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Supacat

Member Since: 16 Oct 2012
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 11018

2013 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS DCPU Keswick Green

john adam wrote:
Just found on ebay General Electric Megalight Ultra +120% bulbs.

Carlo - Got a link to them - can find some 90%

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-x-12-v-60-55w-...3f1f0f3487

21st Nov 2012 9:46pm

john adam

Member Since: 01 Sep 2010
Location: Paris
Posts: 77

2010 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SW Keswick Green

thanks, but I referred to these lamps (on ebay France):

http://cgi.ebay.fr/2-ampoule-H4-GE-Megalig...51a459c002

They seem to be a quite new product:
http://www.gelighting.com/LightingWeb/emea...ghting.jsp

just to have some feedback
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22nd Nov 2012 1:02pm

HTB

Member Since: 24 Mar 2013
Location: Surrey
Posts: 71

2012 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 HT Buckingham Blue

ericvv wrote:
LR themselves these days are offering an upgraded H4 bulb as original accessory. Make sure you get those from them. The difference is very significant. The part number is VPLDV0061. They call them Xenon upgrade kit, but that is a lot of crap. In reality they are a standard wattage (55/60W) H4 bulb with filaments but filled with Xenon gas (so they say). For standard headlamps which take H4 it is a very good upgrade at marginal cost. Before I switched to LEDs I had them in my SVX and the light is brighter, whiter, with a very good spread. You can see the accessory offer on below link of LR UK website

http://www.landrover.com/gb/en/lr/defender/accessories/

Just used the search function properly and have the answer to my question below!!

LandRover want £127 for this upgrade - is that really right? That's umm... £63.50 a bulb

.... I'm just picking up a 2012 XS utility on Friday (well, its being delivered) and know I need better headlamps. This seemed like the easy option, but that's a whole lot for one bulb. And twice as much for two. Anyone know who else makes them to see if they can be sourced at a more reasonable cost?

Thanks, H

6th Aug 2013 4:49pm

ARC99

Member Since: 19 Feb 2013
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 1831

2008 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 USW Cairns Blue

Just done a search on the part number. Price from £22.30 to £23.50 plus VAT Don't make old people mad.
We don't like being old in the first place,
so it doesn't take much to

us off.

Richard

6th Aug 2013 7:14pm

ericvv

Member Since: 02 Jun 2011
Location: Near the Jet d'Eau
Posts: 5816

2009 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SVX Station Wagon Santorini Black

HTB wrote:
ericvv wrote:
LR themselves these days are offering an upgraded H4 bulb as original accessory. Make sure you get those from them. The difference is very significant. The part number is VPLDV0061. They call them Xenon upgrade kit, but that is a lot of crap. In reality they are a standard wattage (55/60W) H4 bulb with filaments but filled with Xenon gas (so they say). For standard headlamps which take H4 it is a very good upgrade at marginal cost. Before I switched to LEDs I had them in my SVX and the light is brighter, whiter, with a very good spread. You can see the accessory offer on below link of LR UK website

http://www.landrover.com/gb/en/lr/defender/accessories/

Just used the search function properly and have the answer to my question below!!

LandRover want £127 for this upgrade - is that really right? That's umm... £63.50 a bulb .... I'm just picking up a 2012 XS utility on Friday (well, its being delivered) and know I need better headlamps. This seemed like the easy option, but that's a whole lot for one bulb. And twice as much for two. Anyone know who else makes them to see if they can be sourced at a more reasonable cost?
Thanks, H

Excuse me????

I thought Land Rover here in Switzerland are expensive, but the price from my main dealer for those upgraded LR H4 bulbs was about the equivalent of 25 UK£, and they installed them free of charge on top of that.

