So my headlight housings are looking pretty shoddy. Both need replacement. Tried the restoration process and it really didn't help. Debating about the FCP housing for 900 bucks each. Before the tariffs hit us. Anyone buy them from them and know if they're any good? Do they come with bulbs or I need to get them too?

 

The listing tells you what they come with; should just be the bare housing for $900/each, which means you supply the control modules/ballast/bulbs from your old units. Audi sells the bare housings for a lot more, and the fully 'loaded' housings ready to plug-n-play for much, much more.

You can look around for the VALEO part #, (dedicated threads on here include all the headlight housing variants part numbers) as VALEO is the OE supplier, and also sell it directly under their own brand.

Here's a link to a supplier that carries them all, but this is just a page I have bookmarked for my car's shopping list, so you may need to enter a part #, etc. to match up to your specific housings (bi-xenon, tri-xenon; they swivel with steering wheel, etc.). I am shopping for the Euro code housings (E-codes), and this is definitely the place to buy the real deal. All are bare housings unless it says otherwise in listing, and you'll see that the OE branded, 'loaded' headlamp is still quite expensive, but definitely less than Audi sells it for.

https://cars245.com/en/item/valeo-044141-headlight/

 

Checked FCP site; the $900-ish housings are the Valeo, OEM, bi-xenon part # 4L0941029AK and ending 1030AK for other side...these don't have corner lighting or adaptive lighting...just the basic bi-xenon, facelift housing.

Be sure to verify what's on your Q7 currently though, as it's easy to see the part # sticker on the OE housings, and if you got the tri-zenon HIDs in your late model Q7 (Audi Adaptive Lighting), then you definitely want to stick with those better housings. An example part# for one side of tri-xenon, adaptive headlamps is 4L0941029AL.

Again, Valeo makes the headlight housings, be it halogen, bixenon, tri-xenon/adaptive housing, and Audi OE branded or not, and the one you are quoting as $900 is listed as the Valeo branded, OEM housing. That's the price diff from buying the Audi OE branded housing (same exact housing) that they also sell at nearly twice the price of the Valeo OEM housing you quoted. Neither listing implies anything is included besides just the bare housing/HID projector, etc.

Pricing is eye-wateringly high for the bare housings on these unless you find a specialty retailer like the one I linked above to buy the genuine/OEM part, or a deal on a set of used housings, which is unlikely. If you go look at pricing for used housings selling on eBay, they will definitely shock you how much they want for them, and most are sold as 'bare', so they can list the ballasts and/or control modules separately.

Good luck!!!

 

Just looked at the site you linked. Those look exactly like mine, with the same functions. Self-leveling, non corner shifting. And considerably less. I will verify part numbers today and probably order them. Thanks so much for your input.

 

at those prices, I would order complete LED headlignts from aliexpress. There are members that did and are very happy. They look way more modern and throw better light.

 

10Q7, I looked at my part numbers and they're not listed. 4LO 491 003 AK / 4LO 492004 AK. Even the site you linked doesn't show them. Is it possible the ones you linked are superseding numbers?

G-Can, I appreciate your input. But the first thing I saw was product of China, and I try very hard not to buy anything from there.

 

HAHA, then might as well cancel your credit cards, your paypal, your checking account, as 95% of products comes from there. Even those headlights you are looking at are made there most likelly

 

The real problem with those 'LED' retrofit/aftermarket housings is they use subpar LED units/projectors...enjoy them while they last, lol. Same problem for Ford trucks...if you wanna go fully LED housings, then you gotta pay some serious $$$ to get some that actually throw some real light down the road, and are reliable, etc.

44138 and 44137 are the reference #s for the Valeo OEM bixenon housings...that's the Valeo part #s. Good news is Valeo is a French company, and seems like most of these housings are made at their factory in Spain, at least from the ones I've seen stickers on. These are also less expensive than the tri-xenon housings by a fair bit:

https://cars245.com/en/item/valeo-044138-headlight/

https://cars245.com/en/item/valeo-044137-headlight/

 

Be sure you check out what else they have on offer too; that vendor is located in Riga, Latvia, BTW. I buy a fair bit of my more expensive OE/OEM parts from vendors in Latvia that are listing them on eBay.

 

So, I'm a little confused now. I've tried to see what has to be swapped into the new housings, other than the bulbs, and how to do it, but came up with nothing. If someone has already done this, any insights would be appreciated.