Audi R8 Style headlights - Yes or No

[ADBTLeon]

cheers mate. Yea i had to remove it, but it was really simple to do. i think in all about 1 hour 15mins to do everything

Quite fancying a set of these myself and stumbled across this post. Got a facelift Leon. Really like the angel eyes DRLs on the new BMWs but as they aren't an option, the R8 style are a gorgeous alternative.
How hard is the bumper to remove and replace?
Are they a straight swap for the standard halogen lights?
How do i get the option for DRLs enabled on the MFD so that the LEDs work as DRLs?
On a less inquisitive note, your car is looking SMART waitsey

 

[waitsey]

Thanks mate
Yea really easy mate, I was new to removeing parts of the car. Straight swap aswell.
I would definitely get some Hids, really makes a difference.
Hope this helps

 

[Danno1975]

Hi, sorry to revive and old thread. It how much better are these with the HID's over the standard halogens?, have you got any photos of them in action, ie ahead of the car?.

Cheers

 

[Willz17]

View this thread on the last page, all your questions answered there

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?p=4316242&posted=1#post4316242

 

[Danno1975]

Been there mate . But found a nice photo and comments by Wilsey re his Autoart/hid combo on another thread so happy now.

 

[Danno1975]

Meant waitsey

 

[kmxwll]

Waitsey,

I was looking at your pics (post #43) of the light unit with the gap between the light and bumper and you said that you hadn't finished screwing it so, my question is did that gap disappear when you had finished? Also I was wondering, the lights dont come withthe electric adjustment motors in them so do the old units have them installed inside the unit or are they separate so u can just plug them into the new units?

Thanks
Kyle

 

[Danno1975]

The motors are simple to swap across, I did it with mine till a couple of minutes total.

On mine I also had to transfer the adjustment blocks off the old headligjt to the new, pretty self explanatory which is great as the instructions are terrible .

 

[kmxwll]

Brill thanks Danno!

Does it make a difference what year the car is in regards to the motors? dont wanna end up having only manual adjustment I ahve a 2010 2.0 TDI FR

Cheers

 

[Danno1975]

Brill thanks Danno!

Does it make a difference what year the car is in regards to the motors? dont wanna end up having only manual adjustment I ahve a 2010 2.0 TDI FR

Cheers

Not sure though the lights in mine don't fit facelift Leon's.

They fog up easily though but I think they just need better venting as they are not leaking anywhere and the HID wires are effectively blocking one vent and are also cooler so don't help much for heat.

Massive styling and performance improvement on the standard halogens and the old fuzzy plastic lenses.

 

[kmxwll]

Nice 1 cheers Danno