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Old Jan 19, 2022 | 10:41 AM
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Bought some replacement headlight assemblies that didn't have the correct connections and had to return - has anyone found a good source for the assemblies with HID? Apparently there is a significant difference in the connections. I did see a pair for $1400 ~ but hoping for a better option! Thanks
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Old Jan 19, 2022 | 11:22 AM
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What did you buy and where? Your choices are OEM, Depo, used OEM, generic.
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Old Jan 19, 2022 | 01:40 PM
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There is a difference between HID and nonHID assemblies. They would not be interchangeable. [harness, connectors and additional motor etc]
The only two differences in the HIDs that I know are the hue of the glass and addition of security. The additional security just made it harder to steel (access) while the assembly did not not change.

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Old Jan 21, 2022 | 03:32 PM
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There's plenty of HID conversion kits that work in the non-HID assemblies, if this is of interest to you. I don't have any specific suggestions as I have not changed ours.

I was considering changing ours to HID's and using a conversion kit, but then I just tried some Sylvania Silverstar Ultra's to see how well those worked, and I was impressed with how white and bright they were, so much so that I'm not going to bother upgrading to HID's - It gets the job done well enough.

Just my two cents.
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