Cheap place to buy indicator bulb

purplestar133

My rear indicator bulb has just blown and so I need somewhere I can just pop in and pick up a new bulb - minimising the time I'm driving around without an indicator!

I need a 282 according to Halfords website - which appears to be the same as the brake bulb. Does that sound right? It's for a 1999 Ford Fiesta.

Does anyone know anywhere cheaper instore (no time for online) than Halfords to buy bulbs?

I can fit it myself so I'm not worried about that.

blue_haddock

Any local car factors will stock it.

rev_henry

From memory that's a pretty much universal bulb. Wilkinsons is a good place.

Netwizard

I bought a pack of 10 from amazon for about £1 a while back. Again there are some on ebay for £2 but if you need them tomorrow, a motor factors would be cheapest (or Eurocarparts if you have a branch local to you, they are cheap too)

Euphoria1z

is this not an MOT failure? if so, then visit your local MOT garage and see if you can buy one.

marc7

is this thread a joke
u don't know where to buy a bulb for a car

gilbert_and_sullivan

It must have cost more in electricity time and skin worn off your fingertips than any possible savings made by any meaningful difference in price.

Anti thread of the year to date..

168hourweek

Try the Range

rev_henry

gilbert_and_sullivan wrote: »

It must have cost more in electricity time and skin worn off your fingertips than any possible savings made by any meaningful difference in price.

Anti thread of the year to date..

This did cross my mind, but I decided to play nice! :P

londonTiger

dont by the packs, they will have 1 bulb each of every type. Many you dont even need. Also, just changing one bulb is silly, change them in pairs so they are equal brightness. You see cars with headlights of different brightness and it just looks cheap and tacky.

I found the cheapest place to buy them is in eurocarparts when they have their universal 50% discount. If you're buying just bulbs you cannot get the forum discounts because there is a £20 minimum spend for these. But the 50% universal discount makes it cheaper.

I got front sidelights for 30p each and break lights for 30p each as well.

This way you can get all the CORRECT bulbs for your vehicle and still come in a lot cheaper than those £5 emergency bulb kits.

On ECP they sell branded and unbranded ones. The price listed above were for OSRAM bulbs which is good quality. The emergency bulb kits and unbranded factory parts from china which would be of dubious quality.

forgotmyname

Anywhere but Halfords and motorway services.

For the price of one bulb at halfords i bought a set from europarts.