BMW and Mercedes HID ballasts

[Bushman5]

I have access to a number of BMW and Mercedes ballasts, can they be used for DIY HID lights?

 

[faiz23]

not sure about mercedes but bmw x5 hella gen III ballast are good to use.

 

[Essexman]

I have access to a number of BMW and Mercedes ballasts

I do too, ................but the guy down the road would have trouble driving at night if I take them 😗

 

[Bushman5]

no no, nothing like that......an artist i know collects modern headlights and makes very futuristic animal/cyborg/alien heads out of paired/matched sets. he has no use for the ballasts and either sells them for $100 - $1000 each, depending on the unit, or has said he'll give me one or two to play with.

 

[scott.cr]

Have any pictures?

If there are just terminals for V+ and V- I don't see why not. Depending on the form factor you might have to get creative about the housing.

 

[Essexman]

here are some links to DIY HID

http://candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=112128

http://candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=112828

http://lights.lightrefineries.org/?page_id=94

Happy reading

 

[flex76italy]

Sound interesting, any pics or detailed info?

Thanks.

 

[yuandrew]

Can you identify them using my picture collection ?

(First Generation Hella from 97 model year Mercedes)

Hella Gen 3 (Also know as the Philips LVQ-212)

First Generation Bosch; 2 wires to ignitor

Bosch/AL gen 2; 3 wires to ignitor

Hella Gen 4

 

[Bushman5]

dont recognize any of those....the ones i can get seem to have a bundle of 10 wires.