[s-cars] S6+ HID question

[Harold McComas]

Mark, I had the same problem that you had with the OEM HID's awhile back. 
Sean helped me with some info too.

My $ 800 shipped from Europe HID's seemed like a good deal at the time until 
the driver's side would not fire all the time. Like you I got by with 
turning on the foglight and I never got stopped. After looking around trying 
to find a replacement with no luck I broke down and bought the replacement 
part. I got  the replacement assembly ( bulb, ignitor, cover) from Alex at 
Europrice for $ 600+. So now at  $1400, I wished that I would have gone with 
a NEW eurolights (I had one US and one Canadian light) and then converted to 
HID.

I came really close to prying with a screwdriver to try to release the  bulb 
socket. I eventually found the small tab and depressed it to release.

Harold

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> Sean,
>
> Thanks.  I stared at it for some time and nothing would budge  so..... 
> Took
> a screwdriver and broke off the tabs on the old bulb holder  and it came 
> right
> out - anti or counter clockwise.  I'll take some pictures  of it later - 
> I'm
> going to spend the next few days near Tampa.  As far as  symptoms go - yes 
> I
> was down to about 30% lighting on the first try.  I  didn't do more than 
> two
> tries as I heard that will kill the life of the good  bulb.  Since I'm 
> near
> Chicago and really don't need 2 good headlights I  would turn on the fog 
> lights so
> I had 2 sort of headlights.  I never got  stopped by the cops so it must 
> have
> worked.
>
> Yes, as far as costs go US$666. including shipping.  However it  took a 
> good
> 6 weeks to arrive - I believe I ordered these mid-January.  If  you need 
> the
> part numbers let me know I have them somewhere.  When I  installed my
> headlights the left side was noticeably cleaner than the right side  so I 
> figure the
> left side might have been almost new.  Hopefully this set  as is will last 
> the
> life of the car.
>
> Best,
>
> Mark currently sipping Maker's Mark