Not to sound like a dummy, but how can you tell if they are HID's or Xexons

 

They're one and the same - HID and xenon are interchangeable terms.

 

But, Xenon is not necessarily HID...

 

So confused now. I just want to be able to tell if I have HID or Xenon bulbs.

 

Do you have ballasts? Ballasts are used for HID since you need to bump the 12v of your car to the thousands used in HID.

 

Guess I should go look, i never really have, i just know they are bright as crap

 

Looking for something like this...

 

^ One of the easiest way to tell is to check out the back part of the headlights. If there's a little warning saying something about "high watt/voltage" then you have the stock Xenons from Audi.

 

Find out tomorrow, if not DDMTuning has freaking great prices and good reputation on other forums.

 

A typical HID has a flash at startup, followed by the light getting brighter over the course of several seconds. Halogens just turn on. Also - turn on low and high beams - if tge color of the light is basically tge same, you have halogens. If the low beans are noticeably whiter/bluer/brighter, they're HID.