Help/advice regarding head light...

[Vagster73]

Upgrade.

I have a 2008 S Line and am in the process of updating the car, currently have a few bits one of which is a honeycomb grille.

I want to upgrade/update my headlights as this is all new to me what are my options??

Can I buy a plug and play light or would I need coding once fitted??

Any photos or links to items would be appreciated

 

[Eren S3]

Are your headlights HIDs? There's some great Morimoto bulbs out there you can get from t8ups, who is a member on here, to update the light output. No coding needed if it's just a bulb upgrade. Depending on how far you want to go you can also do a clear lens swap (assuming you have HIDs with projectors). You'll get the most light output from the bulbs that way.

 

[Vagster73]

Hello ErenS3, these are my lights, they look a bit dated, hence wanting to bring them up to date. Not too sure if a later A3 light would work or if I should just buy the projector lights off ebay?

 

[Eren S3]

Ah yeah, I see now. Well there are plug and play HID kits for halogen headlights which are pretty reliable. The usual goes, the more you spend the more you get. There's a bit of dispute as to whether HIDs are legal in halogen headlights without levellers and washers etc. I had Morimoto HIDs in my previous car with halogen headlights and the cutoff was spot on, never got flashed or never failed an MOT (before all the changes I might add) so it's up to you.

With regards to whole new lights, would these fit?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Xenon-Pr...del:A3&hash=item41fc9ad8b1:g:LrUAAOSwBBRcbYZc

With wiring and coding etc, I'm not overly qualified to comment but there's tons of knowledgeable guys and girls on here who will be able to help

 

[Vagster73]

Thanks for the reply

 

[Nessy]

Whatever you do (aside from any legalities of fitting such a kit to a non-projector headlamp ) do not fit any form of HID kit to an A3 , it will fry the windscreen wiper motor .
Some may say they’ve fitted one without problems etc but it’s a known issue with the A3.