Wonder if the dealer who gave you that price quote is talking about something totally different, if not...., well, I would change dealer quickly

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6th Aug 2013 7:32pm

pumaxs

Member Since: 18 Jul 2012
Location: Bath
Posts: 180

2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Zambezi Silver

HTB:
As said by others, these genuine LR bulb kits are quite reasonably priced.
e.g. You can buy online from Marshall Cambridge Land Rover for £24.07 (+ delivery?).
Is your dealer trying to sting you for the labour costs for fitting as well?
If so, tell them to get stuffed if they won't see sense and fit them for free, as they are a fairly straightforward to fit on DIY basis.
Just have a good look at everything, so you know exactly what yo need, before you order the parts.
My headlamp bezels + adjustment screw/fixing clips were rusted out and all needed replacing - Go for s/steel bezels from Mobile Centre.
One of the rubber grommets, that seals the back of the headlamp unit, was also missing and the lamp was full of dead insects!!
So I took the opportunity to fit crystal 'clear' headlamps - From Paddock's, etc.
These are all tried and tested upgrades that you will find discussed elsewhere on the forum.

'57 Defender 110 XS Station Wagon 2.4tdci

7th Aug 2013 7:58am

HTB

Member Since: 24 Mar 2013
Location: Surrey
Posts: 71

pumaxs wrote:
HTB:
As said by others, these genuine LR bulb kits are quite reasonably priced.
e.g. You can buy online from Marshall Cambridge Land Rover for £24.07 (+ delivery?).
Is your dealer trying to sting you for the labour costs for fitting as well?
If so, tell them to get stuffed if they won't see sense and fit them for free, as they are a fairly straightforward to fit on DIY basis.
Just have a good look at everything, so you know exactly what yo need, before you order the parts.
My headlamp bezels + adjustment screw/fixing clips were rusted out and all needed replacing - Go for s/steel bezels from Mobile Centre.
One of the rubber grommets, that seals the back of the headlamp unit, was also missing and the lamp was full of dead insects!!
So I took the opportunity to fit crystal 'clear' headlamps - From Paddock's, etc.
These are all tried and tested upgrades that you will find discussed elsewhere on the forum.

Thank you. Thankfully that branch isn't my dealer. I have guy Salmon TD quoting me for a price too, but suspect I'll end up buying from Cambridge as you suggest. It amazes me how the various dealers change so massively different prices. I guess Ascot are used to dealing with RR and RRS rather than Defenders.

I recently changed the lights on a TD5 90 and found exactly the issue you describe on the bezels as they were rusted out. i didn't actually get to fit the replacements to the TD5 so am hoping they'll drop straight on to the Puma when it arrives tomorrow.

Thanks again - off to look at the Cambridge site now...http://www.landroverpartshop.co.uk/categor...ing,b.html

H

7th Aug 2013 9:13am

LandRoverAnorak

Member Since: 17 Jul 2011
Location: Surrey
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They will. Puma and TD5 headlights are exactly the same. Darren

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7th Aug 2013 10:24am

BigWheels

Member Since: 21 Mar 2010
Location: Somerset
Posts: 1405

2008 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Tonga Green

If, like Martin, you prefer traditional looking headlamps, which would be the best lamp & bulb combination to buy? Land Rover Defenders. 67 years heritage, minimal appearance changes, still going strong all over the world. Not a fashion vehicle, but fashionable to own. Made for the needy, not the greedy. Ta ta Defender

7th Aug 2013 10:16pm

Shax

Member Since: 05 Oct 2010
Location: London
Posts: 391

2010 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Stornoway Grey

Osram Night Breakers.... H4... Got them installed in mine... But the best bet is to use them with Wipac Crystal headlamps... About £40 for bulbs n bowls.. ... ,-------,
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8th Aug 2013 10:53pm

Supacat

Member Since: 16 Oct 2012
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 11018

ericvv wrote:
Excuse me???? I thought Land Rover here in Switzerland are expensive, but the price from my main dealer for those upgraded LR H4 bulbs was about the equivalent of 25 UK£, and they installed them free of charge on top of that.
Wonder if the dealer who gave you that price quote is talking about something totally different, if not...., well, I would change dealer quickly

I think I may have posted that price - I was quoted that whilst negotiating with a main dealer for a number of accessories to be fitted to a brand new vehicle I was getting from them. Needless to say I was staggered and told them to forget it. Seeing as how easy it is to do yourself I cannot say why they appear to have priced it as a job they really didn't want to do?

Still not fitted uprated bulbs but have stripped down the headlights to see just how hard a job it was, or in this case wasn't.

10th Aug 2013 9:18am

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