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I bought one cheap to see if the innards could be used inside a 306 light
namely for the auto leveling system so that the hid's I run could be more legal Blush

i thought i might find some sort of motor etc in there but just found that the clip for the motorized adjuster was just spring mounted I can't see that being able to determine the light level,..

on another note by far the hardest light i've ever opened and doubt one could ever be opened cleanly enough to black mask!
here's some pix!

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Posted 29th May 2012 at 14:51

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i got mine open but i had to carefully cut a few 2-inch sections out of the light recess bits so you could get a stanley down to split them up. i had them on 80degree heat for an hour per light!

if i'd have know you were after some i could have given you one of my others - i black masked four of them but only two were the correct fitment and the other 2 are newer style 406 lights (the same but the multiplug is vertical, not horizontal, and different wiring slightly)

as for the adjustment they are just like the 306 light i think where you adjust them using a rotating wheel on the dash - but they benefit from having projector lenses for the dipped beam rather than a plain h7 poking into the lense

to make them 100% legal you'd have to get them to autolevel somehow, which i think would be possible using an aftermarket kit. but the benefit being the hid/xenons would reflect a crisp line of light rather than a dazzling scatter like the gti6 lights...

and you'd have to have headlight washers don't forget... which the 406 has as standard..

you could probably utilise something like a skoda or bmw auto leveling module which they have on the axles. or maybe even an off the shelf one for some newer pug

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Posted 29th May 2012 at 14:55

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I only paid about £8.00 for the light and £5 to get it here Smile

i don't think I'd fancy trying to mount that projector inside a 306 Light though! LOL

misaligned it and you are going to blind someone!
yeah i cut into the lip to give myself enough leverage to try pry the lens out but
the lip was giving out before the lens would shift so had to dig behind the lens and pry it out that way!
I hoped there would have something in it I could use!

I'll look into a kit if there is one?
then worry about the washers LOL

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Posted 29th May 2012 at 15:08

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it'll never be 'legal' anyway as the unit itself has to have european approval as a whole but if you mean to make it more standard looking rather than the cancerous dazzle light HID's then yeah it should be better. i'm going to buy a 4500k kit in h7 for my 406 and just chuck it in and see how i get on

then again just found this:

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There is a lot of misinformation regarding the legality of HID systems fitted to cars without headlamp power wash and rear axle self levelling these are only an E.U. legal requirement on Xenon systems fitted to NEW cars AT THE FACTORY PRODUCTION STAGE .

HID systems fitted as aftermarket accessory DO NOT REQUIRE the car to have power wash or self levelling; even the DOT have been known to get this wrong sometimes.

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Hidplanet will be a lot of use to you.
There is a whole section on hid projector retrofiting

Posted 29th May 2012 at 15:11

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sounds like a plan get pix up of the masks Cool

the coupe boys may go nuts for them! Smile

c_j_m wrote:

Hidplanet will be a lot of use to you.
There is a whole section on hid projector retrofiting

Cheers i'll look into that!

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Posted 29th May 2012 at 15:13

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Also if your planning on hid's get some proper xenon projectors rather than the halogen 406 ones and do a proper job of it.

Posted 29th May 2012 at 15:30

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how would you implement proper projectors in place of the halogen ones though? you'd have to rebuild the full light internal wouldn't you? or could you just buy the projector at the same 406 diameter and replace it?

actually looking at the photos above i bet the oem projector will just remove and you could bung another in there like for like

looking at HID planet's shop but can't really see what differences their bulbs/ballasts are to the normal chinese ones you get which always fail / flicker anyway Unsure

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Posted 29th May 2012 at 15:43

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I'm fitting xenon projectors in mine.
Going to be using the oe bulbs and ballests so no quality issues regarding cheap parts.
For bulbs and ballests I recomend using the retrofit source, but as there in the us postage can get expencive.

Posted 29th May 2012 at 21:51

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what car? a 306? or 406?

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Posted 29th May 2012 at 22:02

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gnrlee wrote:

sounds like a plan get pix up of the masks Cool

the coupe boys may go nuts for them! Smile

c_j_m wrote:

Hidplanet will be a lot of use to you.
There is a whole section on hid projector retrofiting

Cheers i'll look into that!

make me a set of carbon fibre masked coupe lights

Posted 29th May 2012 at 22:30

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306 ph1, might fo the ph3 also if I can get some small enough projectors.

Posted 29th May 2012 at 22:49

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mr swampy s16 wrote:

gnrlee wrote:

sounds like a plan get pix up of the masks Cool

the coupe boys may go nuts for them! Smile

c_j_m wrote:

Hidplanet will be a lot of use to you.
There is a whole section on hid projector retrofiting

Cheers i'll look into that!

make me a set of carbon fibre masked coupe lights

If i manage to pull off the mounting of the Projector beam you can bet they'll be carbon masks too LOL

but to mount the 406 coupe projectors your going to have to cut a whack off hole in the light reflector and then somehow mount it from the back on custom mounts Hmm

the lights can be adjusted up and down it's just making sure you don't mount them wonky that would just look mega s**te!

i'll look more into it when I have time!

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Posted 29th May 2012 at 22:52

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No I want carbon masks ins 406 coupe light housing as that my daily for now

Posted 29th May 2012 at 23:18

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No I want carbon masks ins 406 coupe light housing as that my daily for now

Posted 30th May 2012 at 07:02

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I'd give it a go if the price was right! Razz

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Posted 30th May 2012 at 10:01

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Let's see what happens Friday!!

If I get the job offer from Mercedes then the car will be coming off the road as I can walk to work !!!

Posted 30th May 2012 at 20:58

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mr swampy s16 wrote:

Let's see what happens Friday!!

If I get the job offer from Mercedes then the car will be coming off the road as I can walk to work !!!

Good Luck! Thumbs up

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