Gu Patrol Headlight globe replacement

Macca - did you have any problems fitting the passenger side globe? Been thinking about changing mine out but that looks a bit cramped in there.

Cheers
Pete

The passenger side is a PAIN to fit. Do this. Take a short length of 45mm x 90mm pine around 400mm long will be fine. Get your mash hammer or something equally damaging. Position the timber onto the body above the light with the bonnet up of course and strike the other end so as to stretch the available space to fit your hand down between the air box and the back of the light.

Take careful note that you must learn at least 117 NEW SWEAR WORDS because you will use the ones you know up very quickly trying to refit the globes.

The rubber seals around the light globes are very hard to remove and I suggest that you learn a number of grimaces for this manouver. Be careful removing the rubber seal as they tear easily. Do the one on the driver side first. Make sure you save some words.

Good luck, I am about to change mine. I have 100/130 Narva globes and find them great. I have rewired thru relays though. If I hadnt I would have gone for a Philips or Narva PLUS 50 H4 globe.

G'day Pete ,
had a mongrel of a time getting them in the left side.
But eventually after r*%ting around long enough, I got it in. Do you have kids ? maybe you could get one of them to help....LOL Or as Bonz suggests learn some new swear words.

Good luck. Macca

Bonz/Macca - thanks for that ......really looking forward to this job now :-))

If you wait a bit I can advise of the new and unusual words I have used when changing mine, should have it done this weekend.

ya know, I was thinking..... I bet if one of them globes blow it WILL be the left hand side.

Hey Bonz, what's the new pic with left hand drive Ford with all the gps and sat nav units. a mate of yours ??? did you tell him to GET LOST.....lol

I had BOTH low beams blow at once and still dont believe it, pulled out the wiring and checked it all to find that all that was wrong was the blasted globes.

Yer thats me in the Ford Explorer in Canada in September hahahaha

Howdy

No they don't because they're the same wattage (55/60 watt). They have Xenon gas mixed in with the Halogen gas to burn brighter and whiter. The IPF Fatboys are a slightly higher wattage (60/80 watt I think). Interesting a previous post above mentioned he was told by ARB to put in a new loom, I was sure that wasn't the case, bit of overkill I think, although quality wiring always helps.

Cheers,

Mark.