[s-cars] catz HID replacement bulbs

[Bob DG]

Cant you get bulbs from audi that fit?

>From: Marc Swanson <mswanson at sonitrol.net>
>Reply-To: mswanson at sonitrol.net
>To: s-car-list at audifans.com, quattro at audifans.com
>Subject: [s-cars] catz HID replacement bulbs
>Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 10:13:54 -0500
>
>One of the HIDs went out on my //S6 and it turned out to be somewhat of
>a pain to replace it.  Recently they have banned/shut down companies
>that produce aftermarket HID kits such as the Catz kit that was
>installed in my car before I bought it.
>
>Just like every other retrofit kit mine used a 'rebased' hid bulb, which
>basically means then take off the standard bulb connector from the hid
>and epoxy an H1/H4/9007/etc connector on the back of it so it will fit
>in a standard headlight socket.  What varies on these things is the
>connectors.
>
>Because Catz isn't in business anymore I couldn't get the exact same
>bulb again.  Mine was rated at 4500K but the closest thing I could find
>was a unit rated at 4100 made by Phillips.  I bought that ($130/bulb...
>ouch!) along with the ballast connectors so I could change the
>connectors on the ballast to the Phillips style deals.  Probably the
>most expensive and time consuming headlight bulb replacement in history,
>but everything works and the 2 different bulbs look to have exactly the
>same light/color to my eye.
>
>I snapped a few pics of the saga:
>http://www.theswansonfamily.us/modules/gallery/catz_hid_phillips_replacement_bulb
>
>I bought all the parts from a Canadian company,
>http://www.xenonfactory.com .  Definitely a satisfied customer, they
>gave me lots of help finding what I needed.
>
>here's the link to the bulbs in case anyone has the same problem:
>
>http://xenonfactory.com/products/hid/rebased.htm
>
>--
>-Marc Swanson-
>95.5 //S6 Avant
>87 4ktq
>www.mswanson.com/audi
>
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