK spec bulbs! Should have listened to you Darren. You say the connector will fit the J type plug on the wiring loom? Well all I can say is that I went to Halfrauds and bought the bulbs specified in their booklet (there are two different types with two different connectors - you need a pair of each). Once I got the right bulb in the right hole they dropped straight in and connected up fine. There was a thread a few weeks back with the reference numbers in. A search might dig it up, but the numbers in the Halfrauds booklet are correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Atomaton Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 After visiting 3 different halfords managed to get unopened bulb packets. Just about every packet had been opened! 8.99 a pop so that was £36 quid for 4 bulbs, wonder how much toyo sell these for. They do have different o-ring sizes, a slightly different key type but the same connector for the wiring loom thank feck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supradibbs Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 hi mate i to have just converted could you PM me the numbers for the bulbs be very grateful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chipmunk Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 Originally posted by supradibbs hi mate i to have just converted could you PM me the numbers for the bulbs be very grateful Ditto please...getting my UK lights tomorrow , fingers crossed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Atomaton Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 Only went to Halfords for them. Halfords p/n 9005 and 9006, 2 of each. rgds, A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuttynutz Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 cant you just trim the sides of the white ones? wont that work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Atomaton Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 the one on the left(brown) is the original J one, the right hand on is the proper fitment for the UK headlight. You can trim the ket to fit the headlight but the o-ring size is smaller so doesnt make a seal when its in the headlight. You can see the yellow rubber bit on the UK light is bigger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Atomaton Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 forgot to mention m8, the left hand light has a raised bit at the back you can't see from that photo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprash Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 We had this trouble, you have to trim one or two of the plastic flaps, but then teh metal part of the body, is then too big to fit into the hole, we machined it down, fits like original now.... EDITED: Just looked at the photo again, and the UK one doesnt seem to have a metal body to it, it is a plastic o-ring type thing, although we had bought thos fancy blue ones so might be made slightly different...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tango Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 Hi guys, How much & where can you get these glass headlight? cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chipmunk Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 Try these part numbers from Mr T : T81130-1B210 (127.71 + vat) & T81170-1B210 (127.71 + vat) George Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terawua Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 I had the same problem when I got my car. When I bought the car from Scotland, I noticed the headlamp wasnt working. They said they would replace it which they did, and obviously the guy putting it in realised it didnt fit so he just left it in *kind of* the right place, so I had to sort it out myself. To fix it I did the following - 1) Get a piece of dowelling (3/4/ inch I think) just smaller than the bulb hole 2) Wrap some emery cloth round the dowel. 3) Stick the other end of the dowel in the drill 4) Use the drill to spin the dowel in the lulb mount widening the diameter until the bulb fits with the rubber o-ring on it. You may get loads of metal dust inside the bulbs.... now would be a good time to cinsider sticking them in the oven and refurbishing them with some plastic polish! 5) Repeat for the other side Then when you have done this whenever you change the bulbs there is no hassle (Hopefully I wont have to do this as I have HID now and wont go back!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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