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MVS
Member Since: 18 Jul 2005
Location: People's Republic of Yorkshire
Posts: 419
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| Retrofit / Dealer fit Xenon Headlights |
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I'm sure some of you guys will know more than my dealer on this one.
I'm in the position where LR & my dealer are swapping my Feb 05 's' spec car which has xenons & bright pack. Now as the bright pack is standard on 06' spec and xenons aren't, and the deal I have is for a 'pre built' new car, as opposed to an order. Finding one with xenons is a problem.
 Can dealers retrofit Xenons, they're saying they can't, but I don't necessarily think this is true, as there have been several posts on this issue.
If they just can't/won't, as I am a handy spanner monkey are the headlamp units the only things that need changing?, or are there wiring issues that require work for the swap.
Many thanks in anticipation
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 22nd Dec 2005 11:40 am |
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grommet
Member Since: 15 Feb 2005
Location: Northern California
Posts: 331
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It should be a simple swap of the headlight assembly. No special re-wiring.
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| 22nd Dec 2005 11:50 am |
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Dan
Member Since: 09 Aug 2005
Location: Oxfordshire
Posts: 96
  
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I did this a couple of months back. Swapped my '06 S spec halogens for Xenons and it took all of 4 minutes. No problems since then either. I checked beforehand with a LR engineer and she confirmed that the wiring harness was the same.
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| 22nd Dec 2005 1:21 pm |
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MVS
Member Since: 18 Jul 2005
Location: People's Republic of Yorkshire
Posts: 419
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Many thanks, I thought they were acting like muppets.
Just out of interest where did you get you're headlamp units, and roughly how much were they.
Do you know how much they are from a dealer.
Did you notice a big difference when you had changed the units
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| 22nd Dec 2005 6:42 pm |
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Dan
Member Since: 09 Aug 2005
Location: Oxfordshire
Posts: 96
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MVS wrote:Many thanks, I thought they were acting like muppets.
Just out of interest where did you get you're headlamp units, and roughly how much were they.
Do you know how much they are from a dealer.
Did you notice a big difference when you had changed the units
Well the 1st one I got off eblag for the princely sum of £15 and the second from a breakers yard specialising in Land Rovers for £50. I've since learnt that I was just dammned lucky as they are as rare as the proverbial rocking horse poo at the moment... 
I did ask dealer price and seem to remember a sum of £415 per unit 
They are definitely more effective then standard, especially so on high beam. The only downside is the pronounced 'cut-off' at the end of the beams reach, if you understand Halogens seem to have a more gradual fade out where the Xenons just stop...
Hope that helps.
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| 22nd Dec 2005 6:57 pm |
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MVS
Member Since: 18 Jul 2005
Location: People's Republic of Yorkshire
Posts: 419
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Yup, many thanks again.
Going to get them spannering them from my current car to the new one!
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| 22nd Dec 2005 7:04 pm |
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Slimer
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Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Last Exit to Nowhere
Posts: 16295
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I picked one up from that auction site for £50 last week for my spares collection The End
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| 22nd Dec 2005 7:42 pm |
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GLY 2N
Member Since: 07 Jan 2006
Location: North Wales
Posts: 40
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So all you need to do is swop the lamp?
Has anyone done thes?
I did see a set on ebay a while ago and thought i would need wiring etc..
As you can get xeon lights for about £155, but they are bulbs and ballsts. New lamps would be better.
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| 10th Jan 2006 5:47 pm |
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