Bulb fitting??

[Supragal]

Yes I'm still not getting this... I'm certain these bulbs won't fit, but am awaiting the obvious being pointed out...

Some pics to help describe what I'm on about!

I had jspec lights, got UK lights. Ordered replacement bulbs for driving and main beam to fit a UK light. Driving bulb was a straight swap, it's the main beams I'm lost with...

First one, back of headlight, arrow indicating where the main beam bulb lives, jspec bulb rested in (won't fit due to lugs)

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Second, the jspec bulb...

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The UK bulb - note how the element has 2 parts- almost like it's intended to do dipped AND main perhaps??

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Again, UK bulb... note the fitment :confused:

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And the back of the UK light with no bulb in place...

So tell me I'm not being thick here... they won't fit will they??

[TRD3000GT]

I had the same problem. ended up filing the bulb metal down to get the damn thing to fit! as a temp.

Its easy enough to just get a jap spec bulb.

There are like 4 that look the same!

?
:conf:

[Supragal]

Cheers Chris... although I think you could be missing my point here... the bulbs I have from the original jspec lights will fit if I cut some of the lug out BUT I went for those spangly Philips H4 bulbs, which is what I wanted to use as I have them. The physical bulb looks wrong to me though?? :(

[TRD3000GT]

If it looks wrong it probably is. They have to be an exact!

Also if there is NO rubber seal your headlights will fog up all the time and condensation will form making ur new lights look Crap/

:D

[Supragal]

Hmm, thought as much...

Any UK owners or owners of uprated philips bulbs confirm this please?:thumbs:

[Nick@TC]

The UK bulb diesnt look like a H4 fitment, IIRC the 3 prongss should be the same size, whereas by the looks of the pic one is wider.

[michael]

Have you tried the search button? :p

Try this thread (http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=16763) for a bit of info, the general opinion seems to be that you either buy J-Spec bulbs or go with 2x 9005's and modify them to suit.

[Supragal]

Originally posted by mcanny
Have you tried the search button? :p



Hi, thanks for that... I have read several threads but they still don't really help TBH.

They all talk abotu modifying the bulb holder but there isn't even a holder on mine thats the same, I'm trying to establish if they're the wrong bulbs I suppose?

[Barnstormer]

I had some probs fitting the Phillips bulbs to my car. I bought 'em from Envy - Phillips bulbs HB3
I have a 1997 Facelifted j-spec mkIV TT auto and the HB3 bulbs fit perfectly into the main beam plugs without any modification.

However, the dip beam do require the two ridges in the bulb to be machined out as they do not fit the electrical plug connector which has only a single slot.
Here is the modded hb3 bulb I did�E

As you can see I used a dremmel with a milling bit to machine out the two ridges.

[Barnstormer]

Here is the original j-spec bulb from the dipped unit.
As you can see it only has a single ridge to fit the single groove plug connector.
In the end only took 5 mins to do both plugs and was v easy.

[Ian C]

Having seen the so-called replacement bulb Rosie has, it is a combined dipped/head beam bulb, which is wrong in the first place, and the connectors are three spades rather than the whole "90deg angle formed plastic multiplug" affair.

As people seem to think you file off the lug *within* the multiplug connector in order to allow the loom plug to fit the bulb plug, I'd say these were the wrong bulbs as it simply hasn't got anything even remotely like the formed plastic connector on it. See the pictures Rosie posted in her initial posts to see exactly what I mean, it's glaringly obvious.

Is it possible that the bulb itself comes out of the plastic bit? Didn't look like it could to me but I may be missing a trick here.

-Ian

Edited to say - even if the bulb comes out of the holder, how the cluck would the new bulb go in as it's got 3 prongs for the dipped and main beam functions - still smells like completely the wrong bulb for the job...

[michael]

Apologies, I didn't look at enough of the pictures.

To me it looks as though you've been sent a H4 - strangely a lot of the bulb company websites list this as being the one for the Supra when it quite clearly isn't.

[Supragal]

mcanny- spot on exactly what has happened, all in the process of being sorted now!

Thanks everyone

Ian- :thumbs: