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Old 11-14-2016, 10:53 AM
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Headlight Question

Hi everyone,

I noticed the Vantage, 05-11 DB9 and the DBS cars have two distinct lights in each headlight. I assume one is for high beam and the other is for normal driving lights. But the Rapide, Virage and the newer 2013+ DB9 models just have one light. Where are the high beams?
 
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Old 11-14-2016, 01:42 PM
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They are called bi-xenons. Hi-beam and lo-beam combined into one xenon module. A mechanical shutter in the module changes the light distribution when changing between hi/lo.
 
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Are BI-xenons more reliable? I think having two separate xenon lights actually looks better
 

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