xenon and halogen lights

[pookieboi]

im just wondering if they replace the xenons on the r34 with halogen when going through compliance... how can u tell if its been replaced or not? like.. how different does it look at night or is it almost the same?

[ecl]

depends on the complier but they usually will either modify your xenons to become H1 halogens (waste of good xenons) or remove the headlight and put some other branded headlight in (i forgot the brand)

to save your xenons, try to source / borrow halogens and get it compiled.. afterwards, just replace them

imo, xenons are WAY brighter and look "cool".. they are also cool temperature wise

my halogens look ugly and not that great, esp in the rain

[pookieboi]

yeah .... but my headlights says xenon on it but not sure if the bulb is actually xenons or not and my car was complied by previous owner so i wouldnt know

[n15m0]

I had mine replaced to halogens when i took delivery of the car....headlamps still had the xenon word in it...but the bulbs were jst ur normal halogen H1 type. Got my xenons put back in about a week later and holy shit...u can definately tell the difference! Its white as compared to the yellow beams from a halogen. Comparable to the white flourescent tubes for homes I guess to your normal halogen yellow bulbs. When u first turn them on they flicker for like 1/2 a sec then takes about 10 secs to reach full brightness. Definately make a difference on road and looks cool too

[pookieboi]

ohhh thanks for the reply.. mines like that as well... when i turn it on.. it flickers abit.. then dim abit and then brights up.. with whitish color so i guess mines been replace back with xenon bulbs then =]

[n15m0]

yup cool....easy way to tell as well is u compare the color of your low beam(xenons) to your side parkers or highbeam...they will be really yellow in comparison.

[AFRO]

mine had the headlights replaced,, to halogen headlights,, wires were cut and everything,, grrr!!,, they don't look as good as the xenon headlights,, looks more like the ford headlights

so i just chucked in some HID's and now they are brighter then factory xenon's

[n15m0]

afro, how much did tht cost? We'll have to meet up and try and outshine each other hey??

[ecl]

yeah, im looking at the HID route too

wanna get some ricey blue ones =)

they usually go from 350-700 dpending on brand and temperature (colour)

[ricknismo]

Can you just buy the bulbs if they left the transformers?

[Blue_J]

Got my xenons put back in about a week later

How easy are they to replace??... will be complying my 34 in around a month

and will def. want to keep the xenons.

i bet they will have to take them out for compliance though. damn ADR

any modifications to unit required? please explain for the xenon ignorant