How bad of an idea are ebay HIDs

[Sakuradrops808B]

some say mccullochs are really not that good. but ebays ones are the same as gambling. i bought one set for $400 with a 5 year warranty no questions ask here in hawaii locally. Used it for about a month then decided i want to make my car legal and within hawaii's laws. Then i sold to to my friend for $350 along with the warranty card, its been 1 year now and still he never have any problems with it.
And the name is Alpha HID Conversion kit.

 

[angelusnhc]

i got a question. what is a conversion kit? i see some on ebay that are conversion and some that doesnt say that. so whats the difference? also i want to get projectors and i know they use h1s. so can i buy the 9006 ones and then later just change the bulb to h1 or would i need to buy a whole new set. and does anyone got a set to sell me. i want one asap.

 

[Aforman89]

Well buyer beware, my Ebay HIDs came and they do not work. I am 99% sure they were hooked up correctly but neither of the bulbs lit with either ballast. I would appreciate it if i was just a moron and someone could set me straight on a common mistake that i could be making.

 

[Aforman89]

Hahah just kidding, i didn't have the harness on right, they work great!

 

[pyaarawala]

Lol

 

[shavedaccord]

Hahah just kidding, i didn't have the harness on right, they work great!

Ballast to bulb harness or is it one of the cheap ones that come with a rats nest relay harness?

 

[cg2_mang]

i actually own one of those i think its pretty good perfectly fine only had it for like 1 week though haha

 

[Styrofoam_Guy]

My projectors take H1 (low) and H3 bulbs. When I got the HID kit they were for the 9006 bulb. The ballast plugged into the car wiring harness plugs (9006) but I needed a different cable to go from the ballast to the H1 bulb. Where I got my HID kit they swapped out the 9006 ballast to lightbulb plug for an H1 one.

Everythig plugs in, I did not do any splicing and I can revert back to the stock headlights if needed.