Just lost my third HID ballast in five years.

[greywolf]

I'm giving up. As much as I like the brighter, whiter light, the lower wattage use and my headlights not changing brightness every second I'm running heated gear, it's too much. I just bought a pair of relays and took the old H4s out of the box I put them in when the Glee was new. I'm looking forward to long lasting lights that I can change without tools in a fraction of the time.

[tallpaul]

This makes me nervous as I'm about to convert my bike and my brothers bike onto HIDs. What ballasts are you using? I'm supposed to collect the kits on Monday from xenonsonline.com . They give a two year warranty on their premium kits and as they are in my home town they are close enough to throw a (metaphorical) brick through their window if they fall short of expectation. Or should I just stick to my twin relay set-up?

[greywolf]

I've seen ballasts fail early in cheap and expensive kits. The trouble with the warranty, at least in my case, is the entire kit has to be sent back unaltered.

[Oop North John]

Is it one make of ballasts Greywolf that has repeatedly failed, so you could buy another make, or is it a variety and so it seems the ballasts don't like being on your bike?

[bat-kam]

Oh no, yesterday I received a H7 HID kit from these blokes
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.vi ... 0730114924
I need this on gsxr as the street light is brighter than my bike is.

[greywolf]

Is it one make of ballasts Greywolf that has repeatedly failed, so you could buy another make, or is it a variety and so it seems the ballasts don't like being on your bike?

I've had ballasts go bad from expensive Futurevision as well as cheap VVME kits on two different bikes. It seems to be the nature of the beast. If they were easy to replace, I wouldn't mind so much but it just takes too much time and effort.

[Timmo]

Don't like Ballast on my bike,it always leads to divorce when it leans out of a corner instead of into it! Oh but I am beginning to see the light.