'04 530 xenon upgrade
08-06-2008, 11:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Davey G' post='640324' date='Aug 6 2008, 12:13 AM
Hi Kekkos,
Cheers for that. I presume this is something I need to get done by the main dealer??
Can imagine they'll charge an arm and a leg!!!
Obviously the computer needs to be told that the car now has Adaptive feature.
Have you any idea if the Xenon should work on High beam also?
Ta
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Cheers for that. I presume this is something I need to get done by the main dealer??
Can imagine they'll charge an arm and a leg!!!
Obviously the computer needs to be told that the car now has Adaptive feature.
Have you any idea if the Xenon should work on High beam also?
Ta
Davey
I don't have any idea. Upgrading my halogens to xenon is my next mod. There are a lot of members here that they have already upgraded to xenon and hopefully can answer the question for you.
Please keep as posted since there are a lot of people here that they want to do the same.
08-07-2008, 01:28 AM
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Davey,
If you don't care that much about the adaptive feature you can wire your xenon headlights using an aftermarket ballast and hid. This way you can avoid coding and any extra charges. Have a look here.
If you don't care that much about the adaptive feature you can wire your xenon headlights using an aftermarket ballast and hid. This way you can avoid coding and any extra charges. Have a look here.
08-10-2008, 09:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Davey G' post='640328' date='Aug 5 2008, 05:16 PM
Hi amd20,
If you solder a wire directly onto the spare pin on the Xenon highlamp unit and then straight to an earth. I stuck mine through the spare hole and then sealed it with silicone. I also added the capacitor to sort out error messages. Working great except still need to address the lack of Xenon high beam.
Good luck with the wiring.
Cheers
Davey
If you solder a wire directly onto the spare pin on the Xenon highlamp unit and then straight to an earth. I stuck mine through the spare hole and then sealed it with silicone. I also added the capacitor to sort out error messages. Working great except still need to address the lack of Xenon high beam.
Good luck with the wiring.
Cheers
Davey
Thanks for the tip. Wiring is not my specialty. Can you provide some detailed instructions/pics to illustrate what needs to be done to the wiring? Which/where can I get the capacitor? So the wire that needs to be installed is just a ground wire that I can connect to any part of the car? I've been running everywhere and have been researching this upgrade forever and this part has got me in a big hole. I also checked with the dealer to find that a new set of wiring is $1200 each!! Thats the most rediculous thing I can imagine.
Thanks so much for your help.
Ahmad
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