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Easy way to tell if lights bi-zenon?
Hi,
Informative thread, thanks to previous posters. Like the original questioner, I need to find out if the lights on mine are bi-zenon and I don't have access to the VAG. I do have the "spec" sticker for the car; what would I look for. Robert
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They look precisely like the picture in the first post of this thread - if you don't have the round flash and side light holes in that position, and the silver trim strip running across under the bulb then it's single xenon.
Bi-xenon are pretty distinctive to look at - if in doubt go from normal beam to high beam with lights pointing at a wall and you should see the flap move in the reflection. If you just get more light and the xenon beam doesn't change, then again it's most likely single xenon
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I recently changed my bulbs to the very latest Philips X-tremeVision 'gen2' Xenons:
http://www.philips.co.uk/c-p/85126XV...headlight-bulb Not cheap, but nice improvement over the old bulbs.
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Bloody hell Mark £94..that's more than I paid for my first car
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Retrofit Bi-Xenons
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The lights are poor at the moment. I could also do the clean routine but I notice that the lights on my S Reg Fiesta are better right now! Robert
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About the same as I paid for my first car too come to think of it
They were actually a bit cheaper than that; I paid about £70 each for them .... Which is still a tad expensive but I figure they (should) last several years. The last bulbs (also Philips) were on the car when I bought it over 6 years ago and were still working well when I replaced them. Besides, genuine generation 1 X-treme Vision bulbs are nearly as expensive. Gotta be careful where you buy Philips bulbs though; there's a lot of fake ones out there. The gen2 bulbs had only just been released when I bought them a month or two ago and so (it seemed) only genuine bulbs were available. It's only a matter of time before the fakes start appearing though.
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Bulbs are the deciding factor with any headlight, and condition. If yours are milky or reflector is worn then new bulbs won't help as much. For non-xenon bulbs I've always sworn by Philips Xtreme Vision Plus as they're about £20 a pair from major ebay sellers - I used them in the main beam support/flash in my bi-xenons and for front fogs. They burn brighter so the downside is a shorter lifespan if used as your main bulb - in our A6 you'd get a failure after 2 years.
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I think that legally speaking you'll need self levelling and headlight washers to have xenon lights, although it seems no-one will be checking!
https://www.gov.uk/government/public...-hid-headlamps
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I assumed the car does at least have single xenons for dipped beam, so equipped with headlight wash and auto levelling. Without those I suspect it'll throw headlight warnings in the cluster as it won't perform the self test at key on, I wouldn't have thought?
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===SOLD===2002 Audi S8 D2 Final Edition (yes, really) in Avus Silver with purple extended leather===SOLD=== 2011 S5 Sportback in Phantom Black with black Super Sports leather, 9x20s, tech pack high, adaptive xenon plus, intelligent key, memory seats pack, sunroof, B&O, Audi Drive Select & quattro Sports Diff, DAB, parking system plus 2015 VW Golf GTI Performance Pack in Carbon Grey with black Vienna leather, tech pack (Discovery Pro nav & Dynaudio), DCC, factory towbar and retrofit RVC |
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