waverider117

Hey guys
2006 a4
anyone replace their halogen bulbs with HID replacements that sellers are offering on ebay
Any recommended sellers that you have bought from
or any particular brand of bulb that is better than others
cheers

after looking around on ebay I found these for an 06 a4

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/8500K...spagenameZWDVW

can anyone offer any insight into these, they just require a bulb change and no kits, wiring, harnesses etc.
thanks

ckennedy

There's a group of people that will probably jump on you for the difference in optics which can result in glare...

Not familiar with it myself but I AM interested to do it; I've seen $300 MTEC kits which claim to be computer friendly and then $50 kits which seems awful cheap. I've heard warnings about wiper motors and codes, but it's always seemed second hand.

Does anyone have any first hand knowledge of if this is a feasible mod (admittedly not best case, but I just called my local Audi and they quoted ~$3200 parts only for factory xenons, and I think that was without the bulbs).

Chaos

Dont go with factory xenons not worth it in my opinion even if you get a ebay kit for $50 and u have to replace it every 6months with a new one its still way cheaper then oem.. i would recomend you guys go on your local kijiji or craigslist and find someone selling kits locally i got mine for 150 and warranty for a year so if anything goes wrong within that year i jus call up the guy drive down to his house and get the replacement parts. If you buy online your gonna spend a lot of time waiting to get any replacement parts and pay shipping and probably duty fees.

sonic

I agree

waverider117

thanks Chaos
Makes sense, I will look for someone locally who supplies the same product as the ebay sellers
cheers

ckennedy

So the MTEC kits @ $300 aren't necessary? My biggest concern is damaging something or throwing codes... If any old kit will work in a halogen housing, that's great, I was worried I'd need something like this:

eBay Motors: MTEC EXCLUSIVE HID KIT FOR AUDI A4 B6 B7 '02~ (item 360128063189 end time Feb-05-09 23:21:40 PST)

Espritman99

Haven't done any aftermarket HID kits in my A4, but had no problem putting them in my '07 avalanche, which was a regular halogen housing. Kit was bought locally here for $179 and came with a 18 month warranty. Since I sold the Avalanche my dad has put them in his Volvo semi, been workin great!

Rickyboy

If this can help

High Performance HID Xenon Lighting for Audi Porsche Bmw Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen - Tuning Conversion Kits

kf3506

HID Xenon Kits, HID Bulbs, HID Accessories

cheap, easy, and awesome

ckennedy

Wow, sorry, I hadn't actually clicked on that link before. You know those aren't HID, right? They're halogen bulbs with blue glass, which result in less output than even regular halogen, but tinted slightly. I wouldn't go down that road at all, for not that much more you can get a true HID kit which is a snap to install, and will actually be an upgrade and not a downgrade.

I have used those before, all sorts of manufacturers, years and years ago before HID was common (eurolite, PIAA, MTEC, and others) and would say that HID is orders of magnitude better.