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      12-01-2019, 09:17 PM   #1
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Xenon to led headlight replacement?

The low beams on my car are just simply not bright enough, driving in the dark, its legitimately worrying when going down the road, i need to use my fog lights and my brights honestly arent bright enough either. My friend on his wrx replaced his halogens to led's and its making me envious.

Ive seen that the xenon's cannot be replaced but that im stuck with the xenons, but can i replace even the high beam halogen bulb? Anything is appreciated
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The low beams on my car are just simply not bright enough, driving in the dark, its legitimately worrying when going down the road, i need to use my fog lights and my brights honestly arent bright enough either. My friend on his wrx replaced his halogens to led's and its making me envious.

Ive seen that the xenon's cannot be replaced but that im stuck with the xenons, but can i replace even the high beam halogen bulb? Anything is appreciated
There's plenty of information online if you search for it... are you sure your xenons are still working properly? I find mine to be more than enough.
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The low beams on my car are just simply not bright enough, driving in the dark, its legitimately worrying when going down the road, i need to use my fog lights and my brights honestly arent bright enough either. My friend on his wrx replaced his halogens to led's and its making me envious.

Ive seen that the xenon's cannot be replaced but that im stuck with the xenons, but can i replace even the high beam halogen bulb? Anything is appreciated
There's plenty of information online if you search for it... are you sure your xenons are still working properly? I find mine to be more than enough.
Ive been looking, what ive seem to find was that you cannot get brighter xenons, but i was looking for a relacement. It just seems like mine are nearly bright enough than they should be
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If you do actually have xenons(are you sure), and they're as bad as you say, then there's something wrong with them.

Are your lenses all faded and cloudy?
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If you do actually have xenons(are you sure), and they're as bad as you say, then there's something wrong with them.

Are your lenses all faded and cloudy?
I have xenons. I think the 335 came stock with xenons anyways,

Im looking into some led or hid replacements
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Dont make the mistake that I made.

When My original xenon on the driver side went pink, I went LED's and it shot error codes and wasn't as bright in terms of output.

Ended up getting 8000K D1S and had been great so far and love them but i went with these guys www.boringautoparts.com

The price was great 60$ for 2 bulbs and no codes
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OSRAM Xenarc Cool Blue Boost D1S Xenon Car Headlight Bulbs (Twin) 66140CBB-HCB https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0771LG4ZQ..._pz5aEbQD6JRND
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You actually have to change the xenon lens. There are several on internet. There is another way (i made like this). I bought halogen headlight (like 50-60 each) and bought front lens for them because it was faded (optional). Found BI-Led on aliexpress and new DRL engel eyes and put them inside. Also painted inside surface to black for the good feeling.
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You actually have to change the xenon lens. There are several on internet. There is another way (i made like this). I bought halogen headlight (like 50-60 each) and bought front lens for them because it was faded (optional). Found BI-Led on aliexpress and new DRL engel eyes and put them inside. Also painted inside surface to black for the good feeling.
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You actually have to change the xenon lens. There are several on internet. There is another way (i made like this). I bought halogen headlight (like 50-60 each) and bought front lens for them because it was faded (optional). Found BI-Led on aliexpress and new DRL engel eyes and put them inside. Also painted inside surface to black for the good feeling.
Do u have pictures of this? And e92 or e90 headlights
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You actually have to change the xenon lens. There are several on internet. There is another way (i made like this). I bought halogen headlight (like 50-60 each) and bought front lens for them because it was faded (optional). Found BI-Led on aliexpress and new DRL engel eyes and put them inside. Also painted inside surface to black for the good feeling.
This sounds really cool, do you have pictures of the process?
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Xenon bulbs age, but don't burn out. They just become dim. I'd just throw in new D1S bulbs and you should be pretty happy with the result.
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Xenon bulbs age, but don't burn out. They just become dim. I'd just throw in new D1S bulbs and you should be pretty happy with the result.
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