Review on 🔦 High-Performance W3T19371 Xenon HID Headlight Ballast with Igniter Replacement for Acura TL, TL-S, TSX, ILX, ZDX, RDX, MDX, CSX, Honda CR-Z, Odyssey, Mazda CX-5, CX-9, 3, 5, Mitsubishi Outlander, Lancer Evolution - W3T15671, W3T16271 by David Cash

This is my first review of this unit which I bought to refurbish my '03 Acura CL Type S. A fairly rare car for which I was lucky the manufacturer made a special ballast. and there is no other car, ie my options are somewhat limited. 400€ or so. The good news is that every car until now is still pumping 12 volts out of the battery. If you have something to do, you can keep going. In my car, the cable coming from the battery bounces off the contact and then falls to the OEM ballast with two different connector types, one smaller and one larger depending on the Honda setup. The smaller one running from the battery and wiring harness could be plugged directly into the secondary ballast and worked fine. Your only real problem here is probably where you install it. In my case, someone had already replaced the stock ballast with an admittedly inferior aftermarket ballast that they had just taped to the underside of my headlight assembly. I removed it and sealed it with epoxy as I was as lucky as everyone here that my screw holes didn't line up. general. I would recommend that you do the epoxy part and the installation at the same time. I know it's going to be tricky, but there's no guarantee everything will fit perfectly if you don't have wiggle room, and there's no wobble if the epoxy you're using is already dry. Grind on your headlight for the next five years when the ballast you just epoxyed on dies. You can make just four corners or just a smear in the middle. Be careful with epoxy if you want to save yourself some headaches in the future. BUT HOW WELL DOES IT WORK? The unit comes with a small extra ground wire that bounces off the actual D2 socket that the bulb fits into. There is a slight hiss from the inverter inside the unit when running unless you ground it to the vehicle chassis. I tested this on my car while I was working on it and I plan to drill a small hole in the headlight cover so it can be routed to a bolt that connects to metal on the car for grounding. In terms of durability I can't tell you anything about it as I haven't even driven the car since working on it but I'll update this review as things develop knowing it's possible these days which ones to get help or resources for pre 2004 vehicles. Be a little dubious and if anyone comes here and sees this working on CL they might be jumping for joy. He's working in my driveway right now. In six months? Just take a look. Ease of Installation: 7/10. Removing my 10mm head bumper and replacing the plastic clips wasn't that difficult, but a pain. Give yourself about two hours, maybe a little more, to make sure everything is in order. Your car won't go anywhere for a while. Ease of use: 10/10. You plug it in, plug in a lightbulb and it glows. There is no setting or programming. If you can put 12V on it and connect a wire to it, it will work. Done Shelf life: to be confirmed.