HID ballast.
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HID ballast.
Well, I'm not sure if what I'm reading is true on the internet. I've been reading up on HID ballasts, and many people have said you should only buy Philips or Hella brand ballast.
They say these ones don't break as often. I dunno if any of this is true or not. I heard Mucculloch ballast suck, and stay away from them. There's as a brand called Xtec and I have not heard anything bad about them, but some people say they are ok.
I'm still not sure if I want to do the HID conversion in my or not. I just want to know what ballast I should buy???
xtec?
philips?
hella?
mucculloch?
catz?
etc...
Anybody that has had more than one HID kit, or someone that sells these things, LMK what are good ballast.
Thanks, Phu.
They say these ones don't break as often. I dunno if any of this is true or not. I heard Mucculloch ballast suck, and stay away from them. There's as a brand called Xtec and I have not heard anything bad about them, but some people say they are ok.
I'm still not sure if I want to do the HID conversion in my or not. I just want to know what ballast I should buy???
xtec?
philips?
hella?
mucculloch?
catz?
etc...
Anybody that has had more than one HID kit, or someone that sells these things, LMK what are good ballast.
Thanks, Phu.
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xtec is an HID kit as a whole... Its a kit that I sell. You cant really get just the "ballasts"
Anyways, they are hella gen 3 ballasts, So, My suggestion would be too go on ebay and search for either Hella or Philips or Osram (all 3 are OEM eqipitment)
If you are doing a real HID conversion/retrofit then you will need D2S/D2R ballasts
If you are just going too go with an HID kit, go with a whole kit, dont find parts seperate.
Anyways, they are hella gen 3 ballasts, So, My suggestion would be too go on ebay and search for either Hella or Philips or Osram (all 3 are OEM eqipitment)
If you are doing a real HID conversion/retrofit then you will need D2S/D2R ballasts
If you are just going too go with an HID kit, go with a whole kit, dont find parts seperate.
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Hella
Valeo
Bosch (I think)
Matsushita
Phillips
Osram
Panasonic (Same as Matsushita?)
Those are a few of the brands that I know/think make ballasts.
Valeo
Bosch (I think)
Matsushita
Phillips
Osram
Panasonic (Same as Matsushita?)
Those are a few of the brands that I know/think make ballasts.
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Rep Power: 0 matters what you are doing. if you plan on just putting hids into stock housing or into tycs or something, get the xtec kit from jay (impulse) great kits at a great price. everyone here loves his kits. if you plan on doing a retrofit, also go to jay! lol, hes not paying me to advertise for him lol. but anyways retros are expensive PERIOD! i spent 220 on hella gen 3 ballasts, 200 for valeo d2s projectors, 50 for wire harness, 100 for d2s 4300k bulbs. thats already 570, and thats not including the price of labor which is 200, so that pushes it up to 770, and also gotta remember the cost of the actualy tycs. so yea retros will run you quite a bit of cash. but if you plan on just adding hids, get them from jay.
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dot h7 valeo w/clear lense: $140
matsushita ballasts: $200
h7 adapter: $18
wiring harness: $50
mtec golden style h1: $27
tyc: $115
paint: $5
that's $555 for me.
hmm...forgot bulbs
d2s phillips: $44
$599 total
dot h7 valeo w/clear lense: $140
matsushita ballasts: $200
h7 adapter: $18
wiring harness: $50
mtec golden style h1: $27
tyc: $115
paint: $5
that's $555 for me.
hmm...forgot bulbs
d2s phillips: $44
$599 total
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Rep Power: 0 i got real d2s not the ones with the h7 adapter, and i got hella gen 3 ballasts for 220 with the ballasts holder. i got my tycs for around the same price as you. i paid just a tad bit more than you but isnt that 555 w/o labor? so with labor same price no?
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Rep Power: 433 yeah i suppose i would have spent a little more in the long run. *shrug* i'm doing all the labor so that's free? lol i dunno. i dont want to count labor
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Rep Power: 316 i spent only 500 bucks on my set up that was already done. Bosch lilthum(something like that..starts with an "L"), valeo projectors ece with dot shields, new d2s bulbs...all that i say i got a good deal. I just spent 40 bucks or so on wiring harness.
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