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Old Feb 26, 2012 | 08:18 AM
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Going backwards.....xenon to halogens!

Can you take a car with Xenons and put the OEM halogens in and have them work??
 

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Old Feb 27, 2012 | 02:40 PM
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of course but you need rewiring
 
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Old Feb 28, 2012 | 05:44 AM
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I meant plug and play...
 
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Old Feb 28, 2012 | 05:58 AM
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the high beam won't work.
 
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Old Feb 28, 2012 | 10:39 AM
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and why would anyone want to diminish their visibility by doing such a thing?
 
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Old Feb 28, 2012 | 10:53 AM
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i mean if you could potentially find a willing donor car :D
How much rewiring? the wire that controls the bi-xenon flap to trigger turning on hi beam?
 
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Old Feb 28, 2012 | 03:39 PM
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one cable from each headlight connector somewhere in the harness becomes one, and goes to FRM.This wire must be splitted again into two seperate wires and go to different positions on FRM.Also it has to go to different positions in headlight connectors.
 
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