Ecoman

Wow, that does look different. Loving the colour!

Cant wait to see pictures of your car. Was great reading your build thread.

Blimey!! Its been just over a year since i originally posted about my headlights and i'm almost back to square one again!!!! Grrrrr! I ended up buying a pair of headlight ballasts as everyone i asked said the conversion couldnt be done. I removed the lights, dried them out. Re-sealed them with silicone and fitted the new ballasts. A month ago i lost one headlight again, a week later, numer two went out. I checked the ballast packs and surprise, surprise, they are full of moisture again. I cannot see where it is coming in as the headlights are totally sealed, unless its a crack in the casing or a gasket i havent done. Anyway, i now have two duff headlights again. The wife got so fed up of it she went and bought a 63 plate 1600 auto Octavia with all the toys as she needed a reliable car. I'm trying to keep this one going for myself as its been a great old bus so far. Anyone had any joy with a conversion to halogen yet or shall i just bite the bullet and see what happens when i throw a pair of halogen headlights at it?!?!

Thank Jimbof, I have been searching on here but i keep coming accross people either upgrading their halogen bulbs or threads on upgrading to Xenons but not the other way around. I will keep looking though.

Anyone?? It seems that i was given some wrong information regarding the ballast availability. My local skoda dealer told me they were not available seperate from the headlight unit.. In fact they are and are a hella part. Not only that but are used an a wide range of car makes and models. I am currently awaiting a pair of ballasts to come from my local factors. Hopefully i should be back on the road soon. Just for the record though it would be good to find out if the xenon to halogen conversion could be done and what modifications i would be needed.

OK thanks both of you. Would the halogen headlight units be plug and play or would I need to modify the wiring? Please can someone show me a picture of the socket and plug at the back of a halogen unit. I have searched but with no luck.

No idea. I thought that was an optional extra?

I have a 54 plate Skoda Superb 1.9Tdi Elegance fitted with xenarc hid headlights. One headlight packed up and about a week later the other headlight went the same way. I got a pair of osram hid bulbs and proceeded to dismantle the car to fit them. I fitted the bulbs into the headlights, refitted the starters and plugged in the wires. I turned on the lights and the NS headlight stayed off. The OS headlight came on and then started to strobe. I turned the lights off and turned off the ignition. I swapped the bulbs over but with the same results. I then swapped the starters over and again got the same results so i effectively ruled out the starters and bulbs. This left the ballast packs and wiring. There is a constant 12v feed to each headlight with the headlights on. So that means that both ballasts are faulty and have packed up within a week of each other??! Thats a pretty big coincidence is it not? I adked skoda for prices of the ballast packs but the only sell them with the headlight apparently, so i priced up new headlights and were told they were over £500 each!!!! Ouch! I finally found a company called hid direct that do the ballast packs for around £140 each. This i can handle but before i spend out on them i was wondering if i could pick the brains of some grown ups on here? I have been considering fitting halogen headlamps to this car and doing away with the HIDs. Can i simply plug in the halogen versions of the headlights or is it a more involved job? Many thanks in advance. Bill

Hi everyone, my name is Darren and i live on the Isle of Arran in the Clyde Firth. I have a 54 plate Skoda Superb 1.9 Tdi Elegance. Its pretty well loaded and has been a faithful car for 9 years now. We have clocked up over 150,000 miles and its starting to look a bit sorry for itself but its been the most reliable car we have ever owned. We bought it by sheer accident, our Saab was playing up and we decided to go shopping and spend our savings. We looked at a very nice volvo s70 and a merc c320. It was a coin toss between the two but the merc won. We went to the merc dealers but had a most unagreeable experience with the sales staff. Both my wife and i dont conform to "conventional" dress codes shall we say. The salesman had obviously made up his mind that we were wasting his time. We walked out after giving him a piece of our mind and decided to walk back to the volvo garage to do a deal there. On the way we passed the Skoda garage as they were putting a nearly new car onto the forecourt. My missus liked the colour and the shape and i liked the price! We decided to test drive that car after a brief look around it. The car felt planted like a prestige car and had a far better finish quality than the volvo. I was instantly taken by the power (chipped) and the handling. We bought it there and then. The sales staff were excellent and bent over backwards to make the transaction a pleasurable one. When this car finally becomes too costly to repair then we will be heading off to the dealers to buy another one! I'm so glad the sales staff at merc were up themselves and decided to annoy us that day. They did us a huuge favour.