Headlight / Headlamp Upgrades (Bi-Xenon / HID / LED / Replicas)

[Pharkus]

Get Factory HID if you can, it worth it. Much better lumen and wider lighting, not to mention kinder to other road user(compared to aftermarket kits from ebay).

There is NO comparison with aftermarket kits from e-bay. I see cheap HID kits, but they never come with the appropriate equipment to fit them. Just to name a few.

- Projector lenses
- Auto levelling etc etc etc

Once you have chosen not to factory fit, it's most likely going to be an expensive option to get them installed properly.

[johnyfalco]

I currently own a car with factory fitted HIDs and would not even consider buying another car second hand or new, unless it had factory HIDs. In fact I have been looking for a second hand Jetta or Golf but cant find one with HIDs.
I say order them you wont be disappointed

[Corey_R]

Correct, I haven't OWNED a car with xenon lights, but my son in law has a WRX which, BTW comes standard with low beam xenons for $40k dollars, not a rip off like VW, and I still say they are an unnecessary waste of dollars for urban driving. If you do a lot of highway at night then go for it! Dont try and talk the rest of us into "needing" them for round town, cause its a w@nk.

Hmmm - maybe that's your issue then. As with anything there are varying qualities of product. From what I have seen, I wouldn't rate the WRX's xenon lights as comparable to the VW's.

But in any case, there is a HUGE difference between the road vision when you have the VW Bi-Xenons (even around town) to even good quality traditional headlights like the VW Polo GTI I drive... so anyone who thinks that a feature which adds safety is a w@nk feature to me is not worth discussing the topic with

[iBoost]

Left phone messages with the dealer today regarding this and am still awaiting a call back....

[Pharkus]

Let me know when I can invite you to my w@nkers club

Seriously see if the dealer will let you borrow a car with HID's overnight so that you can make up your mind a bit better.

[stevie_t]

Hi Guys how are you?

Regarding the Bi-Xenon headlights on the new GTI...
What do they look like, both in daylight and night?

Can you guys post up a few pictures?
Do they change the look of the front headlight panels of the the car, etc/Front profile.

Any other comments regarding the cosmetic changes it makes to the car.

Are they expensive to maintain? Say if a globe blows, etc? (If they do)

Thanks Guys

[Maverick]

Hi Guys how are you?

Regarding the Bi-Xenon headlights on the new GTI...
What do they look like, both in daylight and night?

They look like bi-xenon headlights

Can you guys post up a few pictures?
Do they change the look of the front headlight panels of the the car, etc/Front profile.

Any other comments regarding the cosmetic changes it makes to the car.

Take a look at the Volkswagen Australian, UK, German or US site as there are plenty of photos out there. They're not much different to the standard headlights just with a projector lense.

Do a google image search for "golf mark vi bi-xenon", it comes back with heaps of high resolution images of the bi-xenons in action.

Are they expensive to maintain? Say if a globe blows, etc? (If they do)

Thanks Guys

Bulbs last a long time but if one blows you're looking at between $100 and $250 for a bulb depending on where you source it from.

[AdamD]

Can you guys post up a few pictures?

Xenons:


Halogens (they're not the projector type):


Personally, I'm not a fan of the xenons up close (the scooped supports underneath the projectors just look odd), although I suspect I'm in the minority here.

Also, the xenons are a different colour (whiter light) to the fog lights and parkers:


If only they had an option for all xenon, or all LED.

[GolfAtom]

Love the black mags on the red Golf!!! I know it's a prsonal thing but I would prefer those on my GTI to the Detroits, the Detroits are just too loud.

[elisiX]

I'm sure it'd be relatively simple to swap out the bulbs in the low fog lights.