Xenon replacement

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Like many of you my Xenon bowls are melted and I have to replace the headlights or keep driving with a long white stick with a red tip at night. I have found some Bi-Xenon headlight assemblies and want to know if I can just switch my Xenons out with Bi-Xenons? Anyone.....?

[Avetiso]

What do you mean switch them out for bixenon?

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I mean can I removed my Xenon headlight assemblies and install Bi-Xenon headlight assemblies. Would they physically fit, would the electrical harness plug in and would they work properly?

[Avetiso]

They would fit, but I'm not sure about the wiring and if your car could activate the bixenon.

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[LivesNearCostco]

If you have a 2004 ZHP sedan, I would think you already have bi-xenon functionality and they should wire right up with other Bi-Xenon assemblies. My only question is if you are getting E46 sedan Bi-Xenon replacements, are they from a coupe or sedan, and are they ZKW or AL/Bosch?

Just to be clear, bi-xenon means your Xenons have a shutter which is lowered when you push the high-beam stalk forward, raising the xenon lights up high so you can see farther. If you pull the stalk towards you, it flashes your Halogen high-beams on, which also run in dimmer mode as DRLs. Unless you re-code your lighting options then you can set it so turning on your hi-beams both lowers the Xenon shutter and activates the halogens at the same time!

Quad Xenons means replacing the halogen high-beams with HID projectors so you have two projectors on each side.

[slater]

like LivesNearCostco mentioned above, you should have bixenons already.

i just went through this on my '04 sedan and i used the kit from TRS (http://www.theretrofitsource.com/com...ghts-only.html).

it was a decent quality kit, install was easy. i would recommend using your existing shrouds, the ones i bought from them were lousy.

also a good time to replace your headlight lenses since you'll have the entire assembly apart anyway - mine were sandblasted!

peter

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Thanks for all the replies. I am looking at the original window sticker and it just says "Xenon Headlights". I assumed they were not Bi-Xenon or they would have said that; am I mistaken?

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Thanks for all the replies. I am looking at the original window sticker and it just says "Xenon Headlights". I assumed they were not Bi-Xenon or they would have said that; am I mistaken? How can I tell? When I push the lever forward for High Beams the Xenon's move up. When I pull it back the Xenons don't change, but the Halogen passing lights come on, but that is the only time they come on and don't stay on unless I hold the lever back. I appreciate your help.

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Another question; I keep hearing people saying it fits "a face lift" car. What is that and how do I know if mine is one?

[gmurphy]

Another question; I keep hearing people saying it fits "a face lift" car. What is that and how do I know if mine is one?

Face lifted sedan is from MY 02-05.


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