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Whats the deal, I've heard that now through compliance Xenon headlights must be removed and in some cases destroyed, is this true? Whats the deal? Whats the ruleing? Every freakin lexus has them and every second commodore.

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I too would like to know. What is the deal under SEVS compliance?

In specific, I have a series 3 BCNR33 that will be arriving and

complied in the next couple of weeks - and there is no way i'll be letting anyone

destroy genuine xenon headlights from Nissan.

Australian Nissan dealerships have quoted me figures of approx $1650 per unit

- so over $3k worth of genuine parts to be destroyed? :D

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yeah but is illegal too. The bulbs in theSeries 3 are too bright by australian standards. They apparently use to just replce them with dullar bulbs but people use to replace them with original ones. For Some reason the government thinks that this can't be done to conventional Halaogen headlights, either way governemnt says my lights need to be destroyed.

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They dont comply with ADR, not because they are to bright( they are only 35 watt), its because under current ADR they must be auto ajust and have washers on them. The easiest way to make them comply is to convert to hals, thats the reason they all do that .

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They dont comply with ADR, not because they are to bright( they are only 35 watt), its because under current ADR they must be auto ajust and have washers on them. The easiest way to make them comply is to convert to hals, thats the reason they all do that .
correct...............:D
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i've also since been told the halogen conversion

on this type of lens ruins them - the reflectors and shape

are designed for Xenon, hence converting them to halogen

makes them duller than a normal h1 headlight

Thats true, when you convert them to hals you cant see when it rains at all, they are pathetic.

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They dont comply with ADR, not because they are to bright( they are only 35 watt), its because under current ADR they must be auto ajust and have washers on them. The easiest way to make them comply is to convert to hals, thats the reason they all do that .

How does that work? When was the last time you saw a IS200/300 with washers on them? Or even a VY\VZ calais or statesmen?

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i've since been told by another industry

person approx $1300 - still puts them up in the expensive

catergory. What do you think they sell for new from Nissan?

$1300 for what? I thought you said you bought a set of series 1 lights to put in? Just swap them back to the S3 lights after its complied/registered.... you can do that yourself, won't cost you anything

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