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| Caterham Member Since: 06 Nov 2008 Location: Birmingham Posts: 6298   
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not only did I think that I'd read somewhere on here that the 2011MY defender had 4 side lights (ie side lights and main head lights with a side light) but I thought I'd seem mine as such.
anyhow i specifically had a look the other day..... I must have been dreaming? cant help but think it would look good though? now where's the doctor. |
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17th Nov 2010 9:22pm |
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| Grockle Member Since: 24 Nov 2008 Location: Peak District National Park Posts: 2266  
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sleep walking again,mind the road
 2.4 90 XS
1968 1/32 scale Britains 109 Pick up. |
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18th Nov 2010 3:05am |
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| ken Member Since: 18 Aug 2009 Location: Banging Birds with my bitches !! Posts: 4328
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SVX has sidelight bulbs in the main HL
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18th Nov 2010 8:26am |
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| Alex e Member Since: 23 Apr 2007 Location: Home isn't it Posts: 204 
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my Td5 has sidelights in the headlights.....
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18th Nov 2010 10:04am |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17352 
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It's called dim-dip, and is a hare-brained Euro initiative that briefly became a UK requirement. I don't know why some Defenders (commercial models) still have it, when others (the 'soft' models) don't, but it is utterly, utterly pointless (rather like rear fog lamps which, as we all know, cause more accidents than they prevent)! The good news is that it takes about 3 minutes to disable the dim-dip feature. |
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18th Nov 2010 4:03pm |
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| warren Member Since: 14 Oct 2009 Location: East Lancs. Posts: 903 
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Ooo!! How! I fair want to get shut of it. I think it looks daft the way the headlamps slowly light up. It's like a dodgy pantomime's stage lights. |
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18th Nov 2010 4:09pm |
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| Mad Cow Member Since: 27 Oct 2009 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 292 
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Yep my Hard top has dim dip, haven't got round to disabling yet but might do it when I finally get round to fitting some SVX style LED sidelights as it will definitely look wrong then.
Instructions to get rid of it here http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic1955.html?highlight=dim+dip MAD COW 2007 90 Hard Top - 2009 BMW F800GS - 2002 CCM 604E Dual Sport Project90 |
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18th Nov 2010 4:43pm |
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| warren Member Since: 14 Oct 2009 Location: East Lancs. Posts: 903
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Just after I typed that last message I thought I had a moment of de ja vu... Turns out I've asked the same question before! Feel so dip-DIM myself!
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18th Nov 2010 7:17pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17352
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The resistor pack is located under the offside front wing and to disable the dim dip all you need to do is unplug the connector fromm the pack. It is tricky to see and reach, and a small mirror may help. It is actually about 6" in front of the aerial towards the headlight, inside the wing, where the flat wing top panel joins the inner wing, partly hidden by the air intake ducting. It might have been possible to find a more inaccessible place for it, but I doubt it! |
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18th Nov 2010 11:15pm |
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| Caterham Member Since: 06 Nov 2008 Location: Birmingham Posts: 6298
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now I'm really confused. when I looked at them last time I thought the little bit of light was simply a reflection off the seperate side lights - I'll have to have ANOTHER look (proper look this time). |
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19th Nov 2010 8:27am |
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| Bristol 90XS Member Since: 31 Oct 2010 Location: North of Bath Posts: 223
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Hi - I've just bought some new headlights with clear lenses from Bol on Bits and some Extreme Brilliance bulbs from Halfords.
I thought the defender used H4 bulbs so bought the H4 lights and H4 extreme Brilliance... Now looking at the manual it says the bulbs are H7???? Please help!! and which one is right? Thanks, James |
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7th Dec 2010 1:57pm |
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| WelshGas Member Since: 01 Oct 2010 Location: Vale of Glamorgan Posts: 935  
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H7 are, I believe, single filament bulbs. You are correct the latest handbook states H7. However, I have just changed my bulbs for H4 Extreme Brilliance from Halfords, Dual filament High/Dipped Beam bulbs.
ALL the eBay listings for Defender Headlamp Bulbs are for H4 bulbs. Very interesting. Extract from Wikipedia :- More recent single-filament bulb designs include the H7 (55 W @ 12.0 V, 1500 lm ±10% @ 13.2 V  |
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7th Dec 2010 2:34pm |
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| Bristol 90XS Member Since: 31 Oct 2010 Location: North of Bath Posts: 223
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thats great so I have bought the right bulbs and lights!!!!!
How did you get on with the extreme brilliance - did they make any difference? |
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7th Dec 2010 4:48pm |
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| WelshGas Member Since: 01 Oct 2010 Location: Vale of Glamorgan Posts: 935
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Definitely compared with the standard bulbs. Have also changed all the Brake/sidelight/reverse and rear fog to LED replacement bulbs. Haven't changed the indicator lights as would need a different relay.
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7th Dec 2010 7:44pm |
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