SAAB 9-5 Xenon/ Halogen interchangeability FYI
So after my wife cracked up the front end of my 04 Aero with Xenons I had to make a decision. Use some Halogens that I have and not pay a dime or find some used Xenons and pay a crazy amount of money for them.
I went with the cheap route and thought I was going to have to do some specialty wiring to make them work correctly. Well I did nothing… plugged them in and viola they work flawlessly. Low beam and high beam are perfect. Absolutely brilliant.
They do need a buff though… hope this helps someone in the future.
theSAABguy 
I am planning on doing the same thing? DId you get the SID warning in the dash?
Nope, no lights whatsoever. It works perfectly. The “Brights” light comes on when it should and shuts off when it should. It’s a direct replacement.
HOW did you come to this and complete the job? I have to replace the passenger’s side lights and after finding lights that ranged from $100-$300, and looking into having the lights put in… I’m wondering can i do this myself?!!! I did find lights for about $100 (wiring included)
Thanks
Your saying you replaced the plastic xeon headlamps with the glass ones from a 2002 9-5? The light bolt right
up physically to the same screw holes? The wiring connectors are the same? It must be awesome to go from
plastic lenses to glass.
I’m saying I replaced the plastic Xenon headlights with the Plastic Halogen headlights. Glass was only on the 99-01 year 9-5s from 2002 and newer the “facelift” models it was switched to plastic
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