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I have a 2005 VW Touareg V8 4.2L. I have been looking everywhere for the ballast and there are quite a lot of them available. However, they are very exspensive. I found out that the Chevy Camaro has the same exact ballast. It’s a Valeo ballast 12 pin connection. Just like my VW ballast, the Camaro ballast is just as exspensive. So I’m looking for 2, possibly from a junk yard. Funny thing is that out here in NY, no junk yard has this ballast. So if anyone can find this part at a junkyard near you, I’m willing to buy it and have it shipped to me. Please help.
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Thanks redeemer and johnbkobb. I actually juust went the cheap ebay direction and bought a set on ebay for $25. It comes with the 2 ballast, 2 wiring harness with the socket at the end, and 2 hid bulbs. I just have to order the 2 connectors that I’m going to tap into the headlight power wire that gives the ballast it’s power. I think it will cost about $10 for a total of $35 spent. I’ll also make a video on how I did it. I’ll keep you guys posted. Thanks again.
I wouldn’t buy eBay HIDs. I have them on my car with them. They work, but they aren’t the best money can buy. I should have just spent $10 more and got DDM tuning HID kit.
I’ve actually had a lot of good luck with buying parts for my car on ebay. I also heard the same thing you stated. It’s a hit-or-miss with ebay. So far, I’ve been happy. Recently though, I’ve been finding some similar deals on Amazon. They have waaayyy better shipping than ebay. I ordered a 12 point XZN triple square bit set on Amazon for $25.00 w/free shipping. It was in my mailbox 2 1/2 days later at 11 A.M. The same set sells on ebay for $30 and probably wouldn’t have came as fast. I’ll let you know how these lights come out when I put them in.
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