Morning guys hoping you can help or shed some “light” as the case may be…..

 

Got my H3 HID’s delivered last night. Good stuff

 

Went to fit them and everything but when it came to clip them in to place the clip isn’t pushing down on the bulb to hold it in to place.

 

I removed the hid and compared the bulb and it looks like the original H3c bulb has some kind of “wings” that are between the bulb and the base which make the base sit higher in the little channel thus allowing the clip to push on the base much sooner.

 

Has anyone else experienced this? More to the point, has anyone got a good fix?

 

Rather than spacer the base upwards and bring the hid light up I waqnt to have something on top of the base for theclip to press on to but im really struggling what to use.

 

As a temporary measure ive wrapped above the base in tape so theres something for the clip to grab on to but something more permanent would be good!

 

Any ideas?

Can u post up some pics matey, would be easier to see what you are describing.....

 

Alz.

I fitted mine with H7 HIDs so yeah pictures would be good, as funnily enough, even though I'm told the car takes H3s, the bulbs that came out of mine, looked exactly the H7 HIDs that went in.

just uploading some pictures now, the little "wings" are the only thing i can attribute the clip not pushing down far enough on the hid, the hig does seem to sit all the way in the bottom of the channel (ive definately got the circle and square ridge the right way round too when inserting the bulb

 

might need something like this... http://www.dragtimes.com/parts/H7-HID-Bulb-Spacer-Adapter-Honda-CBR-600-CBR600_150420031536.html

Now I come to think of it..... the clip doesnt push on the base that have the ridges cut out does it. it pushes on the very back of the bulb.... maybe my hid has a "slimmer" base ....hmmmmmm

no... it pushes on the ridge with the cut outs.... but it is a bit of a fiddle getting in to sit just right...

have another look.........

no... it pushes on the ridge with the cut outs.... but it is a bit of a fiddle getting in to sit just right...

have another look.........

 

it is definately sitting right though, its sitting so far in that the clip isnt pushing down on it. if i had the ridges wrong the clip would be really hard to clip but its just so easy :S