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Worth the money
Posted by bRAD [Email] (more from bRAD) on Thu, 19 Sep 2002 08:25:36
In Reply to: Xenon lights, pogeybait, Wed, 18 Sep 2002 22:06:08
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Xenons are definitely worth the extra cash. Upgrading an '02 Linear- do you mean getting them as an option, or buying them after the fact? I'm not sure if you can get them as an option on a Linear, but buying them after the fact is possible, although you will pay at least twice what they cost as an option (if not more) and it will be a lot of work to get them installed properly.
I wanted Xenon but couldn't find an Aero with Manual trans and xenon so I went with an aftermarket system. See my previous posts on this subject, but to summarize, You can get a decent aftermarket set for about $1000 CAD, they work nicely, but you won't get the auto-levelling feature. Its also a bit hard to find a place to mount the ballasts and starters as its already quite crowded under the hood but it is possible. Email me if you'd like to know how I did it. With the aftermarket Xenon, you'll have xenon low beams and halogen high beams- and you can have both on at the same time unlike with the factory HID's. With the aftermarket xenons and halogen high beams it lights up the road very nicely indeed.
Beware of aftermarket "Xenon" lights which are bulbs only and cost $50, true HID will have ballasts and starters. The cheap ones are simply halogen bulbs tinted blue.
IIRC, Xenon bulbs are designed to last the life of the car (approx 2000 hrs of use) they can be replaced and will cost more than halogen bulbs but I'm not sure how much more (the additional life may make the amount negligable)
Happy driving,
Brad
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Posts in this Thread:
- Xenon lights, pogeybait, Wed, 18 Sep 2002 22:06:08
- Re: Xenon lights, keeton, Thu, 19 Sep 2002 11:27:00
- Re: Xenon lights, JO, Thu, 19 Sep 2002 09:09:04
- Worth the money, bRAD, Thu, 19 Sep 2002 08:25:36 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: Xenon lights, Shazbat, Thu, 19 Sep 2002 08:01:15
- Re: Xenon lights, Richad Bevan, Thu, 19 Sep 2002 00:05:34
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