Anyway.. I talked with Justin at
Oracle and worst case scenario... theirs are warrantied for 1 year unconditionally first of all, second, its only 69.00 for the bulb/ballast combo.... I can live with that.
Considering how often HID bulbs normally go bad.. thats not bad... most HID bulbs are far more than that all by themselves anyway!
Also... Different manufacturers do share the same housings to avoid costs of making their own from scratch.