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#13 of 16 Re: HID LIGHTING TUTORIAL [ocuihs] by batman47 May 18, 2009 (2:24 am)
Replying to: ocuihs (Nov 22, 2008 6:13 am) Hi,   Just a question before I get involved in this project in changing the halogen headlamps of a 2009 SE Outlander AWD for a Xenon lamp combination.   The idea is to buy the headlamp assemblage of the Xenon light that comes with the XLS AWD (Package P2, $1650), taking away the halogen headlamps (as a unit) of the SE and replacing by the Xenon lamps assemblage. This experiment will possible require just to replace the standard halogen headlamp fuse by one of 25A in the SE.   Can I do this experiment so I will have my SE with Xenon lights at a cost of $600? Each xenon lamp/light costs $300. Replies to this message: batman47 (May 18, 2009 8:32 am) batman47 (Oct 19, 2009 12:10 pm)
#14 of 16 Re: HID LIGHTING TUTORIAL [batman47] by batman47 May 18, 2009 (8:32 am)
Replying to: batman47 (May 18, 2009 2:24 am) I am interested to know how the auto-leveling Xenon mechanism works. The Google search engine give hundreds of hits with owners frustrating with the Xenon mechanism having a mind in its own. Some said that there is a motor in each Xenon lamp that is activated by sensors near the suspension/wheels area. Others recommend cutting some wires and forgetting all together about the auto-leveling operation. Few have done this to be mortified with a permanent message in the Instrument cluster. Perhaps some members could explain the operation of this auto-leveling mechanism. Replies to this message: batman47 (Oct 19, 2009 12:10 pm)
#16 of 16 Re: HID LIGHTING TUTORIAL [batman47] by batman47 Oct 19, 2009 (12:10 pm)
Replying to: batman47 (May 18, 2009 8:32 am) In Europe the Xenon HID in the Outlander (as any other car with Xenon) requires to have a washer mechanism in order to water spray the lamp when mud or dust dirty the lamps. This is a compulsory regulation in Europe. Majority of European cars sold in the US have this washer mechanism. The European Agency justifies this requirement by advocating physics light laws. They said that mud or dust on the HID lamps may blind oncoming drivers.   The European Association of US car import has presented a complaint to fight this regulation due to American car makers don’t install lamp washer in the front bumper on cars with Xenon.

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