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Nine8Six · 10-20-2013, 06:35 AM

Bloody hell, $20-$30 for HID ballast? I run a set with all the available protection features found in today's factory units but they cost me an arm and leg ($120). Nasty.

Would a 986 and other circuits/electronics be okay if we just slam in the $40 HID ballasts you commonly find on eBay everywhere? Talking about the dumb ones that just limit the current to the bulbs... eBay sellers call those $40 'good' ones

Safe?

10-20-2013, 06:35 AM	#17
Nine8Six Registered User Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Montreal, QC. (currently expat to Shanghai) Posts: 3,249	Bloody hell, $20-$30 for HID ballast? I run a set with all the available protection features found in today's factory units but they cost me an arm and leg ($120). Nasty. Would a 986 and other circuits/electronics be okay if we just slam in the $40 HID ballasts you commonly find on eBay everywhere? Talking about the dumb ones that just limit the current to the bulbs... eBay sellers call those $40 'good' ones Safe? __________________ ______________________________ '97 Boxster base model 2.5L, Guards Red/Tan leather, with a new but old Alpine am/fm radio.