[s-cars] OEM HID headlights

[Fred Munro]

Mark;

If it's the bulb/igniter that is failing on your OEM HID, the Hong Kong
lights may not be much help. The capsules with those lights likely won't fit
your mounts (they are typically designed mount to non-HID bulb holders like
H1, 9006, etc. as HID retrofits). If your ballast is failing, you might get
lucky and be able to fab up one of the Hong Kong ballasts to work, depending
on whether they have an integrated igniter or a separate igniter. I've been
down the Hong Kong route and when those components fail, you are in the same
boat - the guy that sold them to you is no longer in business and you have
to try to hunt down compatible components, but the upside is they don't cost
$600!

If you are planning to swap in H1 projectors to use the Hong Kong kit, you
might as well swap in TT HID projectors. You can pick up broken TT lights on
eBay for $100 per (I just bought one for spare parts for $75) and the
capsules, igniters, and ballasts are all available separately from the
dealer if replacements are required. I've retrofitted the TT HID projectors
into my OEM DOT S6 lights with great results.

Good luck!

Fred Munro
'97 S6


-----Original Message-----
From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Mtgadbois at aol.com
Sent: April 10, 2008 10:59 AM
To: s_douglas at telus.net; s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [s-cars] OEM HID headlights


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-----
> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of
>  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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