# FS: pair of audi hid ballast units - $200 **URL:** \ **Category:** Classifieds\ **Created:** [August 20, 2005, 4:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-pair-of-audi-hid-ballast-units-200/1681 "2005-08-20T16:00:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SilverGT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@SilverGT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SilverGT)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 9:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-pair-of-audi-hid-ballast-units-200/1681/21 "2006-02-01T21:05:45Z")
So this ballast is way better then the ones on ebay in simple terms lol and how about cadillac ballast? ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 9:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-pair-of-audi-hid-ballast-units-200/1681/22 "2006-02-01T21:44:24Z")
> [@Violator](#): > > Because those are Gen 3 Hella Ballasts not some taiwanese made junk. > The only other ignitor integrated ballasts worth considering are Phillips Gen 3’s or a OEM piece such as off a Lexus. > > Just some info for people who dont know better: > > No manufacturer makes a HID bulb that burns hotter then 6000K. Phillips Ultinon is the only 6000K bulb made. Any higher advertised temperatures use a shit bulb or the glass is painted. Either way you are getting a shitty product. > > No OEM HID equipped vehicles come with bulbs that burn hotter then 4100K. Anyone that tells you otherwise is a idiot. Light from BMW or Audi HID’s may look blue at certain angles because of a prisim effect created by the outer edge of the glass projector lens. The light is NOT blue. It is 4100K white. … at ALL times. Blue tinted bulbs put out less light then white ones… they also look really cheap on cars and its obvious the lighting was a hack job. > > The only OEM manufacturers of HID bubs are Osram, Phillips and GE. > > No OEM manufacturer makes rebased HID bulbs such as H7. > > HID bulbs have a different focal point then halogen bulbs and the light emitted is no where close to even like the 360 degree spread you get from a halogen. That is the reason fot the notches in the base. They need to go in a certain position. > > Stuffing a rebased HID bulb in a OEM reflector housing is a shit idea because the reflector pattern was NOT DESIGNED for that bulb. You will get a ton of glare, hotspots, and a irregular beam. The light from HID bulbs also looks like shit in reflector housings and blind people looking at it. > > You may be able to get away with it in a halogen projector housing. Those projectors have cutoff shields and control the light MUCH better then a refector based headlight. the beam pattern on the elise is very close to stock… I have the philips 6000K bulbs in mine and they seem to work well. However, in the high beams i am stuffing som mad ricerish bulbs that are stricly for aesthetics, because my lows are so bright and i rarely use my highs, even with shitty lights… ---
**Author:** ![SilverGT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@SilverGT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SilverGT)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 9:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-pair-of-audi-hid-ballast-units-200/1681/23 "2006-02-02T21:22:25Z")
i drew a picture let me know if im right or not. ![http://www.rodandpiston.com/db/upload/files/ballast.JPG](http://www.rodandpiston.com/db/upload/files/ballast.JPG) ---
**Author:** ![SilverGT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@SilverGT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SilverGT)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 8:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-pair-of-audi-hid-ballast-units-200/1681/24 "2006-02-09T08:56:02Z")
Hello? I’m still interested 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 2:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-pair-of-audi-hid-ballast-units-200/1681/25 "2006-02-10T14:32:18Z")
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