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Old Oct 17, 2005 | 10:10 PM
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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:


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Old Oct 18, 2005 | 01:40 PM
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excellent.... gonna hit up that mod soon too... time for some heat...
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Old Oct 18, 2005 | 02:16 PM
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are you going to show us a step by step?
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Old Oct 18, 2005 | 02:52 PM
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ok so what does this do? .. make it brighter? will this fry your wires?
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Old Oct 19, 2005 | 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
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Old Oct 19, 2005 | 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
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Old Oct 19, 2005 | 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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Old Nov 28, 2005 | 08:25 PM
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anyone have the link to do this mod?
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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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Old Nov 28, 2005 | 11:14 PM
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Hidplanet is down tonight for bandwith reasons. I'll have to check tomorrow
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Old Nov 29, 2005 | 12:13 AM
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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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Old Nov 29, 2005 | 03:51 AM
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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.
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Old Dec 14, 2005 | 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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Old Dec 15, 2005 | 10:08 AM
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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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Old Dec 18, 2005 | 01:42 PM
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