Good morning,

Every winter I look at doing a conversion. Maybe finally this year. Currently I am getting a list together for swapping out the headlight units for genuine Xenons . the front and back leveling sensors, range control module and wiring harness etc. I have VCDS and am assuming my Pre facelift L and K would have an option for factory Xenon so should be able to be coded.

In the mean time I ordered the unsanctioned London colour HID ebay kit as recommended in the past using this link to have a play. Can anyone who did this confirm this is the right kit as I am concerned the pictures show a CANBUS Canceller black plastic box before the ballast which I understand could be a cause of potential harm to vehicle electronics?

I have specified NON CANBUS but message back was to me cryptic.  Thank you.

 

They look different to the London colour kit I fitted to my old Octavia, but that was 10 years ago now.

 

Fitting any used xenon headlights for a MK2 Octavia these days means the chances of the reflector bowl being burnt out are quite high. Even the youngest of the prefacelift cars are now 14 years old. 

 

If you can deal with the faff, the best option would be to fit an entirely new set of projectors while you're doing it. 

If you're then going to the effort of fitting a new projector into the headlight, you'd be better off with an LED projector. It will be brighter than the xenon equivalent.

 

To be fully legal you'd still need to fit the self levelling function, which is still available from Kufatec.

 

https://www.kufatec.com/en/skoda/octavia/octavia-1z/cable-set-automatic-headlight-range-control-for-skoda-octavia-1z-36895

 

 

Thank you for the suggestions. i have projector style headlamps from factory and as they are pretty scratched, yellowed etc rather than polish I picked up a new set ( one genuine and one aftermarket )as I expect that to have a good improvement in light clarity with my halogen bulbs. had another awful return home from work in the dark plus bad weather yesterday.

I will look into the led projector option.

Are you suggesting  using a particular headlamp unit more suitable to led or perhaps modify a xenon specific one?

Without having one to examine I have read on previous old threads that it was suggested that basically the  ones I have ( halogen projectors) were the same as factory xenon with maybe some slight difference in the projector lens but more importantly the levelling motors so that the car ( with the appropriate sensors and coding would control the movement of the lens). There seemed some debate on that so I may get a xenon headlamp unit to take apart. 

I,m trying to avoid the aftermarket hid.

I have all the part numbers and prices for the level sensors and other necessary including that cable set.

I have also seen that separate led specific projector lenses are available and the headlight unit can be modified for these. 

M