[s-cars] HID conversion kits

[Tom Green]

No doubt the VVME HID kits are assembled with cheap components.  $42  
express shipped to the US tells that story pretty well.  The  
performance over the last 3 years has been comparable to my wife's  
$1200 OEM set.  There are warranties and replacement parts available,  
but with the hassle and cost of shipping from HK, it makes more sense  
to just buy another entire kit.  Checking their prices on ebay,  
ordering a spare bulb set for spares is more than 1/2 the kit price.   
Those connectors do need careful inspection on occasion since
they have to carry that initial start voltage.  I particularly do not  
like the looks of the H1 bulb connectors.  The 9006 at least have some  
protection around the connector.

Tom


On Dec 17, 2010, at 10:06 AM, Taka Mizutani wrote:

> Just beware of cheap Chinese components! A lot of these aftermarket  
> kits use substandard parts- the ballasts and igniters go bad often  
> and then you can't get replacement parts, so you have to buy the  
> whole kit over again.
>
> I have Taiwanese aftermarket headlights in my BMW with cheap  
> aftermarket HID in there and if I had known what these are before  
> buying them, I never would have done so- the connectors are cheap  
> looking and feeling and nothing like an OE setup or the Hella HID  
> projectors.
>
> Just trying to be helpful.
>
> Taka

Tom '95 S6
          '95.5 S6 avant
Knoxville, TN