Changing Xenons To Lhd

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Hi One and all

 

This is my first time on this forum so please be gentle with me.

I have just bought a 2001 C5 2.2 exclusive estate auto 64,000 miles and will soon be flying to the UK to pick it up and drive it back to Spain (Malaga) where I live, now from what i've read on this forum the xenon headlamps won't pass the ITV test when I change it over to Spanish plates and judging by the cost of new ones, well enough said.

My question is, has anyone ever taken the light's apart to see if they can be altered or perhaps it would be cheaper and easier to change them to halogen lamps, has anyone tried this and if so could the explain how it's done please.

 

Regards,

 

Jeff.

[Johndouglas]

This topic has appeared on the forum several times. Mainly with guys wanting to take brit C5 with xenons back to France. If you use the search option you'll probably find them.

 

I spend three months of the year in Spain and always drive down through France. When I first got the car I was concerned that the gendarmes might pull me because I didn't have 'beam benders' on the lights. I wrote to Citroen UK Technical dept and they gave me a letter in French saying that xenon headlights didn't require any adjustment. But at the same time they won't satisfy the Controle Technique, nor I suppose the ITV.

 

I guess your cheapest solution would be to get some Continental halogens. Try ebay.fr - like this:-

http://global.ebay.com/Phare-Citroen-C5-01-a-804-en-H7H4-Gauche/320746305532/item

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Thanks johndouglas, yes I have seen the other posts but I wondered just what made the headlamps kick the light the way they do given that they have clear glass, it may just be a small shroud inside that could be modified perhaps, might be worth a trip to the breakers to see if they have a broken one to look at, after all at about €1000 each I don't fancy taking a new one apart, I was looking forward to driving the C5 down from UK, France and onto Spain given what people have said about the way they drive but this problem with xenon headlamps has rather taken the dairy off it, still, for every problem there is an answer, so I will stay positive and see what turns up, there's never a Roman around when you need one, bet they would have found a way round it.

 

Regards,

 

Jeff.

[Bry]

They do kick up and will nt pass here in france you will need t cange them its the ribs on the chrome reflecter that alter the beam have changed a xenon set and now have just replaced normal ones the mormal ones can be bought for110EUROS +XENON 500EURS TO 900E BUT GO ON LEBONCOIN FRANCE YOU CAN GET SECOND HAND ONES on here better than ebay put in c5 Phare and eqp auto good luck Bry

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They do kick up and will nt pass here in france you will need t cange them its the ribs on the chrome reflecter that alter the beam have changed a xenon set and now have just replaced normal ones the mormal ones can be bought for110EUROS +XENON 500EURS TO 900E BUT GO ON LEBONCOIN FRANCE YOU CAN GET SECOND HAND ONES on here better than ebay put in c5 Phare and eqp auto good luck Bry

 

Thanks Bry, The car has driven down to southern Spain without missing a beat, loaded to the hilt and towing a caravan, also loaded up (including bags of cooking apples) I now need to look at the few problems I know about before making the final decision about changing it over to Spanish plates.

Thanks again,

Jeff.