msm
Well-known member
While this trend seems to be more prolific with CitiGolf's, I notice more and more BMW drivers doing it: Putting xenon kits in halogen housing, so here's some free advise for noobies - use it, don't use.
If you feel the lighting in your car is too dim and want to upgrade, there are 4 possible solutions:
1) Option 1 is to go to the scrapyard and find yourself an OEM set of complete xenon lights with the housing. Might require some coding or wire splicing, but there's guys on the forum that can help you. The biggest challenge is that it is very difficult to obtain a set, especially for older cars (and the newer ones are very expensive)
2) Option 2 is to retrofit a decent lens in front of the aftermarket xenon bulbs to allow the lights to project onto the road properly. Without this you simply create lots of glare for oncoming traffic - to put it bluntly you're an inconsiderate idiot for blinding oncoming traffic. A simple (and correct) lens in front of the bulb allows the light to focus down on the road with some cut-off so it does not shine all over the place and blind other drivers. This does require some work and once again there's people on the forum that can help or do it for you (at a fee)
3) Option 3 is to fit a darker Lamin-X (or similar) tint when using a xenon kit. This reduces the glare substantially.
4) Option 4 is to avoid the xenon kits altogether and buy a good set of high end halogen globes (e.g. Osram Nightbreakers, Phillips Extreme, etc).
Halogen globes work best in halogen housing - xenon kits/globes do not. If you want to do it, please do it properly or leave it alone.
NB: I don't sell or fit these kits, so please don't PM for info. Put up a question on the forum and ask. There's lots of helpful members here, so don't feel shy to ask - better asking than doing the wrong thing!
BTW, sorry for the harsh tone on the post - but this simply drives me crazy :argh:
If you feel the lighting in your car is too dim and want to upgrade, there are 4 possible solutions:
1) Option 1 is to go to the scrapyard and find yourself an OEM set of complete xenon lights with the housing. Might require some coding or wire splicing, but there's guys on the forum that can help you. The biggest challenge is that it is very difficult to obtain a set, especially for older cars (and the newer ones are very expensive)
2) Option 2 is to retrofit a decent lens in front of the aftermarket xenon bulbs to allow the lights to project onto the road properly. Without this you simply create lots of glare for oncoming traffic - to put it bluntly you're an inconsiderate idiot for blinding oncoming traffic. A simple (and correct) lens in front of the bulb allows the light to focus down on the road with some cut-off so it does not shine all over the place and blind other drivers. This does require some work and once again there's people on the forum that can help or do it for you (at a fee)
3) Option 3 is to fit a darker Lamin-X (or similar) tint when using a xenon kit. This reduces the glare substantially.
4) Option 4 is to avoid the xenon kits altogether and buy a good set of high end halogen globes (e.g. Osram Nightbreakers, Phillips Extreme, etc).
Halogen globes work best in halogen housing - xenon kits/globes do not. If you want to do it, please do it properly or leave it alone.
NB: I don't sell or fit these kits, so please don't PM for info. Put up a question on the forum and ask. There's lots of helpful members here, so don't feel shy to ask - better asking than doing the wrong thing!
BTW, sorry for the harsh tone on the post - but this simply drives me crazy :argh:
