what headlights will i get?

pat15312 · Post by **pat15312** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 9:12 pm

hi
if i ordered my car last week and its not coming till may 29th (!), what headlights will i get?
i didnt think about specifing bi-xenon because i wasn't given the option...
i've been reading around a bit and apparently they removed it as an option as they ran out due to the golf vi?!?!
can i still specify bi-xenon?
how much extra is it?
can it be dealer fitted?
how will it be effected by winter pack?
cheers

Greeton · Post by **Greeton** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 7:59 am

I heard from my local fleet dealer that they were never an option in the UK, the brochure was released before the specification had been finalised.
Whether this was just "smoke blowing" to answer my question to him about why Xenons weren't available I'm not sure. I'm sure someone else on here may have more information.

His words were "there are no factory fitted Xenons on a Scirocco in the UK", I have read a few posts on here stating mods afterwards though.

G.

wigit · Post by **wigit** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 11:19 am

once again a dealer is talking out of his backside, a few guys on here got xenons, however, they ordered them back in july/august/sept last year and waited ages for their car cars

pat15312 · Post by **pat15312** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 11:38 am

will i be able to get it retrofit if i order the bi-xenon headlights through vw services and parts?
surely you must because if you have a head on collision that knocks out your headlights, they have to replace them right?

i have to say on a whole im not impressed with vw sales staff... i ordered the car last friday, spent a week trying to get them to speak to my guarator for the finance and they still havent even taken my deposit! fortunatly, they have told me that the car is ordered so im not too worried now anyways lol

cheers

jonallen628 · Post by **jonallen628** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 11:44 am

Greeton wrote:"there are no factory fitted Xenons on a Scirocco in the UK

Good to see the dealer network are factual as ever. Have a look in the gallery, you will find pics of Mine, Ryans and several others in the UK with Xenon headlights. Coventry VW have a white 2.0 TSI Manual with leather , Pano roof Xenons and a few other bits on the forecourt so there are obviously a few stragglers filtering through.

Greeton · Post by **Greeton** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 6:23 pm

Fair enough...
Does anyone have any info regarding if they will be available again in the near future?
G.

pat15312 · Post by **pat15312** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 12:41 pm

its gonna be retrofit really isnt it. thats gonnabe a nice and expensive job. trying to get ETKA and printing off some bits from erWIN to see what involved in it at the moment.

bianco · Post by **bianco** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:09 pm

I bought a pre-configured car without xenon, to get immediate delivery. But I really want the xenons...

The dealer said Xenon's are only installed together with headlight washer and auto-leveling (dips the lights when motherinlaw is in trunk).
For supporting evidence I found a work-around cable from Kufatec:
http://www.kufatec.de/shop/product_info ... 96bdd6ae6b

So in theory it should be possible, but the dealer did not have the xenon light in their spare part catalog (note this is in Denmark).

drnick · Post by **drnick** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 10:25 pm

The dealer is right, any vehicle sold in the UK (and europe i would guess) with xenon lights must have them fitted as part of a system which also includes headlamp cleaning and a self - levelling system for the lights. If you're thinking about retrofitting, you'll also need ballast (basically a huge capacitor) for each lamp unit as the voltage that xenons require is huge.

Also, you'll need to get someone with access to VAG-COM as the vehicle computer will need telling that xenons are fitted.

This has been discussed before on here and tbh i wouldn't bother unless you are prapared for lots of headaches and expense.

If you manage to sort it let us know as i would be interested!!

Sam Greir · Post by **Sam Greir** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 6:17 pm

VW cruise will retro fit xenons. Not sure about the cost for the roc but for a mk5 golf its £350, i'm sure the roc won't cost much more than that.
http://www.vwcruise.com/7.html

drnick · Post by **drnick** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 7:33 pm

that's an illegal kit. I'm sure you'd never get stopped as the police are too busy catching real criminals though.......

bianco · Post by **bianco** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 9:21 pm

Sorry but it is a very bad idea to make the shortcut that http://www.vwcruise.com do.
They put xenon bulbs in the standard housing - That will blind everybody and look really cheap (think the home made spoiler of xenons)

The only way is to have a proper xenon housing fittet, preferably the original.

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