why are the hid kits so expensive?

[turboed13b]

Originally Posted by Voodoo

From what I have read the retrofits are expensive because,

OEM parts
The way the housing has to be modified to get a clear cut line, unlike if you were to just drop in bulbs and spray light every which way.

This takes either your own headlights, someone else to donate or you buy a set to experiment with, this all cost money.

The ones I have seen use OEM lights and ballasts from BMW or similar and these lights are very expensive, usually in the 300 dollar range a piece, so double that and your at 600 add some labor and the person making them is at very little or no profit at all. You can make your own to maybe save a couple hundred dollars, but then you are back at square one where someone else has already done the trial and error. What if you screw up your housing? Then you must buy another(which is not cheap) and there goes the savings you planned. To me for a QUALITY set of functional HIDs 900 is a steal.

We have different thoughts maybe because i am know more about HID's than the normal joe schmoe. I have seen the other hid kit for like 600 and this seems like a lot better deal but i don't know the qaulity of them. What if i told you i built my HID's for 300 and they are the same qaulity or even better as the 900 dollar kit?


There is really no testing involved in a retrofit the oem projector is already made all you have to do it open up your light housing aim it kinda straight and bolt it in.