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Old 15th January 2021, 01:45 PM
mattylondon mattylondon is offline
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Looks like an improvement Gregor. I've done a similar hid and led swap to the headlights on a B5 A4 a few years ago.

Originally it had halogen projectors for dipped and halogen reflectors for main beam.

The projectors became dull so I installed a new bi-xenon projector with 35w bulbs, as this was cheaper than new headlights at the time. The main beam halogen was also replaced for an H7 LED. I can't remember the lumen output, but they are very good, and the passive heat sink fits within the headlight housing. I then connected the solenoid on the projector to work / open on main beam giving the full output from the 35w xenon dipped bulb and the H7 LED.

The car does not have self leveling and has had 3 or 4 MOT's with the above setup and nothing has been mentioned, and to add have never been flashed as the dipped beam is properly aligned.

The automatic adjuster motor in my offside headlight on the D3 has failed. I've been meaning to fix but again years have passed and it's never been picked up on an MOT.
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