facelift headlights in a pre-facelift car

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RE: facelift headlights

Post by h8cak » Tue May 06, 2008 8:40 pm

some have said that aftermarket hd kits are a lot brighter than the oem. views?

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My OEM had been upgraded thats why i used them. If i had not upgraded it i would have just used the H7 kit.
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RE: facelift headlights

Post by Blue_Thunder » Sat Jun 28, 2008 10:10 pm

Do the lights still auto level?

I'm clearly being a dumbass here, but what do you actually need other than what's been stated below?

1) Facelift headlight units
2) HID upgrade kit for facelift lights
3) Lighting wiring looms from facelift car.
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Post by h8cak » Sat Jun 28, 2008 10:47 pm

Auto leveling still works. And that's pretty much it. Lights, Facelift plugs and wires and your original hid bulbs and balasts.
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Post by S4 » Sun Jun 29, 2008 12:22 am

I did not think the standard non xenons did auto level? you are using a non xenon facelift lamps and you have just added your igniter pack and bulbs? to make the them xenon?


have I/we got this wrong?


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Post by Blue_Thunder » Sun Jun 29, 2008 4:43 am

My lights defo auto-level, so no need to even get a HID kit for me? Fantastic news if that's the case!
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Post by Blue_Thunder » Mon Jul 14, 2008 2:06 pm

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Post by h8cak » Mon Jul 14, 2008 2:51 pm

Blue_Thunder wrote:Anyone?
Whats the question?
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Post by Blue_Thunder » Mon Jul 14, 2008 3:10 pm

Seeing as how my lights auto-level on my pre-facelift, would I actually need to buy a HID kit if I was to get facelift headlights? - eg: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AUDI-A4-1999-TO-2 ... dZViewItem
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Post by h8cak » Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:12 pm

All u need to do is get an electric motor to fit te headlight and wire it up to your existing connections. HID or Normal it makes no difference. HID is a must tho IMHO
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Post by S4 » Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:11 pm

It would be easier to list parts used, to make it simple .

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Post by h8cak » Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:17 pm

All u need is facelift lights, Adjustment motors, Facelift plugs and wires.
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Re: RE: facelift headlights

Post by Blue_Thunder » Tue Jul 15, 2008 8:15 am

Sorry, still being a dumbass here.

You said that you need to buy a Xenon kit to replace the pre-facelift one.
h8cak wrote:You will need to buy a H7 Xenon kit tho to replace the prefacelift xenon DS2 fitting bulbs.
Is this not strictly true then?


Also, Darren said:
S4 wrote:explain to them that you can do it with a non xenon unit, and just add a hd kit. ok its not leveling, but.... So you could pick up a cheap set of lamps and add the hid kit.
So could you have the lamps without the levelling motors?

A complete shopping list would be nice.
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