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Old 10-17-05, 10:10 PM
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Default HID Ballasts Mod

Hello everyone.. as many already know.. Soaristo, the man that knows it all.. thanks to him, i'm now able to share with you my wonderful mod... that is the "Ultimate Headlight Mod" basicly turn the original HID ballast into an adjustable one.. that can adjust the wattage from 25w to 75w...yahoooooo.. enjoy:




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comparison between 35w and 75w:


Old 10-18-05, 01:40 PM
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excellent.... gonna hit up that mod soon too... time for some heat...
Old 10-18-05, 02:16 PM
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are you going to show us a step by step?
Old 10-18-05, 02:52 PM
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ok so what does this do? .. make it brighter? will this fry your wires?
Old 10-19-05, 04:21 AM
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In those pics I dont really see a huge difference. Is the difference more noticeable in person? If this isnt too complicated and the brightness that it brings is significant then this is definately something to be done. Let us know what to do
Old 10-19-05, 10:51 AM
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Difference is like night and day. 35w HID is bright in your rearview when you actually catch the beam. 75W is like looking at the sun
Old 10-19-05, 12:06 PM
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this looks like a mod i would like to do, i went to the soaristo site, that someone linked in another thread, but i don't understand japanese. :'( are you using oem bulbs? do you know if it works with D2S bulbs?
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anyone have the link to do this mod?
Old 11-28-05, 09:24 PM
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Originally Posted by GS300Rich
anyone have the link to do this mod?

here it is

its the 3rd one on the second row of links ...click the altavista link to transelate to English
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Hidplanet is down tonight for bandwith reasons. I'll have to check tomorrow
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Originally Posted by tiguy99
Hidplanet is down tonight for bandwith reasons. I'll have to check tomorrow

It's gonna be down till the first of the month
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Originally Posted by LEXISM
here it is

its the 3rd one on the second row of links ...click the altavista link to transelate to English

Anyone done this to their ballast? I dont want to screw up the new ballast I get, just want to see if anyone else had success in their attempts.
Old 12-14-05, 11:37 AM
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i tried searching hidplanet for ballast mod and couldnt find anything.....has anyone done this b4?how to? and what are the differences??
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Yea man, post a guide!

My bi-xenons need more light

Well, I got most of the stuff about the mod....explained on Soaristo's site. However he was not very clear about what resistor to 'destroy?' and where to solder the new pots on.
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