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Can someone tell me if this car has Xenons?

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Old Oct 3, 2005 | 09:20 AM
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Default Can someone tell me if this car has Xenons?

<center><img src="http://www.justporsche.com/images/VN006867-10sm.jpg"></center><p>Its a pic off an ebay auction for a car that didn't sell. I can't see the metal HID boxes, but not sure exactly if they'd be visible in the pic (or can you tell from those housings)..?

The ebay item is 4577937960, I can't open ebay.com and link on this computer from work, doh!

Anyone think it's a deal around $8k? New tranny 70k miles ago from dealer...
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Old Oct 3, 2005 | 09:36 AM
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Default Re: no Xenons ...

No '97 came with xenon. '98 was the first year with the Electronics Package that included HIDs. Unless it was added with aftermarket equipment!
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Old Oct 3, 2005 | 09:37 AM
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Default Re: Can someone tell me if this car has Xenons?

I can't tell form the pict, but Xenons were not available until '98. However, there are quite a few here who have retrofit it to their '97s.

Re: the tranny, it's good that it was replaced, but I hope they changed the fluid by now. When I bought my 98 with 56K on it, the fluid was in horrible shape.
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Old Oct 3, 2005 | 09:47 AM
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Default No xenons, you can see the halogen clips on top of the boxes

The xenons did not have clips, they have tamper proof torx bits.
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Old Oct 3, 2005 | 10:42 AM
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Default Thanks for the info... Found out they wanted $12k for the car.

I think I'll pass for now and look for a little newer one.
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