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Old 04-08-12, 10:31 AM
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I've searched and I've found a few things regarding swapping the HID housings to a non-hid car and determined the side to side of the headlights dont work, but havent found out of the up/down autolevel feature still does. I've seen on my car a light that says AFS light up for a split second when I start the car. What is needed if I wanted to make the lights turn with the car?
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Auto-leveling and swivel are both controlled by the AFS ECU inside the car. You will need this ECU, along with the front and rear leveling sensors, and then you'll need to wire it up yourself, because the wiring will not be present in your car.

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Originally Posted by Jeff Lange
Auto-leveling and swivel are both controlled by the AFS ECU inside the car. You will need this ECU, along with the front and rear leveling sensors, and then you'll need to wire it up yourself, because the wiring will not be present in your car.

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Gotcha, thats what I needed to know.
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Your better off retrofitting your non hid rather than wasting money to do all that. Just my 2cent stock hid isnt all that great to being with.
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^ Word? Any brand you would recommend of light kit for the car?
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A retrofit is full custom work.. You'll have to find the components you need and custom fit them into the housing. It's not some plug and play kit. Some of our vendors sell some kits of that's what you are looking for though.
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Originally Posted by kumquatism
A retrofit is full custom work.. You'll have to find the components you need and custom fit them into the housing. It's not some plug and play kit. Some of our vendors sell some kits of that's what you are looking for though.
Ill check them out, thank you very much.
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