[s-cars] OEM HID headlights

[Mtgadbois at aol.com]

Sean,
 
Good catch.  Yes, the lights came out of an S6+.  I'm not sure if  it was the 
scotch or the beer that caused that one. 
 
What I meant on the Hong Kong lights is if they are decent I may go  that 
route rather than trying to find the overpriced Hella replacement  parts.  Even 
if they are only one half decent I may buy a set and using my  S6+ lights I may 
take parts from each and put together one good setup.  The  other idea that 
is somewhat fueling this is that the S6+ lights are D1s and  although they are 
HIDs the current state of the art lights being used are  D2Ss.  The D2Ss are 
brighter than D1s but the lens looks larger so it might  not fit in the S6+  
reflector housing.  One feature of the S6+ lights  I do like are the high beams 
- they are pencil beams, much more so than the euro  H1s I used to have.  My 
email was intended to see if anyone out there had  bought lights from this guy.
 
BTW, for the record the replacement part numbers for the D1 Hella stuff is  
left side 4A0 941 471 and for the right side 4A0 941 472. 
 
Thanks,
 
mark near chicago
 
 
In a message dated 4/9/2008 10:32:19 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
s_douglas at telus.net writes:

Mark:

RS2 headlights? Do you mean S6+ headlights?

If you  do have the OEM S6+ lights, then buying something from Hong Kong  will
likely not work. On the S6+ lights, the bulb and ignitor are  integrated,
with the ballast wired separelty. They are made by Hella, but  is propriatary
and not avalbale in the aftermarket.

Sean

>  -----Original Message-----
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>  mtgadbois at aol.com
> Sent: April 9, 2008 8:07 PM
> To:  s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: [s-cars] OEM HID headlights
>  
> Fellows,
> 
> My 95.5 S6 is running real RS2 HID  headlights but 
> unfortunately the left light/bulb is going weak.? A  little 
> over a year ago I replaced my right bulb/balast.? The cost  
> then was over $600.? I'm sure with the solid position of the 
>  dollar I'm looking at even more $$ to replace Mr. Lefty.? So 
> I've  been tempted to pick up a set of the headlights listed 
> on Ebay by a  company in?Hong Kong.? On another Audi list I've 
> seen comments like  they have got to be lousy at that price 
> ($250 or so).? But I've never  seen any comments from someone 
> who has bought a set.? Anybody here  buy these?? You can reply 
> directly to me and I will not copy your  reply back to the 
> others if you are afraid to be associated with the  Hong Kong 
> lights.? Even if they are sh*t I was thinking of moving the  
> lights and balasts into my euro lights as I have the levelers  
> wired in and working. 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mark  near Chicago
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