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Hey guys,

A mate of mine who does HID conversion mainly for beemers has told me he has a few sets of ignitors coming in for the V35's.

For those that don't know these are the silver wrapped wires that bulb plugs into one end and the other end goes to the ballast. The workshops usually cut the ignitors.

Mine arrived a week or so ago. All that's left know is re-wire and plug in new globes and I'm back to Xenon :-) (As long as you still have the ballast.

Let me know if you interested and I'll get you in contact with him.

Cheers

Bobby

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thanks for that McLovin.

I have been trying to chase down a complete HID set but maybe if I have these I can scrounge the rest together

My mate that helped me locate these says he has ordered a couple of sets.

Do you want me to look into it and find out if he has them and how much?

Cheers

Bobby

these are for the sedan arent they?

daxx, I've only ever investigated about the coupe.

If you can find out what brand the ballasts are in the stock sedan then I'll check with my mate. The coupe ones are mitsu*** something and I'd imagine that they would be the same on the sedan but better check to be safe.

Just did a quick check and if the US and japan sedan ballasts are the same then we have a problem.

Here is a sedan ballast and it's very different to the coupe ballast

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/04-G35-SEDA...sspagenameZWDVW

Just did a quick check and if the US and japan sedan ballasts are the same then we have a problem.

Here is a sedan ballast and it's very different to the coupe ballast

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/04-G35-SEDA...sspagenameZWDVW

I think sedan's ballast is the same with maxiam.

Just need confirm

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