Xenon Light Question

[182David]

Does anyone know if the phase two 172 / 182 xenon lights are xenon or bi-xenon?
Thanks.

 

[Dink]

xenon

as iirc bi-xenon means that both dipped and main beam are Metal hallide lamps

 

[subaru power]

no you only have xenon on dipped beam

 

[182David]

Bi-xenon lights have a 'plate' thing that moves the beam when you move from dipped to main beam. In dipped it shelters the beam to prevent glare and directs it onto the road. In main beam it moves out to spread the light everywhere. There's also a halogen bulb that lights.
Regular xenons forgo the moving thing and just add the halogens to create the main beam.
AFAIK you can't have xenon for high beam, since the bulb has to go on and off quickly and xenon lamps require a couple of seconds and lots of power to illuminate.

 

[Guy]

Bi-xenon lights have a 'plate' thing that moves the beam when you move from dipped to main beam. In dipped it shelters the beam to prevent glare and directs it onto the road. In main beam it moves out to spread the light everywhere. There's also a halogen bulb that lights.
Regular xenons forgo the moving thing and just add the halogens to create the main beam.
AFAIK you can't have xenon for high beam, since the bulb has to go on and off quickly and xenon lamps require a couple of seconds and lots of power to illuminate.

think the bixenons are used on H4 conversion kits which use one bulb to do both diped and main beam.. the normal h4 conversion kits have xenon dipped and a halogen main stuck onto the one H4 fitment holder. bi xenon have xenon dipped and main

h4 are either on diped.. or main (dipped switches off on main beam)

xenons arent typically used as main beams purely because they 'charge' up - sure youve noticed them change colour on startup, so when your 'flashing' your main beam it wont be givign them chance to start up..

they dont use more power.. they se less (usually 35w) they have a VERY high starting voltage (like 20 000 V) from the ballast units


the clios have a XENON bulb for dipped beam and a halogen bulb for main beam.
the xenon is behind the projector, and then when you hit the main beam, it stays on and the halogen in the inner surround also comes on.

 

[V1NNY]

it takes aprox 15 seconds for them to reach full brightness

 

[V1NNY]

Bi Xenon deffinition by BMW lol

"The bi-xenon module is mounted ib a pivoting mechanism rotated horizontaly by means of a stepping motor. The stepping motor is governed by a control unit according to the following perameters
Steering angel
yaw rate
Speed

lol

 

[182David]

That's BMW jargon for their lights that 'turn' into the corners.
I'm not sure about how aftermarket kits work, but I was under the impression you couldn't get bi-xenon ones.

 

[V1NNY]

i think you can

 

[blaze]

So no one seems to actually know yet again what Xenons are then.

Classic "Clios have them" WTF

 

[V1NNY]

i can give you an explanation for xenons if you want lol

The question to begin with is do 172 come with Bi-Xenons and the answer is no

 

[Alan]

The driving/dipped beam on the 172/182/V6's are xenon....the main/high beam is just a halogen...

I seen an SLR in the carpark at work and it had duel xenons....but the at that price i'd be expecting duel xenons!

 

[182David]

The high beam won't be just halogen, it'll be the dipped xenon plus the halogen.
If it were bi-xenon it'd be the bi-xenon and the halogen.
Not sure about an SLR, I don't know how it could use a xenon bulb that came on with dipped beam.

 

[Alan]

The high beam won't be just halogen, it'll be the dipped xenon plus the halogen.
If it were bi-xenon it'd be the bi-xenon and the halogen.
Not sure about an SLR, I don't know how it could use a xenon bulb that came on with dipped beam.

Thats what i meant mate....