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Old 23 January 2013 | 04:21 PM
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hi there, can anyone help. i need to know what wires on the driver side headlight are highbeam, lowbeam & earth? on replacing my bulb, i noticed the plug on back was mising, so got another 1, but the 3 wires are diff colour & when i took old bulb out i didnt note what wire went to what pin {doh} the original wire colours from car are, red, yellow/blue stripe & blue/white stripe. any help would be great thanks
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My guess would be red as live, blue white main beam, blue yellow as dip.
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hi there, can anyone help. i need to know what wires on the driver side headlight are highbeam, lowbeam & earth? on replacing my bulb, i noticed the plug on back was mising, so got another 1, but the 3 wires are diff colour & when i took old bulb out i didnt note what wire went to what pin {doh} the original wire colours from car are, red, yellow/blue stripe & blue/white stripe. any help would be great thanks
Helps to know which model you are talking about but.......... (L=blue)

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or possibly this if it's a Classic................

Old 25 January 2013 | 12:44 AM
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thankyou for all your help guys, all done now, headlamps all working proper & a a bonus 2 rally giant spots fitted {won on ebay for £1.40} & all working properly too, thanks to all the help from you guy, much appreciated
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