'57 P3 XC70 Converting headlights FROM Xenon TO halogen

camM · Jan 2nd, 2021, 12:56

Hey all,

Bit of an odd question this one.

My wife put my P3 XC70 into a pillar and smashed the utter **** out of the passenger side headlight, and I'm looking at £3-400 for a replacement.

I've noticed that non-Xenon clusters are significantly cheaper, and so was wondering if it's possible to swap out the Xenon clusters currently in the car, and replace them with non-Xenon (Halogen?) clusters instead? Is there anything that would prevent me from doing this/doing this easily?

Cheers,

Cam

Tatsfield · Jan 2nd, 2021, 13:33

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Is there anything that would prevent me from doing this/doing this easily?

A drop in the efficiency of the headlight system of the car which your wife is driving?

T5R92011 · Jan 2nd, 2021, 14:07

It would be a fair challenge.

Everything in these cars are computer controlled.

Halogen headlights operate in a different manner electrically to Xenon so you would almost certainly run into issues swapping them.

Would likely need a software change which I doubt volvo would provide.

camM · Jan 2nd, 2021, 14:34

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Originally Posted by T5R92011

It would be a fair challenge.

Everything in these cars are computer controlled.

Halogen headlights operate in a different manner electrically to Xenon so you would almost certainly run into issues swapping them.

Would likely need a software change which I doubt volvo would provide.

Annoyingly, this is what I expected, thanks for the information.

Time to spunk £300 on a 2nd hand headlight unit just so I can get the car MOT'd and Sold!

XC90Mk1 · Jan 2nd, 2021, 14:45

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Originally Posted by camM

Annoyingly, this is what I expected, thanks for the information.

Time to spunk £300 on a 2nd hand headlight unit just so I can get the car MOT'd and Sold!

I would assume that’s probably your best bet unfortunately. I should imagine a fault code would be registered and I would expect some issue with the loom as they use a high voltage ballist to start the light. You would also have self levelling headlights which will go with the nee ones.

It may be possible to do but I have a feeling you could end up down a bit of a rabbit hole and a modest amount of work.

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camM New Member Last Online: Jul 8th, 2023 13:40 Join Date: Jul 2019 Location: Dundee	'57 P3 XC70 Converting headlights FROM Xenon TO halogen Hey all, Bit of an odd question this one. My wife put my P3 XC70 into a pillar and smashed the utter **** out of the passenger side headlight, and I'm looking at £3-400 for a replacement. I've noticed that non-Xenon clusters are significantly cheaper, and so was wondering if it's possible to swap out the Xenon clusters currently in the car, and replace them with non-Xenon (Halogen?) clusters instead? Is there anything that would prevent me from doing this/doing this easily? Cheers, Cam

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T5R92011 FCW Auto Service Last Online: Today 18:55 Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Gloucester	It would be a fair challenge. Everything in these cars are computer controlled. Halogen headlights operate in a different manner electrically to Xenon so you would almost certainly run into issues swapping them. Would likely need a software change which I doubt volvo would provide. __________________ FCW Auto Service (Gloucester) https://www.fcw-autoservice.com

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