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Boom! DRL wasn't selected in the lighting menu and neither was guide me home lights [emoji3]GiveMeABreak wrote:They don't look right, I'll look them up in a bit. Your DRLs are at the bottom, where the bodywork meets in the picture and are probably not enabled - a Lexia can enable them, if there is no option to turn them on via the left hand steering wheel (wheel button) in the lighting menu.
The DRLS shown above are fine. It's replacing the headlight bulbs he's asking about Sticky, referred to in the pictures on the previous page.Stickyfinger wrote:traffic police ? , they are those boxes coloured yellow aren't they ?
Why does it say visit main dealer for main headlight maintenance- are they difficult to fit??GiveMeABreak wrote:Ok, these are the bulb types and their locations in the picture below. So that particular one is in the sidelamp position. Now normally, on the Mark II C5 for example, the side lamp was in a separate compartment and sat behind an off white coloured plastic.
On the Halogen version of the X7 (Hogger's car), it sits in the same compartment as the H7 bulb and is not screened. So the LED is not going to be shielded at all and at night is very likely going to be a dazzler!
If the sidelight was self contained behind an opaque lens, then an after market LED might be acceptable, so long as it wasn't too bright, as the light would be scattered and semi-blocked out. The one you have currently fitted Ben is not shielded and an on-coming driver will likely be distracted.
The car came with zero paperwork!GiveMeABreak wrote:Generally, you need to be Mr Fantastic, have twiglet fingers and the skin of a crocodile! I have Xenons, so not as bad as there are less lights, so you should be fine. The DRLs (HP24W) are another matter as access to these is underneath the headlamp units, hence dealer recommended - but the other bulbs on your car should be ok with a bit patience! A lot of modern cars require bumper partially or fully off to replace bulbs these days. I'm sure some X7 halogen owners here will have done the job themselves though, as I can't see a Citroen Dealer fitting non-approved bulbs (as in your sidelight picture), so should be accessible. Do you have your manual?
It's actually a common misconception that some windscreens are polarised, I used to think it were the case as when you rotate a polaroid looking at a windscreen often the opacity seems to change. It's actually because the reflected light from the windscreen is already polarised naturally and hence why the effect is only noticed from the outside of the car.white exec wrote:P
As stated, there can be some unwanted effects when driving - toughened and laminated screens included. Some upmarket car windscreens and rear-view mirrors are themselves polarised to combat bounce-glare.
Legal brighter bulbs:hoggers wrote:The car is going into my local garage next Wednesday for a full service. I'd like to just be able to give them a loads of new bulbs that all match and are white legal!
You've created a My Citroen account - so you should be able to access your on-board manual from there or here:hoggers wrote:The car came with zero paperwork!
Thank you... againGiveMeABreak wrote:You've created a My Citroen account - so you should be able to access your on-board manual from there or here:hoggers wrote:The car came with zero paperwork!
http://service.citroen.com/ddb/index.ht ... 499965#top
(Just choose Language from the top Left)
