Bi-Xenons with LED running lights - upgrade to non-xenon cars?

[Corey_R]

Sorry... to clarify, we're not talking aftermarket here. We're talking about just that, installing the factory ones afterwards. Either way is illegal. Unless you install all the ancillery systems that gavs mentioned, it's illegal. If you DO install all of them, then I doubt you'd even be able to do this PROPERLY for under $3000 that some people have hypothesised.

So the best advice you will find, is what someone mentioned. If you order them now, you'll still have 6 months before the car arrives to save up! Just option them now.... or just be happy to wait until your next car

[Hail22]

Look it may not happen now, but i have heard whispers of some German aftermarket companies and an Chinese group who are modding the original halogen headlight unit to factor in the LEDs, naturally the head unit as it is now will be hard to fit the LEDs in it.

With all new cars like the MK VI GTI aftermarket lights will filter through usually after a year....it's all a roll of the dice really.

[Corey_R]

Whether the ADR's would allow them to be legally installed or not is another thing...

[Hail22]

Whether the ADR's would allow them to be legally installed or not is another thing...

Exactly that and you need to buy the units from the UK if from Europe as anywhere else the light is completely a different height/config (due to left hand drive).

Patience is a virtue, i am looking for 5x100 stud pattern VW reps...and i'm finding it hard but patience will pay off xD

[gavs]

Exactly that and you need to buy the units from the UK if from Europe as anywhere else the light is completely a different height/config (due to left hand drive).

Patience is a virtue, i am looking for 5x100 stud pattern VW reps...and i'm finding it hard but patience will pay off xD

Beauty of the Xenons though is that all that changes is the code in the ECU which gives you either the LDH or RHD beam pattern, that's another issue, if you don't get the Xenons, do they actually have the software to control the auto leveling already in the ECU regardless? Otherwise, that's something else you would need.....

[Hail22]

Honestly i love my lights as they are, only comment here to give information the only thing i would change is the colour which i would get in Diamond white which is the brightest yet also safe on other drivers eyes and 100% legal had them on my old Pulsar, fantastic for country driving in pitch black.

[Hail22]

So i have some holiday leave accumilating and was wondering from all the gurus on this forum whether it may be possible removing the Bi-xenon unit (headlight and all internals relating to the globe itself) and replacing it with a Halogen (general headlight) unit/globe.

But first things first...is this possible, also guessing i will need to get an algorythm to fix the error if it decides to pop it's ugly head out on my dash.


So let the think tank begin!

[Corey_R]

*scratches head, confused*

Xenon = HID

Not really sure what you want to do?!

[pologti18t]

LOL. Will be in interesting project if you don't know that bi-xenon is HID.

[Hail22]

Lol my bad, i want to change the globe to halogen/general headlight that the stock GTI gets/TSI...was meant to say that >.< it was early ok! and gti18t, your the only member i really do not like reading replies from as you seem like the resident forum troll.

reason behind it is to get the LED DRL's but obviously not going full conversion with washers etc etc