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Hi there guys, just trying to find myself a new replacement set of bulbs or just bulb for my r32.

The bulb is H3C is that right?

Any suggestions/reccommendations would be appreciated. I tried that little 'car accessories' shop in carousel, they said they ran out.

Anyways, cheers.

I had success with my bolbs at Carquest in East Perth, Shop 9 Piccadilly Square, 5 Short St. They have website but you prob wont find the bolbs listed on there www.carquest.com.au

I'd go in there, I hunted everywhere and found most of the stuff there.

Ciao!

Im pretty sure mine are not H4 (r32 gtr), as ive tried those and its a total different design, my mechanic said they were H3C - i think he said they were same as s13 sil, not 100% sure but its def not H4 for mine.

Most places i found dont stock the H3C.

Thanks every one for your help, cheers.

When trying to find parts for an import ure best bet is to ripp it out and take it in and match it up with what ever they have, usually they have some crazy ass number on the side that gets you nowhere but the part is exactly the same as a standard part from a commo or something. just a bit of advice coming from the guy who get weird looks when he says

Me- "its a nissan auster"

Repco/any car guy- "Nissan what?!?!?!"

My right hand indicator bulb has blown twice in two months :D

Stop overtaking people so much, then you wont need to use your right indicator so much (haha)

speaking of blown bulbs, my ute has chewed 3 LHS bulbs in a month....sus, must be something im doing wrong

hey speaking of bulbs? i have a gtst, its has park light, projector and high light in one cluster (like gtr) but are those bulbs (main light, projector) H1 or H3C cos i am trying to find white/blue lights for my line? any advice anyone?

hey speaking of bulbs? i have a gtst, its has park light, projector and high light in one cluster (like gtr) but are those bulbs (main light, projector) H1 or H3C cos i am trying to find white/blue lights for my line? any advice anyone?

Pretty sure it would be h3c, but i could be wrong, the H3C just has 2 big prongs on the bottom, just do what the others said and rip one out and take them out and about.

As for blue/white in H3C - i found them virtually impossible to find in Perth, maybe some where east has them readily available not quite sure, i found them hard enough to find 'normal' globes in the H3C pattern.

if you really want the blue/white look, id personally go a HID conversion, theres a bloke in the Forsale/parts section selling them for about 350-400 i think. Id pick up a set straight away, if i didnt have to buy so many uni books this semester :P

neways, good luck :)

  • 4 weeks later...
ok, i was looking at ebay, is there any difference between H3 and H3C? just want confirmation cos they do sell blue/white lights in both these codes..

Yep, they are different - take a look at www.narva.com.au/Globes_16.html and you will see the difference.

The main difference is that H3 has one prong, whereas H3C has two prongs (positive and ground).

My r32 has H3C bulbs in them aswell, but i was told that you can put in H3 and just attach it using the positive side of your plug. In saying this, does it mean that the H3 (and the H1 for that matter) doesn't need a ground wire since they only have 1 attachment?

Most companies only stock the standard light colour for the H3C, whereas you can get blue, white, arctic blue etc in the H3.

Anyone tried replacing the bulbs like this?

Just replaced my H3C bulbs with H3 bulbs...

Since the h3c bulb has 2 connectors and the h3 has 1, all you need to do is solder a piece of wire to the metal base of the h3 bulb and attach it to the ground wire in your headlight loom. The other wire just plugs into the positive side.

**The headlights that normally use h3 bulbs are already grounded hence no need for an extra wire.**

Works perfectly. :(

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