ebay aftermarket ballast 27.99 anyone fitted?

[Dunn]

as title says
my ballast has gone for my xenon
and i have seen this slimline ballast with connectin lead for 27.99
has anyone fitted before
after searchin a bit i hear these are pretty good
jus wonderin if its direct fit or will i need any other connections
i already have the front of my car in bits lol so anyone with any experiance of these non oem ballasts
many thanks

ps heres the link

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-Super-Sli...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item562f3f36a9

 

[Dunn]

ive seen alot of people with these problems so someone must kno

 

[fUbAr]

They fail easy, iirc.

 

[Dunn]

there is a 12 month warrany tho
if they last 12 month id be happy

 

[Da]

Unreliable, I've heard.

 

[Dunn]

its all i can afford
someone say they kno a good one for under £30 lol

 

[Dunn]

hids direct have a pretty good rep tho also

 

[Sargara]

I dont see how that would fit to your 172. The 172 ballast is a seperate unit with NO connecting cables directly to it. It screws into the underneath of the headlight unit and gets its connection from that.

That just looks like a replacement ballast for one of their HID kits.

 

[jack_davey]

that wont fit, I've bought second hand genuine ones for the same price

 

[Dunn]

that wont fit, I've bought second hand genuine ones for the same price

same i changed my mind an found one on ebay for 35 quid genuine hella
where did you get yours??

 

[jack_davey]

ebay mate