xenons??

gti_black · Post by **gti_black** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 8:46 pm

just wandering if anyone can post up pics of what theyre xenons look like in the night....

and how bright they are...

iirc the polo gti xenons have a temp of 4300k.. but was curious as to what it would look like in reality... cheers

before you say nething... no i do not have xenons nor do i have a gti....

...but looking to get one.

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 9:47 pm

Same here, I've only got a daytime one sorry

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 9:50 pm

Amen to that, I'll finally be reunited with it on Wednesday after 3 weeks

Can't wait for the GTi power again, should be a bit quicker than the 1.3 diesel Vauxhall Combo I've been using

Redline · Post by **Redline** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 10:10 pm

Back on topic, that's about the best I have. Apologies for the fact it was blowing a gale when I took it.

JPR_polo_gti · Post by **JPR_polo_gti** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 10:49 pm

it's hard to capture with the camera how nice they actually look.... I've tried before... and failed lol

Si_GTi · Post by **Si_GTi** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 11:00 pm

At dusk:

The second shot is taken with a digital SLR, much better quality

gti_black · Post by **gti_black** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 8:27 am

thanks for the pics guys...

your right it is difficult to tell with a picture taken from a camera...

im asking because i friend of mine has a 54 plate BMW 330, it has xenons and i noticed how amazingly bright they were. they created like a blueish light on the floor but very bright.... it was like a even spread of blueish/whiteish light

was just wandering how the gti lights compared to the 330's

thanks anyway.... i may have to keep an eye out for a gti when drving during the night

Dee-vub · Post by **Dee-vub** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 12:55 pm

They look soooooooo Dam good!!!!!!!! I want some, might have to get some. Anybody tried tinting the inside of them like some people have done with the mk3 headlights?

mk4 glx 1.6 · Post by **mk4 glx 1.6** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 1:23 pm

gti_black wrote:was just wandering how the gti lights compared to the 330's

I have driven a fair few high end new BM's on occasion and in terms of light output, the Gti's xenons are not a patch on the BM's.

IMO the gti's xenons look a lot better than they actually perform.

One of the problems with the gti's xenons is that there is very little manual adjustment that can be made to the light output or range, it has to be done using VAGcom (VAG computer).

Alex_6n2 · Post by **Alex_6n2** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 6:08 pm

Is there any way to increase GTi Xenons to a temp of 6000K?

mk4 glx 1.6 · Post by **mk4 glx 1.6** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 6:11 pm

Alex_6n2 wrote:Is there any way to increase GTi Xenons to a temp of 6000K?

By changing the bulbs.

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 6:26 pm

Ditto.

I was thinking about that myself.