Hey I got a pair of hid upgrades, 55w bulbs, do I need a ballast since I have 55w halogens?

 

Huh?

How are you going to run 55w halogen bulbs and hids?

That makes no sense.

 

No I'm swapping out the halogens for hid

 

All Xenon HID bulbs require a ballast and ignitor (ignitor is 99% of the time built into the ballast). So yes, you need a ballast.

Please don't just toss them in the halogen housing though, you're going to blind the hell out of other drivers. To do HID's properly it takes a lot of money. I went about $1,100 into HID's and proper housings for my GTI. You'll get better light output since it will be concentrated and you won't make it impossible for other drivers to see.

 

I did was added some e-code headlights, Cibie, but you can spend less and get almost as good, Hella/IPF Autopal, then added a heavy duty harness which relieves the voltage off the headlight switch and provides full voltage from battery
The harness alone will increase light output

Here is my set up with 55/60 Osram bulbs Light output will increase when I put in new bulbs.



and with stock harness and same bulbs one stock sealed beam/one Cibie



I have less than $150 in my set up

Do it right and do it once.

 

lol