DIY Halogen to Bixenon- Conversion Complete.

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thanks coolwater, im gonna check this tonight

[coolwater]

good job cW!

Thanks Man.

BTW, I've passed at least 20 cops already in 4 days and so far just a few looks but no ticket for e-codes...
I'm craving some tints now to finish the real clean look, but I just know I'm going to run into officer "hard-ass" one day for em.

-cW

[Yahdatshim]

Honestly to the n trained eye... Cops wouldn't know the difference... Between us and eu specs... Unless u drive like a masshole driver ... U should be good

[coolwater]

Washed the car Monday and took a few pics. Not the best quality from my Blackberry, but it'll do for now.
The photos don't do it justice. The car looks 100x better with the bi-xenons, plus the e-codes really really go nicely with the black.






-cW

[nickg]

I took delivery of the new car today, as I promised these are the controller module part number and the long code for xenons

Controller: 8K0 907 063 N
Long code: 260050914034AF010001000000001D0D001D43080001014100 0000

[t0n13]

Hey nickg, is yours 1.8T FWD ? If you don't mind me asking, what other options are installed in your car?

Cheers

[nickg]

yes it is 1.8T FWD, sunroof, nav, xenons

[t0n13]

Cheers, I think I'll look for the controller with that suffix then just to be safe :)

[nickg]

and the headlight housing part numbers are (not adaptive)
8K0 941 003 D Left
8K0 941 004 D Right

and there is an option in MMI that lets you convert the headlight, I assume RHD and LHD but the menu just says convert ON or OFF
when turned on, it lowers both lights

[Smeghead]

Just curious, anyone know what would happen if I plugged Xenon lights into a non-xenon car without the adaptor or recoding? Nothing at all? Bad stuff? Just getting bored waiting on Kufatec to get more cables in, it's been almost 3 weeks now.

[NPuter]

Just curious, anyone know what would happen if I plugged Xenon lights into a non-xenon car without the adaptor or recoding? Nothing at all? Bad stuff? Just getting bored waiting on Kufatec to get more cables in, it's been almost 3 weeks now.

um.... I WOULD NOT try it without the adapter. The xenon lights have a different pin layout than the halogens - different components inside the lights get different voltages/signal - mis-match those and you could have some serious problems (and probably damage the lights)

without coding (and with adapter):
-xenon bulbs will not operate properly - they flash red when you start them, and flicker until they eventually turn off
-LED DRL's will not work
-High-beams will not work (obviously)

basically, do not try it...

[Smeghead]

Gotcha, leaving it alone. Well, got my Vag_com today, just waiting on adaptor harness now. Another Q, without the Xenon's installed would the option even show up in Vag-Com? Following teh Kufatec instructions, 09->07->byte 00 doesn't give me any bits to adjust.

[t0n13]

You got to get into the Long coding helper to change the value

[Smeghead]

You got to get into the Long coding helper to change the value

Yeah, I read back over this thread and saw that I was just being dumb. Figured it out now.

[Yahdatshim]

alright guys... yet another successful e-code conversion... took a little less than an hour to do... big ups to Jens for the codes and the rest of you guys for the help... couldnt have done it without yall... kinda disappointed though that this had to be a mod... audi should have made this standard but thats a subject for another day... as if you guys dont know what it looks like... here they are

[ASU Daniel]

[NPuter]

alright guys... yet another successful e-code conversion... took a little less than an hour to do... big ups to Jens for the codes and the rest of you guys for the help... couldnt have done it without yall... kinda disappointed though that this had to be a mod... audi should have made this standard but thats a subject for another day... as if you guys dont know what it looks like... here they are

are your high-beams working correctly?

[Yahdatshim]

Naw I went the easy route and didn't even bother... I figure if I wanted to wink at passer byers Ill just turn the lights on and off

[coolwater]

Naw I went the easy route and didn't even bother... I figure if I wanted to wink at passer byers Ill just turn the lights on and off

Welcome to the club man. Looking real good.
I haven't missed the high-beams yet.

What are you planning next?

-cW

[Yahdatshim]

Welcome to the club man. Looking real good.
I haven't missed the high-beams yet.

What are you planning next?

-cW

going ur direction next brotha... My 4 is soo high it feels like I'm driving a q5....

[Wagoon]

Man all these successful swap are really going to make me want to do this mod. I can only talk myself out of it so many times. Anyone want to sell me some cheap lights :)

[Yahdatshim]

Man all these successful swap are really going to make me want to do this mod. I can only talk myself out of it so many times. Anyone want to sell me some cheap lights :)

Don't expect us to help talk u out of it... For preemy owners this is probably the best rewarding upgrade

[NPuter]

Don't expect us to help talk u out of it... For preemy owners this is probably the best rewarding upgrade

I agree 100% - It is really incredible how the xenon lights change the whole look of the car (from the front end at lest )

[Ay4]

Is the wiring of the high beams that difficult to where you guys are avoiding it altogether?

