I was just playing the configurator game again tonight
Do you think the Xenons are worth the £845 price?
I've never driven a car with them before. My Puma's projectors as about a good as an AA battery torch that needs new batteries! I'm sure the standard lamps would be a major step up for me anyway but I was just wondering what people think of the xenons.
Well worth the money if you do a lot of night driving out in the sticks where there are few street lamps. I have had cars with both and to be honest for the sort of driving I do, mainly town, I wouldn't spend it.
never tried them at night to gauge the advantage, i'm sure there is one, i don't do enough night drivng on the type of roads to justify the expense and don't think i'd single out a used car for having them, i'm sure once you experience you would be lost without them
I have a Ford with xenon and the Scirocco without xenon (not my choice, is looking for retrofit).
If You drive where there are streetlights, You will not notice the big difference.
But on streets without the streetlights, Your viewing distance without xenon is about 2/3.
Given that breaking distance is times four at double speed, this actually means that You ought to drive at half the speed without xenon, in order to be able to stop within what You can see in the lightbeam.
Oh yes ! For me it is.
I drive a lot of unlit countryroads. On these roads u can definatly see the diverence.
What i also like, is when making a turn, a extra light goes on that shine in the direction u are going.
now modified with dump valve, boost gauge in custom made vent, "gt" steering wheel badge, carbon fibre badges, rs4 wheels, lowered 35mm, private plate S18OCO, custom de-cat and cat back exhaust with quad tips, air filter behind fog lamp heat wrapped, customised front bumper grills painted gloss black, customised rear bumper smoothed and lower spoiler painted gloss black, mouldings and mirrors sprayed in gloss black, gloss black roof and rear spoiler, colour coded dash trims, door trims, centre console trims and rear seat trims, led fog light bulbs, s3 intercooler, audi a4 "S line" gear knob, newspeed hi-flow throttle body pipe, newspeed hi-flow turbo pipe, uprated dog mount bush, front to back and side to side quickshift, 20mm front spacers
come on Ryan, it's about time you started another thread showing your latest mods, i'm waiting! I was in Crewe today and thought about coming to have a look but ran out of time!!
now modified with dump valve, boost gauge in custom made vent, "gt" steering wheel badge, carbon fibre badges, rs4 wheels, lowered 35mm, private plate S18OCO, custom de-cat and cat back exhaust with quad tips, air filter behind fog lamp heat wrapped, customised front bumper grills painted gloss black, customised rear bumper smoothed and lower spoiler painted gloss black, mouldings and mirrors sprayed in gloss black, gloss black roof and rear spoiler, colour coded dash trims, door trims, centre console trims and rear seat trims, led fog light bulbs, s3 intercooler, audi a4 "S line" gear knob, newspeed hi-flow throttle body pipe, newspeed hi-flow turbo pipe, uprated dog mount bush, front to back and side to side quickshift, 20mm front spacers
drnick wrote:come on Ryan, it's about time you started another thread showing your latest mods, i'm waiting! I was in Crewe today and thought about coming to have a look but ran out of time!!
i allways post threads of my mods, just here there and everywhere at the moment, havent had time to finish everything yet, got loads i want to do to my car at the mo, i forgot about my "gt" steering wheel badge actully, must add that to my list lol.
hopefully will have some more modding pics next week or the week after, as im going to be painting a few more "things" shame it wasnt ready for this weekend at santa pod, but will be ready for the meet at gaydon
I had them on my Polo GTi and they're awesome! I haven't had them on any car I've had since though mainly because of the cost of them as an option (they were standard fit on the Polo). Having said that if I could have ordered them on the Scirocco I would have ticked the box if they'd been available this time round for sure.
They'd have be good to justify the price tag. I'd consider a retro-fit kit. You can buy a quality kit for H7 bulbs for about £100 (not the cheap imports at half the price on ebay). They are easy to fit and you can specify the temperature (colour) of light you want.
