Vauxhall Insignia Xenon Bulb Replacement

The factory fitted Xenon adaptive headlights can seem daunting to tamper with. If the headlamp bulb should fail it can be expensive to have the dealer replace it. Here's how to do it yourself. Remember - safety first - take the keys out the ignition and make sure the headlights will not come on while you are working - these lights operate at very high voltage. Secondly - don't touch the glass of the new bulb. Thirdly - the high voltage external element running to the front of the bulb is very fragile - take care not to damage it putting the bulb into the headlamp unit. The standard bulb is an Osram Xenarc D1S 35 watt with a colour output of 4300k. The 4300k will give bright white light. A higher figure will take you towards the blue part of the spectrum and a lower figure provides a more yellow tone. 5000k or even 6000k should still be OK although you may want to replace both at once to have both the same colour.