Upgrade Halogen Headlights to XENON or LED

**Ozsko** · 02-08-2017, 02:13 PM

No argument there at all, ugly v's a conversion that is problematic at best and costs serious amounts of folding money.

**Samy03** · 02-08-2017, 04:05 PM

I will try some auto electrician to change the bulb from halogen to Xenon or LED with same headlights

Any suggestion who can do this would be appreciated

**Hillbilly** · 02-08-2017, 04:57 PM

Originally Posted by Samy03

I will try some auto electrician to change the bulb from halogen to Xenon or LED with same headlights

Any suggestion who can do this would be appreciated

Not advisable to do that as apart from being illegal the reflectors are a different shape and if you put Xenons in they will flare like anything. If the globes are more than 2000 lumens you may not fit Xenons unless you also fit levellers and washers which all up is about $4000

**Ozsko** · 02-08-2017, 05:03 PM

I would ask my VW dealer who they use for their auto electrical work. The problem is that the coding on the vehicle might (will) have to be changed and the auto elec will not be able to do that and I bet the dealer will not want to know about it. To give you some idea, my son does diagnostic/rectification work for a dealer(not VW) and he fixes a lot of stuff that auto elecs either can't fix/don't know how to fix/stuff up but they do stuff he can't do so it is a bit of a toss up who does what these days. I have used LEDS & Xenons a lot and prefer Xenons but both are OEM not retrofitted for what that is worth.

**DV52** · 02-08-2017, 06:09 PM

hmm............ I'm not entirely sure about LED headlights in particular, but is legal to retro-fit these in Australia without also fitting leveling devices (and headlight washers in some parts of the country)?

I can remember having a long discussion about this on this forum for retro-fitted Xenon assemblies, but do the same requirement not apply to LED fittings? Perhaps it's different in ACT/NSW - not certain?

Don

EDIT: oops didn't see Hillbilly reply - answer is clearly "yes"!

**Ashik** · 02-08-2017, 10:53 PM

I converted my drls to led myself from with help from this eBay store : Blingwork Automotive Lighting. They are based in Melbourne. If they had workshop in Sydney, I would have tried the other lights.

**lm_jo** · 03-08-2017, 08:16 AM

Originally Posted by Ashik

I converted my drls to led myself from with help from this eBay store : Blingwork Automotive Lighting. They are based in Melbourne. If they had workshop in Sydney, I would have tried the other lights.

Can you please share a photo for the result? I'm keen to convert them as well.

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**Kumeshan** · 03-08-2017, 06:49 PM

Originally Posted by lm_jo

Can you please share a photo for the result? I'm keen to convert them as well.

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**Samy03** · 04-08-2017, 01:27 PM

This looks great, this is exactly what I want. Could you please let me know where you changed in Sydney or where you purchased the bulbs ??

If possible, how much cost in total approx. (including both headlights, day time lights etc.)

Appreciate your help mate

**jbaldy** · 05-08-2017, 05:49 PM

Originally Posted by Samy03

This looks great, this is exactly what I want. Could you please let me know where you changed in Sydney or where you purchased the bulbs ??

If possible, how much cost in total approx. (including both headlights, day time lights etc.)

Appreciate your help mate

Hey Samy03,

This is what I have done with my DRL’s

The listing is:
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Josh

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