156 GTA Xenon blown

[Viper_Larry]

One of my Xenon's has blown on the 156 GTA and I'm struggling to get a replacement. Alfa want £880 for a new one, I can get a whole unit second hand from Autolusso for £250, but they have none and find them hard to get. Jamie Porter in Royston don't supply them, Bosch dealers can't supply the ballast unit as it's dealer only.

I took the blown unit out and put it in the airing cupboard for a day to dry out which got rid of the condensation, but it still doesn't work.

Any options other than wait for Autolusso to get one in? I don't want to convert to normal units...

[14-7]

Viper_Larry said:

One of my Xenon's has blown on the 156 GTA and I'm struggling to get a replacement. Alfa want £880 for a new one, I can get a whole unit second hand from Autolusso for £250, but they have none and find them hard to get. Jamie Porter in Royston don't supply them, Bosch dealers can't supply the ballast unit as it's dealer only.

I took the blown unit out and put it in the airing cupboard for a day to dry out which got rid of the condensation, but it still doesn't work.

Any options other than wait for Autolusso to get one in? I don't want to convert to normal units...

Sounds about right for a new headlight unit.

One of my friends 147GTA suffered a corroded cicuit board and they quoted £850 for a replacement unit (about 2 years ago). Luckily Alfa went halves with a good will gesture but still a heck of a lot of money.

May be worth ringing AlfaWorkshop.co.uk to see if they can help or possibly Alternative Autos. Both are very helpful.

[Jimbo.]

Have you tried ringing the Alfa Workshop (as opposed to their website)? IIRC they supplied us with a new unit (the circuit gubbins) for a LOT less than Alfa themselves wanted...

[Viper_Larry]

Alfa Workshop can't supply used units - didn't ask about new.

[Viper_Larry]

Finally got it fixed this weekend. Picked up new ballast unit of eBay for a Merc (£149) but is the same fitting.

Loosk like the alignment of that headlight might be out now - can this be re-aligned at a dealer?

[phil1979]

Could be a silly question, but would it have not been easier to buy & fit 2 non-xenon units (from a scrappy), and flog the one remaining working one, for a profit?

[Viper_Larry]

It's not just a straight swap, all the wiring loom for the lights, fuses, etc., need to be swapped out. Besides, it would ruin the look of the GTA with the normal lights IMO.