Noob question I know but I've had one other car with them before (integra dc5) and I think my r26 has them coz there are washers below each headlight. Thing is, they are very poor and only light up the road a very short distance in front of the car? my other experience of these was really good and I'm now questioning if indeed my meg actually has xenons! were all r26 models fitted with them as standard and if so is this a normal issue? thanks
R26's came with washers regardless of xenons or halogens. If you have the level adjuster for the headlights then you don't have xenons. From your description of the level of lighting I'd guess you have normal halogens.
Just fit an HID kit. That's what I did. As long as you have the projector style lense, it'll be fine.
Vast majority of MOT stations still pass HID kits. Don't know why folk insist on scaremongering when it comes to HID kits. The only thing that's a big no for me is fitting the kits into normal halogen headlights.
It's not scaremongering. It's fact. I had an E39 fail after a HID kit was installed in projector (not reflector) lenses on the basis it didn't have a wash system. That was in 2012. That said I've also had post 92 cars pass MOTs without the cat present. It just depends on the tester. It's only fair to point it out though. Fore warned is fore armed. Personally I don't think the performance is any better than a decent halogen bulb with a good reflector. They do look better though. On a final note, the Xenons loose some definition when it's raining.
I've put in some Philips x-treme vision 130 bulbs, I'm happy with them so even tho I was a bit gutted (my own fault) for £20 I think that's what I'm sticking with. On another note, what a pig of a job changing the bulbs! hardest of any car I've had!
Just got these for the family bus, not fitted them yet, but have to be better than the glow sticks that are in there now.
