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Re: Xenon ballast replacement?
Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2021 3:25 pm
by gnat
Just in case there are any "should just polish them" people out there, here is what they look like (and they've already been polished 3 times, the last only lasted 4 weeks)
At least it's a nicely uniform shitty
Re: Xenon ballast replacement?
Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2021 7:02 pm
by 32wildbilly
Ok I owe you an apology. Tonight I had a soccer mom in a newer Honda SUV almost blind me coming up behind me in the Type R. LEDS are painful in the rear view mirror and thank GOD for whomever designed the flip down mirror. I believe she had the brights on and didn't know it but it was blinding. So I am sorry and you were right.
5chn3ll wrote: ↑Fri Apr 16, 2021 7:03 pm
Threadjack: Am I the only person on the planet who _hates_ LED headlights?
What an awesome technology: blind everyone coming toward you, and still put less light way down the road than you would with shitty halogen bulbs.
Re: Xenon ballast replacement?
Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2021 7:08 pm
by 32wildbilly
Those are bad! My car has an apparently replaced unit some time in the past and the other side has some hairline hazing but shit it looks new compared to those. It would look like driving with candles on the front of the car.
gnat wrote: ↑Tue Apr 20, 2021 3:25 pm
Just in case there are any "should just polish them" people out there, here is what they look like (and they've already been polished 3 times, the last only lasted 4 weeks)
1618957325360397065973829177974.jpg
At least it's a nicely uniform shitty
Re: Xenon ballast replacement?
Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2021 7:10 pm
by gnat
32wildbilly wrote: ↑Tue Apr 20, 2021 7:08 pm
Those are bad! My car has an apparently replaced unit some time in the past and the other side has some hairline hazing but shit it looks new compared to those. It would look like driving with candles on the front of the car.
gnat wrote: ↑Tue Apr 20, 2021 3:25 pm
Just in case there are any "should just polish them" people out there, here is what they look like (and they've already been polished 3 times, the last only lasted 4 weeks)
1618957325360397065973829177974.jpg
At least it's a nicely uniform shitty
I did say my mobile strapped to the bumper would be an improvement
Re: Xenon ballast replacement?
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2021 8:12 am
by 5chn3ll
Mrs. S. and I do a _ton_ of driving up and down the mountain to Big Bear. When something with LED headlights rounds the curve coming toward you on an otherwise pitch-black road at night, it can suck.
Still not as bad as morons with purple HIDs...
32wildbilly wrote: ↑Tue Apr 20, 2021 7:02 pm
Ok I owe you an apology. Tonight I had a soccer mom in a newer Honda SUV almost blind me coming up behind me in the Type R. LEDS are painful in the rear view mirror and thank GOD for whomever designed the flip down mirror. I believe she had the brights on and didn't know it but it was blinding. So I am sorry and you were right.
5chn3ll wrote: ↑Fri Apr 16, 2021 7:03 pm
Threadjack: Am I the only person on the planet who _hates_ LED headlights?
What an awesome technology: blind everyone coming toward you, and still put less light way down the road than you would with shitty halogen bulbs.
Re: Xenon ballast replacement?
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2021 9:43 am
by gnat
Re: Xenon ballast replacement?
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2021 10:05 am
by 32wildbilly
HHMMM looked up mine and this is what they show:
Availability: Expected Ship Date: Apr 27, 2021
I think to fit yours shows:
Availability:
Direct Ship, Expected Ship Date: Apr 22, 2021
Does seem ike they are trying to bone you!
Re: Xenon ballast replacement?
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2021 10:23 am
by theprf
Gaudin Porsche Parts shows the 996-631-157-01 for $1700, ECS shows it for $2250.
I have always been able to call Gaudin and get an actual accurate shipping estimate. If the parts have to come from Germany, then it's 3 weeks no matter what.
Re: Xenon ballast replacement?
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2021 10:33 am
by 5chn3ll
Gnat, your "fried eggs" appear to now be poached eggs.
Or pooched. Whatever.
Re: Xenon ballast replacement?
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2021 10:38 am
by 5chn3ll
I don't know what the port situation looks like over on the other side of the country, but the line of cargo and container ships waiting to offload in Long Beach stretches all the way down to Huntington Beach some days. The pandemic has REALLY interfered with the port and cargo operations.
