Xenon flashing problem.

[Das Chin]

come with a 2 year warranty so I doubt I will have the car by then so not bothered ;-)

[shimmy]

BTW the xenon bulbs I bought are EXCATLY the same brand as what audi would charge and they work. :supz:

Or Hong Kong fakes

Mine were £20 each,

[Das Chin]

all the dealers are up to it no matter what the brand.

the worst one is the brake pads and the daft sensors which kick in around half worn. most people who are not in the know or the fleet cars just replace them....cut the sensors and double the mileage on those pads. madness.

BTW the xenon bulbs I bought are EXCATLY the same brand as what audi would charge and they work. :supz:

[shimmy]

As criminal as that is AUDI have an even more fruitful revenue rising scam known as the "RS Quattro" Tax :whistle:

or the "take out the engine to change the cam belt on the RS6" scam :thumbs:

[mattCSLnut]

the stealers put a MASSIVE mark up on these xenon bulbs.

I just got a pair of OEM Phillips bulbs for the audi q5 off the tinternet for £58! audi want 150 per bulb!! criminal.

people don't know where to go or how to fit them so easier to go to stealers.

loads of tutorials on you tube on how to fit and not fcuk up.

As criminal as that is AUDI have an even more fruitful revenue rising scam known as the "RS Quattro" Tax :whistle:

[Das Chin]

the stealers put a MASSIVE mark up on these xenon bulbs.

I just got a pair of OEM Phillips bulbs for the audi q5 off the tinternet for £58! audi want 150 per bulb!! criminal.

people don't know where to go or how to fit them so easier to go to stealers.

loads of tutorials on you tube on how to fit and not fcuk up.

[shimmy]

Bought two Phillips D2S lamps and fitted and the flashing seems to have stopped for now. Wont say its all fixed until I have taken her for a spirited night time run

[mistergav]

I bought two Phillips Xenon bulbs (48177031P - Philips Bulb D2S Xenon) from ECP for 76.99 each.

Probably wasn't the best deal. I see they are down to 70 each now.

Iirc xenon oem are phillips I think, but non xenon are Osram

[shimmy]

From Bmw there about £110 but the bulbs are made by osram and you can get them off ebay ect for £35.:thumbs:

Iirc xenon oem are phillips I think, but non xenon are Osram

[shimmy]

From Bmw there about £110 but the bulbs are made by osram and you can get them off ebay ect for £35.:thumbs:

Hmmm fakes maybe

[Csl spurs]

Bulb

From Bmw there about £110 but the bulbs are made by osram and you can get them off ebay ect for £35.:thumbs:

[shimmy]

Anybody know cheapest place for xenon lamps

[shimmy]

Tried to swap xenon lamps today to see if it cured it but couldn't for the life of me get the rear cover off the driver side xenon. :banghead: not enough room

Couldn't also get the full lamp unit out as one bolt had rusted in.

Gonna have to buy a replacement lamp and check one side only.

[Alx]

My recently acquired E46 Alpina B3 has the same problem.

I suspect it is the lamp or the ballast.

It will go to the dealer next week.

Regards,
Alex

[terraphantm]

Could be a lot of things. In the case of my own M3, it ended up being that the igniter wasn't making good contact with the bulb's grounding ring. I bent the 3 outer pins towards the center, and the problem never came back for me.