Headlight Bulbs LAMPS

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I replaced it with a set of the offroad 80watt heavy duty

I would highly stress dont do this without fitting relays to the headlights

you are over driving the lighting switch which takes full load current which will cause heat and melt down the switch

i have had bad experience with a total back out in the back roads at speed because of a switch melt down, due to running uprated wattage lamps

Your caution is wise, but I put the 80W offroad halfords bulbs in my HDi years ago. Ran them for 7 years and never had any issues at all. Same for the Rallye, that's had them in for 6 years. Be aii, French wiring ftmfw.

I got fed up of putting expensive bulbs like Osram in, because they only ever lasted about 10-12 months and cost like 4x the cost of a Halfords set. I put a set in the Mini, and they are obviously better than the standard bulbs but hardly amazing - they have lasted 2 years though.