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Offline Rhyso

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Re: fitting xenon headlamps?>
« Reply #10 on: 03 January 2010, 18:49 »
Quote from: mattwal on 03 January 2010, 18:39
its all good as i won £2000 at casino on new years eve!! how much would it be to fit them?as im useles at things like this!

probably a day's labour as it would involve removing the bumper, headlights, fitting the auto-levelling sensors in the rear, running wiring looms.  Could be two day's labour maybe more

Are you intending to buy the parts new or 2nd hand?

Headlamps are approx £350 per side with bulbs approx £145.00 each, the control unit is £250 per side so there's a £1000 and you're not even close to having all the bits or getting them fitted

If you're adamant then I'd start searching scrap yards for all the bits otherwise you're looking at a silly amount from a dealer

It would be cheaper and easier to trade your motor in for one with them already fitted!!

Alternatively just buy some uprated bulbs and spend the rest on making the car faster  :grin: :grin:

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Re: fitting xenon headlamps?>
« Reply #11 on: 03 January 2010, 19:15 »
Have a seach on the mk5 section as this comes up a lot. It's best to forget about it because there is a huge amount of work involved and many garages won't do it.
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Re: fitting xenon headlamps?>
« Reply #12 on: 03 January 2010, 21:11 »
what do i need if if i just want to retro fit them without the auto levelling units etc? are they still easy to fit?my dad is an MOT guy so he will pass anyways!any help appreciated!
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Re: fitting xenon headlamps?>
« Reply #13 on: 03 January 2010, 21:13 »
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Re: fitting xenon headlamps?>
« Reply #14 on: 03 January 2010, 23:37 »
Quote from: mattwal on 03 January 2010, 21:11
what do i need if if i just want to retro fit them without the auto levelling units etc? are they still easy to fit?my dad is an MOT guy so he will pass anyways!any help appreciated!
Well just fitting the projector headlights is easy. Having a properly working, legal xenon set up needs the whole shabang; sesnors and auto levelers and so on.
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Offline dan_apps

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Re: fitting xenon headlamps?>
« Reply #15 on: 06 January 2010, 09:36 »
buy some 6k HID's they are just as good and 100% legal! :grin:
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Offline Mark_eire

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Re: fitting xenon headlamps?>
« Reply #16 on: 08 January 2010, 23:04 »
Why don't you buy some of these Hella xenon 'look' projector headlamps on ebay for £414

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VW-Golf-Jetta-MK5-GTI-BLACK-Xenon-Look-headlights-Hella_W0QQitemZ230420646696QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item35a6240b28

Then get a set of the hids4u 6000k hids for about £140 and it will look like the real deal! I have this hid kit on my vRS tfsi and it looks like oem xenon
I know it won't have self levelling etc etc... but if your not worried about getting levellers etc it's possibly the cheapest, best option.
I'm going down this route with my wife's Tsi golf
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