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03-15-2021, 10:51 PM | #1 |
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What's the difference between the JDM Spec headlights and the Euro version?
I see a lot of JDM spec headlights for sale under $500. What's the catch? Is the housing just lighter? |
03-16-2021, 06:41 AM | #2 |
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Maybe because they're for a right-hand drive car?
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So, stupid question, I'm really not sure with these.
Other xenon lights I've worked with had the light cutoff as a bit of hardware and that caps the light height stepping up to the left or up to the right based on LHD or RHD. I know we have a ton of headlight control via coding with the active/adaptive lights, but I thought the cutoff line was still hardware? Here's a pic for an example, this isn't ours but was the first reasonable example pic I came across- .
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Maybe, but there are separate headlight part numbers for LHD and RHD 1ers regardless of bulb type.
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Yeah, that! I think....
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The shutters are electronic on the HID lights. So when you change from LHD to RHD the shutters actually adjust to prevent dazzling as well as the projectors moving slightly. The reason for the separate part numbers is simply because they come precoded, since it's not something all consumers are able to do or understand. The lights are physically the same thing. |
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Spiffy!
Thanks, good info
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FWIW, my OE 2009 135 HID's do not have that switch.
I swapped my originals for a set of Valeos almost a year ago and still have the pre-LCI originals here in the house. Pulled one out and popped the back cover off. It was easy to identify the mechanism that does the cutoff, and I don't see any way to adjust it beyond what the ecu can control. After looking at the hardware I'm honestly not sure how it's possible for the cutoff to be controlled by coding. It's a solid bit of metal and only rotates out of the way. The shaft it rides on doesn't seem to have any means of left-right travel, or of changing the step direction that I can see... Which in no way means I have any idea what I'm talking about....
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In the coding I'd done on my car, there was a setting which was something about how far ahead the lights where supposed to shine. I was just staring at a wall but when I changed it they (the shields) would move up ever so slightly. I did see a difference between the closest and furthest settings. Also keep in mind that when you kick the brights on that shield moves out of the way. The halogens or non-adaptive lights may differ. And I'd bet the halogens in the 128 have a simple knob inside to change from LHD to RHD. |
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I've been here since 2016 and eyeballing that thread...
haven't done it yet but keep thinking about it
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So the jdm headlights are a no go?
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