I bought a 2001 X reg punto 1.2 8v recently and straight away wanted to start bringing it up to date, but hit a small problem lol...........

I bought a pair of Xenon H7 bulbs like the website said I needed for my car. When I came to fit them I have noticed the drivers side headlight has a H1 bulb installed and the passenger side has a H7! So now I have one headlight brighter than the other!!!!!

Can this be fixed by replacing one of my headlights or does the problem lay within the wiring loom?

Any help would be massively appreciated

welcome to the forum

change the headlight to another H7

When I pull the H1 headlight out the wire stays in place. The H1 wire only has 1 connection/terminal but the H7 has 2 connections.

you change the whole headlight unit, plugs on the outside of that

get a scrappy headlight

it means one has been.damaged.in the past and theyve put a new/replacement in

or buy 2 h1's so you have spare bulbs
ziggy

Hi there my car is the same so if I replace the headlamp unit I can change the h1 side to h7 the unit that Is just plug and play ? No wiring modifications for the change ?

Thanks

yep, there are fog and no fog types, so check you get a match

Thank you ! That was one thing about my punto that was really bugging me !

Simple fix I thought it would be a whole wiring loom Bodge to change from h1 to h7 looks like ill be going scrappy Tommorow !

Right so today I received my replacement headlights, both identical and both have matching xenon effect h7 bulbs and side lights...........

That passenger side dipped beam is still a crisp white with a hint if blue but the drivers side is also still an old yellow looking colour

1317ryan said:

Right so today I received my replacement headlights, both identical and both have matching xenon effect h7 bulbs and side lights...........

That passenger side dipped beam is still a crisp white with a hint if blue but the drivers side is also still an old yellow looking colour

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2nd hand i assume?

Ensure that both lights are getting save voltage
if the good side is getting Say 14v and its clean and crisp

The yellow side is getting 10v, you know thats why

Make sure its all sat correctly, all the terminals are clean and secure

Ziggy

So you replaced the headlamp and still got the 'halogen look' ?
I'm no expert and you might find I'm completely wrong but just a few simple suggestions.

Is the xenon bulb new ? (The one in new headlamp)

Correctly aligned and adjusted? ( if light beam facing down won't give the desired effect surely?)

Steve

Yeah I can only guess now that it is to do with beam adjustment. I know how to tweak it but don't wont to make it worse and blind people!

Take the car to small MOT station and they should have the kit to check and will adjust the light beam if needed and shouldnt charge you too much !

See this thread for instructions on how to do the best you can do without the equipment to test it. https://www.fiatforum.com/punto-ii/214532-headlight-adjustment.html

Hope this helps !