Not all Xenon headlights are created equal...not even OEM Audi.
10-20-2004, 06:14 AM
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Not all Xenon headlights are created equal...not even OEM Audi.
I finally got my S4 Bi-Xenons Ecodes completed installed, adjusted, and never needed to be touched again.
I must say though...<b>compared to my old Xenon Ecodes</b>, these do not seem as bright and are definately not as blue.
Both seem to use the same bulb and ballast. The difference appears to be in the lens itself, where the Xenon Ecode had a smooth lens and the S4 Bi-Xenon has concentric rings on the lens:
<img src="http://www.nitnelav.com/XenonEcodesLight5.JPG"><img src="http://www.nitnelav.com/XenonEcodesLight6.JPG"><img src="http://www.nitnelav.com/S4XenonLight5.JPG">
Take a look at the light output and color of each. The Xenon Ecodes seem to light up the road much more and are also much more blue then the S4 Bi-Xenon Ecodes.
<img src="http://www.nitnelav.com/XenonEcodesLight1.JPG"><img src="http://www.nitnelav.com/S4XenonLight1.JPG">
<img src="http://www.nitnelav.com/XenonEcodesLight2.JPG"><img src="http://www.nitnelav.com/S4XenonLight2.JPG">
<img src="http://www.nitnelav.com/XenonEcodesLight3.JPG"><img src="http://www.nitnelav.com/S4XenonLight3.JPG">
<img src="http://www.nitnelav.com/XenonEcodesLight4.JPG"><img src="http://www.nitnelav.com/S4XenonLight4.JPG">
I must say though...<b>compared to my old Xenon Ecodes</b>, these do not seem as bright and are definately not as blue.
Both seem to use the same bulb and ballast. The difference appears to be in the lens itself, where the Xenon Ecode had a smooth lens and the S4 Bi-Xenon has concentric rings on the lens:
<img src="http://www.nitnelav.com/XenonEcodesLight5.JPG"><img src="http://www.nitnelav.com/XenonEcodesLight6.JPG"><img src="http://www.nitnelav.com/S4XenonLight5.JPG">
Take a look at the light output and color of each. The Xenon Ecodes seem to light up the road much more and are also much more blue then the S4 Bi-Xenon Ecodes.
<img src="http://www.nitnelav.com/XenonEcodesLight1.JPG"><img src="http://www.nitnelav.com/S4XenonLight1.JPG">
<img src="http://www.nitnelav.com/XenonEcodesLight2.JPG"><img src="http://www.nitnelav.com/S4XenonLight2.JPG">
<img src="http://www.nitnelav.com/XenonEcodesLight3.JPG"><img src="http://www.nitnelav.com/S4XenonLight3.JPG">
<img src="http://www.nitnelav.com/XenonEcodesLight4.JPG"><img src="http://www.nitnelav.com/S4XenonLight4.JPG">
10-20-2004, 06:24 AM
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The lenses are bigger in the bi-xenon's...
I think that the regular xenon's have a 60mm while the bi's have a 90mm. My xenons have the riings in the lens and they are blue as hell, so I wonder if the difference is the lens? Do the ecodes use the same bulbs as the us regular xenons?
