Bi xenon is one bulb only, with a shield to deflect light for low beam. A flash isn't igniting a bulb, it's removing the shield to allow full output. Shouldn't be an issue flashing with proper bi xenon's.
Bi xenon is one bulb only, with a shield to deflect light for low beam. A flash isn't igniting a bulb, it's removing the shield to allow full output. Shouldn't be an issue flashing with proper bi xenon's.
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AFAIK, the Bi-xenon system on VAG car (on Tiguan and Octavia at least) doesn't have the extra halogen bulb for flashing. Not a problem during night time as the bulb is on already. What about daytime?? May sacrifice the life of the bulb if frequently used.
Merc (guessing BMW as well) Bi-Xenon's system on the other hand does have a separate halogen bulb (h7 type) for flashing duties, day and night. During daytime, you can hear the motor flicking but the HID bulb stays off.
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many VAG cars that come with bi-xenon as standard also come with a halogen high-beam, for flashing purposes.
the superb in the skoda range is a good example.
the new mk3 octavia is a new recent example
infact the tiguan also has a halogen reflector for high-beam flashing.....
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The one on the Superb does look like it has an spare halogen for flashing duties. The Octavia one looks different, perhaps non-RS system? as the Bi-Xenon on my RS didn't have an extra Halogen bulb.
The pre-facelifted Tiguan does have an extra Halogen but not for flashing, it's for casting light into the corner, perhaps they have changed the system around with the new facelift (doesn't seems to have corner light now).
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A mate of mine had a 2012 SP25 with bi-xenon, the bulb ignited and the shutter moved when he flashed. Looked funny, two tiny winking white lights.
You'd want to flash and hold for a second to give the bulb some time to run before cutting the power.
H3? I think you mean H4.
H4 bi-xenon kits are terrible. Worst thing in the world. Should be banned.
The newer BMers I've seen (you know what bmers look like - twin angel eyes) have the outside lens for Bi-Xenon, the inside lens for cornering halogen. May also use as flasher? I don't know.
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There are HID kit out there specifically for Halogen H3 bulb (low and high beam in one bulb). This particular HID kit will have a motor operated shield (similar to Bi-xenon) in front of the bulb. When hi-beam is needed, it works very similar to OEM Bi-Xenon.
My friend has one on his Camry, works ok and comes with an extra wiring for the motor.
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After reading about the issues with the BCM, I've decided to keep it simple. Ordered some of the Osram Nightbreaker Unlimited globes, to see how much of an improvement they will make first off. Pretty cheap experiment and will fit my motorbike anyway.
Then will likely add some supplementary lights behind the grille. Just tossing up whether a LED light bar is a good choice - as I've read they're a rather spread beam, and if mounted low behind the grille, may just end up lighting up the road directly in front of the car? Can't bring myself to shelling out $1000 for a name-brand kit, so will look around for other options. Ironically, may just end up with small circular halogens in the end.
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Seeing where Mysticality had his smaller led light bar mounted I thought I'd put mine in there rather than over the number plate as I originally was going to. Using one of these:
Cosmoblaze 100W Single Row Series CREE LED Light Bar for Safer Night Driving
BTW - the wiring kit that comes with it is wired up for use off road and independently switched (that is - nothing to do with the headlights). It's not for use with the high beam. I had to rejig it to have the light bar turn off when high beam is dimmed.
Blimey that front cross member is tough stuff. Pretty much demolished a good drill bit set getting through it.
It's a 20" wide 10 x 5 watts Cree's.
Light's off
Low beam (I have Philips Xtreme's)
High beam. Note that the low beam projector light is shuttered, so on High beam it opens up and those lights are high beam as well as the actual High beam lights.
High beam with lightbar
I put the switch down to the left of the seat (the thing next to it is a controller for my stereo).
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I thought about doing the exact same thing, was worried about blocking the intercooler..might go ahead and do it anyways lol
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Tried it a bit last night. Well, I'm a little underwhelmed with the results. I've had euro beam halogen driving lights (shown earlier in this thread) before on other cars and this is nothing like those. It's a bit wimpy. Maybe because it's behind the grill, or low down, or just not very bright, or able to throw the beam very far. Or possibly there wasn't anything close enough for the light to reflect off. Maybe I should set up some cardboard wallabies on the side of the road.
The light bar I got has a combo beam - flood on each side and spot in the middle. I've only tried it a bit and it's possible the middle bar in the grille is blocking some light. but it doesn't seem to do a real lot. I'll know more this weekend as I'll be driving in the dark tonight.
Not really worried about blocking any airflow at the moment - we had -2 last night (it's still 0) and the other day it only got to a max of 7! (That is a bit unusual). My thinking is any air blocked by the bar is going to go around it and still hit the radiator anyway (there is a limit to that theory though). Never had my car temperature waver from dead on 90 degrees.
If I can't get an improvement I might try it over the number plate and/or some normal driving lights.
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2008 Skoda Octavia Elegance TDI 4x4 wagon
Bluefin 132Kw/385Nm, Racechips Response Control, Haldex Performance controller, H&R anti roll bars, Koni FSD shocks, SuperPro control arms & ball joints, subframe & gearshift mods, Full Dynamat interior, Polk Audio sound, Columbus, Bluetooth, MDI, parking sensors, camera. BBS SR 18x8" w/ 225/40xR18. 3M Crystalline tint.
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