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Old Aug 29, 2004 | 11:25 AM
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Originally Posted by cwoarmy' date='Aug 29 2004, 06:14 AM
Don't do it.
Read in the last issue of BMW mag that you can't add xenon if you never had them. The computer won't read. Guess that's why BMW charges 2K
Oh really? What would happen if i put them in there?
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Old Aug 29, 2004 | 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Viper786' date='Aug 29 2004, 01:25 PM
[quote name='cwoarmy' date='Aug 29 2004, 06:14 AM'] Don't do it.
Read in the last issue of BMW mag that you can't add xenon if you never had them.? The computer won't read.? Guess that's why BMW charges 2K
Oh really? What would happen if i put them in there?[/quote]
Xenon light is based on the gas discharge principle , where an arc of light is created between two electrodes in a glass tube filled with metal salts and inert gases.(This is not to be confused with many manufacturers who call their halogen lamps Xenon).

to be read here ...
http://www.autolamps-online.com/gasdischarge/xenon.htm

Fog lights never are equipped with the "real" xenon-technology.

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