To Be Xenons Or Not To Be...

[Johnmk4]

has anyone got a picture of the Xenon headlights on a Mk5 and the non xenon ones?

is there any difference to the eye

i think mine are, just cos of the brightness and whiteness but wanted to make sure...

thanks ppl

[neilw]

dunno if this is close enuf for you



hope it helps anyway

[Johnmk4]

dont think mine are then, they are the same but without the rings

they are much brighter than my last car anyway but if i pick up a set of xenons along the way then im sorted

[live2themaxuk]

well u can tell by the way they 'start' up. a halogen reaches full brighness and a constant colour almost instantly but xenons ignite ' yellow ish flash' then warm up changing from a blue to a bright white.....

[Si_GTi]

well u can tell by the way they 'start' up. a halogen reaches full brighness and a constant colour almost instantly but xenons ignite ' yellow ish flash' then warm up changing from a blue to a bright white.....

... and when sat in traffic you'll see pretty rainbow patterns on the car in front from your lights

If you've got 'em, you'll know about it, they're uber-bright

[waynesGTI]

My xenon head lights in my gti has just gone so does any one know were i can get a new bulb from? Think vw want £100 for 1 bulb! thanks

[bstardchild]

My xenon head lights in my gti has just gone so does any one know were i can get a new bulb from? Think vw want £100 for 1 bulb! thanks

Thats good value - I'm not aware of anywhere you can get them aftermarket!!!

[live2themaxuk]

yeah thats about the right price...... they are expensive. U can get after markey ones which come i diffrent colout temperatures. U can get 2 diffrent types on bulb, one for projector head lights D2S (polo) and D2R for relflector type headlights.

U can get diffrent brands and diffrent colours. Look on e-bay.....

Philips Ultinon are good

if u were you id buy either the one from VW or get a matcing set o ultinons. you dont want diffrent colour xenons now do u.

look here = http://faqlight.carpassion.info/

[Johnmk4]

well u can tell by the way they 'start' up. a halogen reaches full brighness and a constant colour almost instantly but xenons ignite ' yellow ish flash' then warm up changing from a blue to a bright white.....

... and when sat in traffic you'll see pretty rainbow patterns on the car in front from your lights

If you've got 'em, you'll know about it, they're uber-bright

wooop wooop!!!

won the set on ebay, we are back in business

[jon_poloV]

i was bidding on those but then i was like actualy i have no money what am i doing, my lights work! good luck with them they should look the nads!
jon

[Johnmk4]

i was bidding on those but then i was like actualy i have no money what am i doing, my lights work! good luck with them they should look the nads!
jon

lolol i neeeeeeded to win them as my car doesnt look right without them!

they came this morning so now i have the great task of trying to fit them

[JWC]

Look people, stop pissing about and head on over to http://www.hids4u.co.uk/default.asp

£44.99 inc for Philips D2S

[pettsy]

Just a thought on the idea of retrofitting xenon lights...

Aren't you supposed to have headlight washers and some form of height adjustment to make them legal (and pass an mot)?

seem to remember reading about this on the cgti forum

[Si_GTi]

Just a thought on the idea of retrofitting xenon lights...

Aren't you supposed to have headlight washers and some form of height adjustment to make them legal (and pass an mot)?

seem to remember reading about this on the cgti forum

Correct! You must have a headlight washer system to pass the MOT, and the ballasts are needed to enable the lights to self-level themselves IIRC, so you don't blind other road users

[Johnmk4]

but fitting them on a gti is fine as it has washers etc already!!!