This afternoon I decided to change my front headlights for Philips NightGuide ones, since I drive in the dark a lot and heard good stories about them.

My car is a 2002 Punto Go!.

According to the instruction manual, I need size H7. According to the Philips site , I need H7 and according to the people at Halfords (who looked it up in a Philips booklet), H7 is what I needed. After a bit more research H7S turned out to be exactly what I needed, since it's a projector headlight.

Imagine my surprise that after pulling them out, the old bulbs turned out to be H1.

I'm from Holland, so I'm not exactly sure what the translations for all the different lights on a car are, the ones I want to replace are the 'normal' lights, that you to turn on when it's dark ("dimmed light" is the exact translation). Not that it matters, since the other ones look like they are H1 as well. There is not an H7 to be found anywhere. (And according to the instruction manual, there should be no H1 anywhere in the car).

Is there an error in the (Dutch) manual and on the sites, and do I really need H1? Or am I doing something wrong?

For 2002 MkII Punto, it can be either H1 or H7, depending on version.

To be certain, you need to get under the bonnet, take out the existing bulb and examine it.
From what you say, I conclude you do not have a RHD UK spec Punto.




(Apologies for the poor quality scan)

I already took out an existing bulb, that's how I found out it's an H1 The "Depending on version" addition is missing completely in the Dutch manual. A picture of the page from the Dutch manual is attached to this message, it just says H7 without a * or anything. Apart from that, even the page number is the same in both manuals. Very strange.



Thanks for the confirmation the manual is wrong. Back to Halfords for H1's it is then, *sighs*.

Unprincipled said:

Thanks for the confirmation the manual is wrong.

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No problem…

my son has 2001 mk2 punto 8v main bulbs h-7 dipped h-1 different to manual and another punto nearby

High beams are h1 and dipped beam is h7...

puntoboy27 said:

High beams are h1 and dipped beam is h7...

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Not always...!

homeward said:

Not always...!

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i agree

I had h7 low and h7 high

So becareful

the mk2 had 2 manufactures of the lights, some were h1, some h7's

Check by removing and compairing first saves dissapointment

Ziggy

i had one with candles in
got some uprated night light candles and never looked back (i smashed the overtaking mirrors off}