I want to install Xenon light to my C5, but I dont know if the 03-04 C5 has OEM xenon so would it be better to just change the needed parts instead of make a conversion that may use aftermarket parts but I think is better to use OEM parts..

So..

1.- Any C5 came with xenon from the dealer or factory?
2.- If so, Which model?
3.- If not, which is the better way to convert to xenon?

Thanks a lot

 

no C5's came with Xenon lights from the factory. you can upgrade yours to use them. there are many options from replacement projectors, to modified stock housings to include projectors, a few different styles of fix headlight systems, or replacing your stock bulbs with HID conversion kits and using the stock housings. price ranges anywhere from $1500+ to less than $100 depending on which option you want. obviously the higher dollar solutions provide better results, but even the cheapest is a huge improvement over stock lighting.

 

I installed a $150 solution on my wife's "01.
i can't imagine spenidng any more....

 

Have your wife drive towards you in her car and you will quickly realize why this is the worst solution. xenon lights are designed to work with a projector, or at the VERY least, a reflector with a clear lense. The purpose of the projector is control the increased output of the light (done with precise geometry within the projector and with cutoff shields). Some manufacturers take the cheap way out and use a reflector, but at least they have a clear lense on the headlight to not make the scattering of light even worse. The C5 corvette has neither a projector nor a clear headlight. You might as well have told your wife to just keep her high beams on all the time. The output would have been pretty much the same.

This is what you get if you throw HIDs into a housing not designed for them:




This is what it should be like:




To the OP: The C5s never came with HID (xenon) lights from the factory. The only way to do it (correctly) is to either retrofit projectors into the stock housing (Check out hidplanet.com. There are people there that offer retrofitting services.) or to buy an aftermarket housing with projectors (They have these in both pop-up and fixed housings.) From what I've seen, the projectors are higher quality in the pop-up aftermarket headlights, but you'll get the best results with a retrofit using OEM projectors from another company.