jonno1
Member Since: 16 Jun 2010
Location: SW London
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Mine is a MY 2014 facelift XS with halogen lights. I would like to fit AFS Xenons if possible. Can anyone please advise me as to whether these lights would be a plug and play fit.
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 14th Jul 2016 7:45 pm |
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Famousfive
Member Since: 12 Aug 2014
Location: Southampton
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Xenons yes (with ccf update) AFS Xenons not so easy. In my sig is a link to my xenon update which I think has some links to various xenon updates on here. Well worth it  Stolen - D4 Loire Blue
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| 14th Jul 2016 9:39 pm |
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jonno1
Member Since: 16 Jun 2010
Location: SW London
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Thanks for that. I understand that upgraded lights will need enabling but I thought that the AFS facility was carried in the connecting plug.
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| 14th Jul 2016 10:31 pm |
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Famousfive
Member Since: 12 Aug 2014
Location: Southampton
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Someone should come along shortly to confirm this but IMO to get AFS to work you will need to source at least the AFS control unit and a lot of wires and connectors that then have to be hand made into replicating the missing AFS wiring loom ... Search on here for a D3 AFS retrofit .. Not for the faint hearted.
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| 14th Jul 2016 10:38 pm |
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jonno1
Member Since: 16 Jun 2010
Location: SW London
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Thanks for your advice.
I think I am confused as to what AFS means and what cornering lights are. So far then if I fit xenons to my 2014 facelift XS they will just need enabling and I will have the DRL strip which also means that my existing DRL lights become indicators and there are no bending lights.
Hope I haven't got ahead of myself here.
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| 15th Jul 2016 8:04 pm |
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jonno1
Member Since: 16 Jun 2010
Location: SW London
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Does anyone have any comments on this issue?
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| 19th Jul 2016 5:50 pm |
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discoteca
Member Since: 08 Mar 2010
Location: Warwickshire
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Jonno, your statement/assumption with regard to xenons is exactly correct.
As previously stated to add AFS (swiveling lights) you need a lot more hardware and wiring.
There is a halfway house on D3 or pre facelift D4 with cornering lights (note not the same as AFS) but I can't remember if these were available without AFS on the facelift lights.
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| 19th Jul 2016 7:10 pm |
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jonno1
Member Since: 16 Jun 2010
Location: SW London
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Many thanks Discoteca. That has sorted the way to go for me. I will be settling for xenons without AFS.
Thank you guys for your comments.
John
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| 19th Jul 2016 7:15 pm |
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jonno1
Member Since: 16 Jun 2010
Location: SW London
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Still attempting to upgrade the lights on my 2014 facelift XS from halogens to xenons with signature drls. I can get hold of new xenons with signature lights but the supplier tells me that the signature lights won't work. I know the xenons can be enabled but on the new lights the indicator is where my existing drl is.
People on here have retrofitted up to 2013 but has anybody upgraded from 2014 onwards or am I in unknown territory? It's possible that when fitted and enabled I would only have headlights and not indicators or Drls.
Could the solution perhaps be to replace the front lighting loom?
All ideas welcome.
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| 27th Jul 2016 11:31 am |
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Airbus Guy
Member Since: 10 Feb 2015
Location: Northumberland, UK.
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Yes the signature xenon headlamp units are a plug and play fit for the Halogen units. They just require a modification to the CCF. Beware that no Land Rover approved place will do this for you, you'll need someone independent of Land Rover with an IID or Autologic kit to sort this out. Well that was my experience anyway. I ended up refusing the car as unsafe with the diabolical Halogen candles but the dealers came up with a no cost to me upgrade to a slightly higher spec car.
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| 28th Jul 2016 6:03 pm |
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jonno1
Member Since: 16 Jun 2010
Location: SW London
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Thanks for that. Seems like I'm on the right track at last.
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| 29th Jul 2016 8:17 pm |
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