My friend recently installed an HID headlamp kit for a customer,and he said the kit was surprisingly cheap online,I forget the exact cost ,but I think it was under $100..
One bummer was one headlamp failed shortly after the install,like 2 months later,and the company did not offer "individual replacement bulbs",evidently they must be replaced in pairs or something,and he was not sure at first if it really was just one bulb,so he swapped the other side's bulb in and it still didn't light,so he assumed it was the ballast..the customer ended up buying another complete kit..
The ballasts had warning labels saying they could shock someone hard enough to cause "fatal injury" if you had a heart condition..
That sounds rather frightening..
Another vehicle my friend had come in his shop to have one headlight replaced,was a Cadillac Escalade--and ONE headlight bulb costed nearly $1000 !..
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Think I'll stick with sealed beams..even the ones that fit my pickup are not stocked at most stores any more--last time I had to replace one I went to the junkyard !--they had plenty in stock,and the guy at the counter told me "take it"..didn't charge me anything,and said if it didn't work to just go get another one..stores get almost $15 each now for them..
One bummer was one headlamp failed shortly after the install,like 2 months later,and the company did not offer "individual replacement bulbs",evidently they must be replaced in pairs or something,and he was not sure at first if it really was just one bulb,so he swapped the other side's bulb in and it still didn't light,so he assumed it was the ballast..the customer ended up buying another complete kit..
The ballasts had warning labels saying they could shock someone hard enough to cause "fatal injury" if you had a heart condition..
That sounds rather frightening..
Another vehicle my friend had come in his shop to have one headlight replaced,was a Cadillac Escalade--and ONE headlight bulb costed nearly $1000 !..
..Think I'll stick with sealed beams..even the ones that fit my pickup are not stocked at most stores any more--last time I had to replace one I went to the junkyard !--they had plenty in stock,and the guy at the counter told me "take it"..didn't charge me anything,and said if it didn't work to just go get another one..stores get almost $15 each now for them..
