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R50/53 Xenon to Halogen?

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Old Sep 2, 2020 | 10:19 PM
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The halogens look great, especially since the xenon lenses were so cloudy.

A big part of the weight for the xenons is the fluid capacity of the additional headlight tank, which at 2.5 liters equals about 5.5 pounds. With the lights, hoses, wiring, tank, fluid, leveling sensors, maybe around 15 pounds, all in?
 
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Old Sep 3, 2020 | 04:11 AM
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Originally Posted by RB-MINI
The halogens look great, especially since the xenon lenses were so cloudy.

A big part of the weight for the xenons is the fluid capacity of the additional headlight tank, which at 2.5 liters equals about 5.5 pounds. With the lights, hoses, wiring, tank, fluid, leveling sensors, maybe around 15 pounds, all in?
Weight sounds about right when all added together, so the 18lb quote posted earlier is likely correct for the entire system I'd reckon.

Thanks for pointing out total system weight, I wasn't equating liquid weight of washer fluid and that does add a good bit doesn't it?

And yeah,
my old xenons were much hazed cloudy --- so much so that when test drove last night on dark road the halogens actually seemed brighter than old xenons! LOL
 

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