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07-31-2006, 07:06 PM | #19 | |
Yarii Hunter
Drives: 2007 Yaris Liftback and S13's Join Date: May 2006
Location: Austin, Texas
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I have used MANY many HID bulbs of MANY varieties other than Xenon, and the ballast was always the PITA. Though, i would have to say that it could be BECAUSE OF CHEAP, GENERIC BALLASTS. If you get good ballasts, they shouldn't hurt anything. that's why I run Phillips ballasts that are OEM LEXUS. but, the first few years of "HID retrofitting" saw hundreds of cheap, no-name companies building these Ballast boxes for next-to-nothing and this COULD BE WHY there was such a problem with wiring harness melting back-in-the-day. The ignitor in HID ballasts can wreak havoc on your fuses and wiring harness, but I can't say that this problem hasn't been addressed...i really haven't heard any horror stories about melted wiring harnesses in the last few years. HIDPlanet rox. Good info.
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07-31-2006, 07:55 PM | #20 |
you have a website to buy the hid kit?
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08-01-2006, 09:52 AM | #21 | |
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08-05-2006, 07:22 PM | #22 |
Drives: 07 Meteorite Metallic Yaris LB Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: USA
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TRD Yaris, glad you're enjoying the info over at HIDPlanet, I would agree that toasted harnesses are sort of rare nowadays, but I've seen enough of them, and I know harnesses are a PITA to deal with, so... I'm going to subscribe to the better-safe-than-sorry camp on this one, you can even make your own harness on the cheap and a premade, decent harness would only set you back about 50-60 dollars, think of it as insurance.
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09-23-2006, 12:05 PM | #23 |
Hi, Im new here :)
One thing to say....HID is the way to go....... All xenon bulbs.....(Piaa, siverstars, etc etc) try to SIMULATE the effect of an HID system..... buy the real thing.....a little more expensive....but really worth it! I just bought a '07 5 door hatchback an i put in there some 6000k bulbs....not at blue as the 8000k kit...but a lot brighter.... i'll post some pics tomorrow... im really HAPPY with my HIDs :D |
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