Newbie with GWOA
Hi Everyone!
I'm new to GWOA. I'm in the Highlands of Scotland and have a 1999 G500 SWB. Not much else to say!
Question - has anyone upgraded their headlights on a W463? Is it ok to fit higher wattage bulbs in the standard headlights (for off road use only of course . . . . )? Cheers.
Hello huwbanister,
Sorry if this seems a rushed draft, but I have already lost one drafted reply to you, I almost at the end of all I was going to say, and now I have lost it all. I hope, I touch on, all I covered on before.
Effectively, you can not get bulbs any higher rated than what you already have, to fit any higher would contravene the MOT regulations. To meet your requirements, you need to fit auxiliary driving lights. these are no more than 55 watts rated, but it is the reflector design that does the job you want it to do.
On the market, there is a vast range of lamps available and that is also reflected in their prices.
Welcome to the GWOA, by the way.
Cheers,
Hi there and welcome to the GWOA.
I fitted 100w bulbs to my 463 and they have made a noticable difference especialy when on high beam which I always thought was pretty poor.
I had one of the 7.5amp main beam fuses blow a couple of times so I replaced them both with 10amp fuses and have had no problems since.
I spend a fair bit of time in Strathspey & Sutherland so maybe I will see you around the Highlands some time.
Welcome, we seem to have a slowly but steadily-increasing number of members from Scotland, wonder what happened to fredecosse!
I am still here mate ...
I am still here mate :-)
we get the message fred !!
welcome mountain goat, i was gonna mention contacting fred but thats sorted.
I was afraid you got lost in the transfer, but glad to see you are here and all is well :-)
Hello and welcome nice to see another member of the Wood and Carpet Brigade and especially the POWER division! :)
Have you had your 500 long or is it a recent purchase?
Spider1V
Similar configuration to my "fleet", a G300, an ML500 and an SL60 AMG. Welcome
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hello where about in scotland im originally from newport in fife ave got friends up in tyndrum who used to awn a hotel up there also family in aberdeen ,Be wary if putting higher wattage bulbs in as it overheats the wires leading to the plug I did it on my old disco and my girlfriends car and it even melted the plug on it they were 150 watt anyway cheers the noo,don
Hi
Also new for 2011. Based iIn Hampshire with 300GDS owned since 1st Jan. Have already broken it! (Rear nearside shock mounting now in two bits) Going to be back on the road this week.
What about Xenon bulbs?. Got a classic Saab 900 and they have made a huge difference to that. Not an expert but rating the same I think. Just one hell of a lot brighter. I can actually see now driving in the dark
Cheers
Caroline
Thanks you'll for advice re lights. Decided to stick with standard bulbs in headlights. Did change them though to Philips X-treme power and cleaned up all the contacts. Also changed H3s in front fogs to Osram nightbreakers and realigned. Big difference overall now - can see where I'm going up here in the NW Highlands - particularly important with the number of red deer we get on local roads after dark!!
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Thanks everyone for your welcomes and advice on lights.
The G500 is a fairly recent acquisition and joins an ML320 and an SLK55 AMG (great fun in the summer!).
Cheers for now.