Hi. I have a 2004 CS. Long story short a truck tire tread on the freeway hit the front of the car. Right side headlight now has a big hole in it. Insurance is paying for a recycled headlight. I am looking at this pair on ebay http://www.ebay.com/itm/150981466638?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
I looked up the part number on gaudinorsche.com and found the part number 955-631-158-51. Gaudin also listed a part number 955-631-158-31. Now the ebay link has the part number 31 but not 51 as OE numbers. I sent a question to the seller and got the following:

No, our lights are slightly different. Yours are Xenon, whereas ours are Bi-xenon. Tho install our lights you will require new xenon ballasts which are not included to this set neither they are on our offer. The gasket is included. The lights come without bulbs. Please check the pictures of the backside of light in our listing. The bottom of it. The lights look exactly as you see them on the pictures. No addition items are included. I am here if you have any further questions or require my assistance.

I thought the only options were halogen or bi-xenon. Mine have the corner lights, self leveling, and all that stuff. So will those lights work or am I missing something?

Oh and by the way, After the light broke and I had to use them I got error message, several time, for check dipped beam and level adjustment, and only 1 bulb worked. Obviously it got smacked pretty good. But several days later I turn them on and everything works fine. Weird huh. Self healing, or is it a reincarnated Christine?

Thanks for any advice you can give. Jeff

 

Well I had a whole reply typed up last night but it wouldn't post for some reason and I lost it.

What is odd is that I don't see some of the part numbers the ebay seller lists on any search. But I thought like you did there were basically only two choices halogen or xenon. And if I'm not mistaken even on our HID xenon lights the high beam is still halogen.

Not sure if or when they switched to bi-xenon. It does appear at least in one parts list I looked at that there may have been a change in the xenon lights after the '04 model year. I found two different parts with one listing up to '04 and one listing '03-'06.

I'd suggest calling a dealer or good parts place and having them check specifically what part yours needs. Then you can decide where to buy it.

Oh and as for the light not working then working later, it was probably knocked just loose enough from the connection when it was hit then somehow made the connection later.