Xenon Lights Anybody?

[Mouseness]

Hey guys, new here as you can see

Picked up my 99 rs4 last sat, have always loved the stags and finally found the one i wanted.

Was excited to finally have h.i.d headlights, only to find out they've been ripped out and replaced with ordinary globes.

In one of the back storage compartments i found the ballasts and the original gas reduction globes, but from what i can tell it doesn't look like they even came out of this stagea. The fittings are completely different as to what would fit into the back of the headlights in it.. and the wiring colours are different.

I was thinking maybe to be complianced they've replaced the headlights with S1 units and just kept the 'xenon' covers on them?

has anyone still got the h.i.d lights in theirs and is able to post up a pic of the back of a light?

I don't know who would have done the wiring on the lights theyve been replaced with, but from an auto sparkies point of view its an abortion of a job. Bare wires hanging out all over the place. Thats why im keen to re wire the xenons in asap.

its been a week and one day, and so far ive had 4 different people call it a hearse

[M I K E]

can't help you with the lights BUT get used to hearse and volvo

[chook]

they would have put an adapter plate inside the opening to convert them from D2R HIDs to H1 bulbs, just pry it out, probably siliconed in.

I did the rewire on mine, i had to buy a new plug harness and D2R bulbs (ebay). Easy enough to rewire, 3 wires from memory, +ve, -ve and a 'safety' wire which prevents power to the harness without the bulbs in place, if using an aftermarket harness i think this wire needs to be earthed ?? in order to overide the safety circuit. Best to pull out the whole headlight assemblies to see what you have left in place and a lot easier to do the re-wire. These are high voltage, so any joining should be done properly, with proper heatshrink etc, not insulating tape. The wires into your bulbs now should be the wires which were going into your ballast. Mine were cut so short i had to open up the ballast and re-solder new wires onto the circuit board (which is contained inside a block of insulating silicon). Pm me if you have any qu's.

[Mouseness]

Thanks very much for the quick reply Chook

I'll check it out tomorrow when the suns up again

[jippa]

also check your beam adjustment.. mine got filled with silicone :down:during compliance . they removed the plug first. tried to dig it out but no luck.. what meltsb silicone and not plastick?

[pork hunt drifting]

so i guess i was lucky my xenons remained when mine was complied

[BigDirtyJase]

yeah i was lucky too mine were kept as well..

one thing to check as well is your fog lamps and see if they are connected - I think they are disconnected for complience as well

[Mouseness]

Yeah havnt even checked the fog lights yet aye

ill get around to it

being an auto sparky i do this kinda thing all week at work.. and when it comes to my owns cars i kinda lack motivation. And on top of all the mates wanting jobs done on weekends lol.

2 mechanics and an auto sparky in the family, and all our cars sit around with mechanical and electrical faults

Few other things im yet to work out.. like the button on the left side of the wheel, shows both diffs, the 4 wheels and in the middle an 's'. I thought it was snow mode maybe, but there's a snow mode button in front of my centre console behind the gearstick. It's not shown in the manual.

[chook]

just locks the 4wd into a 50:50 split...for snow as well, not recommend for use on hard surfaces due to the stress it puts through the transfer case, can come in handy ie. about the only time ive used it is on slippery boat ramps and backing the trailer up my steep lawn.