RonM

Just had a xenon low beam headlight go out. I am looking for a good replacement light. I have found some on Ebay, they are Eurodezigns H7 8500K. Would thes work on my 2001 A8L without any overheating problems?<ul><li><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;category=36476&amp;item =7944926436&amp;rd=1">Click</a></li></ul>

PaulW

You need the real deal.....get a pair, if one went out, the other is scheduled to burn out soon. When you put a new one in, you'll find that the color won't match your other one....so might as well replace both.

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That's what a xenon bulb looks like. And if you can get a pair for $75 shipped, that's a great price, they are about $175 each at the stealer.<ul><li><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;category=36476&amp;item =7943489601&amp;rd=1">Here's a pair</a></li></ul>

taga8

Those are filament bulbs, no way will those work, I think the 01 had D2S bulbs. See link below.<ul><li><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;rd=1&amp;item=794350412 6&amp;category=36476">try these</a></li></ul>

RonM

Paul, thanks for the heads-up on the Xenon's. Just purchased a pair from your included link. Oops! Beat the stealers again. Have a happy new year!

PaulW

I just modified a Parrot 3100 to go into a D3....it was a real PITA to figure out what wires were going to drive the B pillar speaker....it ends up it's the Green/Grey Blocks and Red/Grey Blocks that go to the radio input section of the ISO connector.<ul><li><a href="https://forums.audiworld.com/a8d3/msgs/11629.phtml">More info here.....or did you install it already?</a></li></ul>

RonM

Have noticed that there are K levels on xenon lights to fit our cars all the way to 12000K. Would it be safe to run the higher K lights or should we stick with the OEM lights that are around 4300K?

Mikalai

human eye sensitivity - last one most sensitible at 550-580nm. This range has yellow-green colour, like sun colour during bright day.
In terms of Kelvin - this is about 4000-4300K.
That is reasons, why Osram/Philips stock Xenon bulbs has 4150/4300K.

There are many sellers who use marketing trickery speaking about Kelvin.
Moreover, xenon bulbs's luminous flux drop dramatically with higher K.
For instant, philips xenon D2S 4250K has 3200Lm of luminous flux. Philips D2S Ultinon 5800K has only 2400Lm. Osram halogen bulbs has 1700Lm.
It means, that all korean xenon kit bulbs (usually 6000K and higher) MAY have luminous flux no more than good new halogen bulbs.
And this is very very good for oncoming motorists.
Often people forget one part - stock halogen headlamps's luminous flux EQUAL stock Xenon headlamps's luminous flux. Simple because every carmakers must follow strict regulations.

taga8

Got it installed. The mute is inverted, so I made a prototype jumper for the DB-25, I am going to etch a pcb for mine so I can take the mute interter and the mic trimmer and have it in one little box. The PCB is designed I am just waiting for some of the supplies. I have some additional schematics from Parrot if anyone else does any of the CK kits.

PaulW

On the output of the black box with the wiring hanress attached to it (output of the three relays), it grounds out the mute wire when the phone is activated......correct? That's what I measured.

I see that from the output of the "brain box" (input to relay box on harness) it was something like 7.5 VDC with the phone off and 0.0 VDC with the phone in use (muted).

So why again do you have to change things around? I'm shipping the kit to a guy who has a D3 and don't want to screw anything up.

Thanks.

taga8

No the mute is just the oposite, it is gound when not in use and 12V when in use. I had to put mine through an inverter to get it to work correctly. I am using the mute that is in the original harness through the hand rest. When I first plugged everything in, everything worked exactly oposite. You just need to build an inverter, get an NPN transistor, 2.2K resistor, 100K resistor and a diode. Hook your switched 12V to the diode, hook that to the 2.2K resistor, after that hook you mute in on the stereo, then hook that to the collector of the transistor. Hook your mute in signal to the 100k resistor into the base of the transistor and then hook the emitter to ground and everything will work fine.