Help!!!!!!!!!!

[Blueroc]

I did question the dealer about why they are not currently offered as an option on new models. He said it is because there is a supply problem, whatever that means. The important thing from my point of view is that they are guaranteed against failure for the full 3 years of the warranty.

Dave

[Le_savage]

I did question the dealer about why they are not currently offered as an option on new models. He said it is because there is a supply problem, whatever that means. The important thing from my point of view is that they are guaranteed against failure for the full 3 years of the warranty.

Dave

May the force be with you!!

[rehmondo]

With regards to spare parts for Xenons

The makers of the Xenons (Valeo) will eventually have the resellers kit available if anyone wants to go down that route.

There's currently a guy in Portugal selling RHD Xenons for the Scirocco - I bidded last week but a day before I asked him to remove my bids.

I trust him, spoken to him on MSN via webcam seen many more pics of the unit he has - however I've discovered theres a little more to it than just having all the parts - yes VAGCOM can easily be recoded but a VAG specialist has taken down my cars vehicle no's that are printed in the service log - they will check with the VW computers in Germany and see if I can get the units retro-fitted or need additional cabling - which he said will be a massive problem as most of the car will need to be re-wired - hence why retro fitting Xenons invalidates the VW electrical warranty.

So I this stage I've stopped sourcing Xenons until I have 100% confidence they can be retro-fitted.

The other problem with the eBay seller was that he was supplying converter cables (from Kufatec) that didn't support "auto-levelling" with the headlights - this is also something the VAG specialist was going to find out for me as to how they will work if I retro-fitted them.

Anyhoos FYI - Previous Auction Current Auction

Valeo European Products PDF - Scirocco products are on the last page.


DJW - could you do me a huge favor and upload a pic of your dash and specifically one of the light swith including the dimmer.

If I hadn't pulled out from the first auction I would have got the full kit for a bargain price of £800 inc P+P, if you price everything you need exc installation from a VW dealer it's over £1200!! I would have installed them myself - using a printed guide from erWin (saw the info last week) and get the VAG specialist to code them for me - job done, but like I said still trying to find out more about it as I don't want to end up spending £800 and find I can even use them.

PS sorry for switching the original topic, if any of the Admin's can move this post to its own topic that would be fine with me.

[Blueroc]

With regards to spare parts for Xenons
DJW - could you do me a huge favor and upload a pic of your dash and specifically one of the light swith including the dimmer.

Is this what you want?

Sorry about quality but the best I can do with a mobile phone.

Regards

Dave

Light Swich.jpg

[true]

With regards to spare parts for Xenons
DJW - could you do me a huge favor and upload a pic of your dash and specifically one of the light swith including the dimmer.

Is this what you want?

Sorry about quality but the best I can do with a mobile phone.

Regards

Dave

Light Swich.jpg

Cars with Xenons have a blank where the normal ones have a rotary dial thing to adjust the headlight height but AFAIK the unit is the same.

[rehmondo]

Is this what you want?

Sorry about quality but the best I can do with a mobile phone.

Quality is perfect, thanks Dave!

So from that I see that I would probably want to replace the manual leveler too as after all it wouldn't do anything if I had switched to Xenons.

For a while the £750 Xenons OEM parts seemed like a bargain but I think I'll give them a pass.

Probably order Xenons on the next motor fo sho!

[Blueroc]

I used the lights for the first time last night and they are absolutely awesome

Dave