HID headlights from a 2008 Legacy in a 2006 spec B

[spidagoat]

Hi,

 

New here, so hopefully posting in the right place.

 

I am the proud owner of a 2008 (59) Legacy 2.0D RE that suffered critical engine failure at the weekend at only 126,000 miles.

 

If all goes to plan, by this weekend I should be the proud owner of a 2006 (06) Legacy 3.0 R spec B (talk about silver linings!)

 

The RE has HID headlights, the spec B doesn't.

 

The question, in short, is can I put the headlights from the RE in the Spec B?

- will they phyiscally fit?

- is the wiring plug and play or will it need modification?

- how does the headlight leveller wire in?

- how do the washers plumb/wire in?

- does any of this require ECU reprogramming / modification? Wiring loom modification?

 

 

Any thoughts, answers, guides, very much appreciated!

 

James

[Notorious]

No. The 08-09 facelift headlights won’t be compatible with your prefacelift bumper and fenders. And on top of that, the wiring connectors are different. If the Spec B didn’t have headlight leveling already, it would be a pain to rewire them in with the new headlights.

[Zac88]

Sounds like your SPEC B is either euro or jdm so they should work

[markc0220k]

Hi,

 

New here, so hopefully posting in the right place.

 

I am the proud owner of a 2008 (59) Legacy 2.0D RE that suffered critical engine failure at the weekend at only 126,000 miles.

James

 

have you checked the code of your CEL?

[spidagoat]

have you checked the code of your CEL?

 

Engine light didn't even come on. Basically it went from sounding like an engine one moment to sounding like a gorilla beating a lump of iron with a mallet the next, with a huge loss of power. I managed to coax it to to the side of the motorway before it gave out completely.

My mechanic reckons a snapped piston rod. Seems a common failure mode in the diesels. Definitely beyond economic repair.

[spidagoat]

No. The 08-09 facelift headlights won’t be compatible with your prefacelift bumper and fenders. And on top of that, the wiring connectors are different. If the Spec B didn’t have headlight leveling already, it would be a pain to rewire them in with the new headlights.

 

Thanks. Wiring, plumbing etc. I could work around. If they won't physically fit they'll always look dreadful, so definitely not worth getting involved with.