[coolwater]

Is the wiring of the high beams that difficult to where you guys are avoiding it altogether?

I just didn't do them because I had yet to use the High-beams in the 6 months I owned the car. So they were not needed.
I also wanted an easy way to swap lights if bringing in for warranty service.

-cW

[TexasEric]

I took delivery of the new car today, as I promised these are the controller module part number and the long code for xenons

Controller: 8K0 907 063 N
Long code: 260050914034AF010001000000001D0D001D43080001014100 0000

Anyone have high-beam success with an 8K0 907 063 P?? I have this on a 2010 A4 Premium.

NPuter-I would be curious what VAG-Com reports your A4 to have and if you have High-Beams working properly.

If it matters, my stock coding is: 69000031063C00010000080300007F5F0F1452080000002100 0000

[DavidB8]

I came across this coding on a car with a P designation on a 2010 A4:

2600D0914074AF010001000300001D0D0F1C27080401014100 0000

Based in the coding it appears they have HID.

[NPuter]

Anyone have high-beam success with an 8K0 907 063 P?? I have this on a 2010 A4 Premium.

NPuter-I would be curious what VAG-Com reports your A4 to have and if you have High-Beams working properly.

If it matters, my stock coding is: 69000031063C00010000080300007F5F0F1452080000002100 0000

My high-beams work perfectly...
I'll check to see which module I have tonight...

Per previous comments - In order to have the high-beams work on this retrofit, you have to run two additional wires through the firewall, under the steering wheel, and into a connector...

[TexasEric]

Per previous comments - In order to have the high-beams work on this retrofit, you have to run two additional wires through the firewall, under the steering wheel, and into a connector...

Sorry for not being clear. I currently have halogens and I am considering the conversion--have not bought anything yet. I just wanted to make sure that my J519 would allow the high-beams to work properly. I am aware of the extra wire requirement and intend to to that as well--in for a penny, in for a pound.

[Smeghead]

Just got the last piece of the puzzle in from Jens today--the adaptor harness. In a couple of hours I'll be the newest member of the xenon conversion club.

[coolwater]

Just got the last piece of the puzzle in from Jens today--the adaptor harness. In a couple of hours I'll be the newest member of the xenon conversion club.

You will be a Vagcom expert by the time you are done.

-cW

[NPuter]

You will be a Vagcom expert by the time you are done.

-cW

lol - the VAG work is actually pretty simple with this (actually one of the easiest I've done)...
I am going to check which module I have in a bit...

[Smeghead]

any tips on inserting the pins without breaking them?

[NPuter]

any tips on inserting the pins without breaking them?

not really - I had a shop do that for me...

Ok - I just checked my cent. elec. module and I have:

8K0-907-063-N

so if anyone has that module, you should be able to get working highbeams with this retrofit...

I wonder if having homelink makes a difference - I have homelink and in one of the notes on the VAG com screen it had the word "Homelink" in it...
TexasEric: do you have homelink?

[TexasEric]

TexasEric: do you have homelink?

I do have homelink. I wonder if there is a certain version that started making high-beams possible. For example, everything starting with version 'N' and later?

[Yahdatshim]

I do have homelink. I wonder if there is a certain version that started making high-beams possible. For example, everything starting with version 'N' and later?

now im completely confused... i thought all was capable of highbeams... Eric from Texas I have the same setup as yours mine ends with P and our old coding is exactly the same though i didnt do the highbeam end of it...

[sergeyv]

Guys,

Could you summarize why High Beam works on some cars and doesn't on others?

[t0n13]

Basically from what I understand is if your J519 doesn't have any suffix or B suffix then you can't put the value '26' to byte 0 to make the highbeams work.

There are many other suffix that's available such as D,P,N, etc that's available for B8 which will accept '26' on byte 0.

I happen to have a no-prefix controller on my car and have fitted the bi-xenon. I used the value '23' on byte 0 and the low beam works fine. Using the highbeam won't throw any error code, just nothing will happen.

I'm waiting for my controller with a D prefix to arrive and get Audi service center to fit it and see how it goes. Hope they can run the two wires too.

[TexasEric]

Eric from Texas I have the same setup as yours mine ends with P and our old coding is exactly the same though i didn't do the highbeam end of it...

Many people cannot make the high-beams work, even with the with VAG code and the proper wiring. With that P version, your high-beams should work properly if you decide to run the wire.

Check out the link in nickg's comment (post #178)... There is somethin' funny with early versions of J519.

[Smeghead]

wires through firewall = biggest...PITA..EVAH! Haven't inserted them yet, afraid of breaking them. Lights threw a code after reprogramming. Got left DRL and right DRL errors. Went away after a couple of restarts. Anyone else get that?