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[tunnie]

were the lights from mini-facelift? Facelift ones won't fit 

They will,with minor modification.

The bonnet would modify them well enough 

[RobG]

were the lights from mini-facelift? Facelift ones won't fit 

They will,with minor modification.

What does minor involve??

The ones you have are a straight swap

[smokingomega]

Nice one thanks

[albitz]

were the lights from mini-facelift? Facelift ones won't fit 

They will,with minor modification.

The bonnet would modify them well enough 

Bonnet isnt a problem.Needs the litle nib trimming off the lower part of the lense nearest to the grill,and a little trimming in the same area of the under headlamp trim.

[tunnie]

Ahh good to know, i thought it was height wise they suffered from the different bonnet

[I_want_an_Omega]

There are some wiring changes needed also. If possible go back to the Elite and hack off a few inches of the wiring loom that connected to the headlights you got.

The reason is that the dipped beams only are Xenon and instead of being powered via the multi-connector, there is a separate one for the ballast supply (with its own earth also). You simply make a parallel connection from the yellow/brown (dipped supply) and brown (earth) to the ballast supply which has its own separate 2 pin connector. IIRC.

It is ESSENTIAL that these connections are done properly. The Xenon ballasts fire up taking an inrush current of over 18 amps - which then gradually reduces to about 3.5 amps over a couple of minutes after the lights have warmed up. As the current is high the connections need to be done properly - if you use Scotchbloks  then don't be surprised if they melt at some time in the future!

Doing it this way also means that you can swap back to the normal projectors just by plugging in. As has been said then the adjuster motors simply swap over from your current headlights.

Hope that all makes sense - Rob

[smokingomega]

That makes complete sense.
The thing bothering me more thn anything was weather the adjusters were the same fitment.

[TheBoy]

Given the slight improvement, and the likely runnings with the law (DfT are actively trying to ban HID retrofits done badly - ie, no levelling or washing), I'd just get decent bulbs for your projectors.

Ignore the MOT BS - having an MOT doesn't make a car road legal