HID conversion kit

I have a D3 with Bi Xenon - the High beam (additional) is / has the halogen 'glow' and I would like to update to Xenon.


Is this known as a cornering lamp - If so, my manual says its an H8 --- or is the corning lamp something else in the cluster and not the Halogen part of the High Beam.


The inner light that most think is the hi beam has a Halogen H7 lamp in it that is also a hi beam but its primary purpose is to act as a filler light to fill in dark spots in the Bi Zenon light pattern.

On Halogen fitted cars there is a single H7 Halogen globe in the projectors that provide low beam only (no shutter to change the shape of the beam from Hi to lo and vice versa like the Bi Zenons). In the Halogens Hi beam is solely provided by the inner hi beam light that is also fitted with a H7 Halogen - this light is exactly the same in both Halogen and Bi Zenon cars.


ALSO
is there any danger of causing a 'meltdown' due to the heat build up, if a small/slim ballast for a Xenon (H7) light is put inside (if it fits) the plastic housing.


Thanks all

Would a highbeam infill (H7) need to be canbus compatable for a D3 HSE V8 with Bi Xenon,
please?
Steve

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Originally Posted by coolum

ALSO
is there any danger of causing a 'meltdown' due to the heat build up, if a small/slim ballast for a Xenon (H7) light is put inside (if it fits) the plastic housing.

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Originally Posted by coolum

Would a highbeam infill (H7) need to be canbus compatable for a D3 HSE V8 with Bi Xenon,
please?
Steve

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Any H7 Halogen globe will fit with no problems with the CANBUS. Likewise, based on my experience, you can put HIDs in this position with no impact on the CANBUS system. At one stage I had aftermarket HIDs as replacement for the H7 Halogens in both beams with no issues - these were not specfic canbus systems. Both ballasts can fit in the headlight housing with no issues.

Because HIDs take a little while to light up I removed them from the Hi beams and went back to 4300K H7 Halogens. My low beams are still HIDs and I have had no problems with them.

Garry

Hope this isn't too off topic, but does anyone have any recommendations of better quality halogen globes that could be dropped in to replace the OEM's? I have an MY13 TDV6 and the performance of the headlights is about the only gripe I have with the car. Thanks.