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Originally Posted by Ronin
MJ has a set of brand new xenon pluses on her car and they make the car look brand new and also apparently they do a good job at night too.
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Yeah that was an 'ohh, I get it now' moment. The difference between the S8 and Big Red is remarkable. The S8's lighting is now on a par with the Allroad's bixenon Nightbreakers, which make 20-year-old Xenon+ look like sad glow-worms. Alas, thats a one-off solution since new Xenon+ are unicorns these days.
That retrofit kit looks like an excellent idea though, but standard Xenon projector lights are unforunately also pretty rare.
However, this does lead me to pondering the viability of producing our own X+ inner lenses. There are many low-volume injection moulding companies in the UK, including one not far from me who specialises in reproducing parts for classic cars - handy! I suspect it would be prohibitively complex and expensive to replicate the chrome finish as that would have been done with vapour deposition, but its 99% decorative anyway so a clear polycarbonate part would still perform its primary function. It might be possible to use one of the many chrome paints on it, but that would require experimentation and testing.
Realistically what would people be willing to pay for a pair? £200? More? I can have a chat and see if it might be viable.