Hella Xenon look headlights mkv golf

[hkp]

I got them from a mate in Germany, I'm trying to sort out a GB, but I'm waiting back to hear on a firm price. I paid about £280 delivered for mine (mates rates!). I'm also working on a supplier here in the UK who is trying to source them. Apparently they are not easy to buy due to some licensing requirement from VW, not sure exactly the details though.

Regarding a mirror for the main beams - no I don't think so. I put some of the + 80% brighter/whiter bulbs in mine and they are very very bright. The difference is like night and day (excuse the pun). The cut off it much sharper, the beam more directed, and further down the road, and you get that kind of bluey/rainbow effect as you catch the top of the beam. So glad I did this mod, not just for the cosmetic nature, but for the effect on my night vision too!

[antonis42]

I've got these too.
Very pleased with them, as said by someone else above, if you put brighter bulbs in them they are brilliant.

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[Timvgti]

I also want to change my o.e.m. halogen headlights with o.e.m. xenon headlights or maybe the 'xenon-look' hella's, discussed in this topic (looking at the price).
But another question, not discussed yet:

If you put o.e.m. Xenon headlights in an o.e.m. halogen mk5, you need 10 to 12 pin adapter connectors (from kufatec).
This is because the Xenon headlights have a 12 pin connector and Halogen headlights have a 10 pin connector.
The extra pin(s) is used for the xenon shutter (activated when using the high beam).
If you connect the extra wire (provided in the kufatec adapter) you can use bi-xenon, otherwise you only have the h7 halogen's next to the xenons for high-beam.

What about the Hella 'xenonlook' headlights?
Are the 10 pins?
So plug and play on a o.e.m. halogen mk5?
No option to control a shutter for bi-xenon when you install an aftermarket xenon ballast/h7 bulb in the hella's?

[hkp]

They are 10 pin connectors mate (i.e. plug and play)

[Timvgti]

They are 10 pin connectors mate (i.e. plug and play)

Thanks!
And what about the bi-xenon mode? Possible to control shutters? (Or are there no shutters in the Hella's?)
Read about some sort of 'atuators' included with the Hella's???

[hkp]

No shutters I can see mate. The actuators control the height from inside the cabin I guess?

[Timvgti]

Do you need extra actuators for that?
Isn't it possible to control the height manual, with the standard height-adjustment-button in the car? (In halogen spec mk5's)

Going to look for a good hella seller/price in The Netherlands.
Suggestions?

[hkp]

Yep, nothing on the height adjustment changes from the standard Halogens. What I meant was that 'actuators' might be the little height adjustment motors in the headlights, that was all...

[Timvgti]

Thanks 'HKP'!
What H7's would be the most stock xenon look in the Hella's? -> Osram Nightbreakers or things like ABD Ice blue 6500k's or GP Thunder Xenon look 5800k?

Ebay Netherlands don't show the Hella's.
What's best for me? Germany?

[rav5abi]

Hi hkp, any news on the group buy? I might be interested in a set for my GT Sport

[itismebigd]

+1 very interested in the gb update to m8

[patrickcullen87]

definately interested in these aswel!! 

[hkp]

My UK supplier is being slack! I'll poke him again. 

I can get them from Germany (RHD versions - not the ebay ones), but the GB would be harder to organise (and more $).

[RussZS]

Any update on this please mate?

[hkp]

Hi Russ. Yeah I'm gonna give up on he UK supplier for a gb. I'll talk with the guy in Germany again, let he mods know here, then post details in the gb forum.