The answer was - pretty cheap.
Ebay Link
Yes - that's £16.69 delivered. From Hong Kong!!!
So, I decided to buy some and test them for the zone. Yes, I'm doing this for you - not because I'm a tight Yorkshire git.
I clicked buy it now and waited till after Christmas.
Here is what arrived:
The reason the postage was so cheap is that these things are TINY, and they're packed in a polystyrene box so small that once you've unpacked it, only those clever Chinese can possibly put it back together again.
Here's a shot with the OEM spec tea light for scale. The HIDs don't come with the usual metal brackets for fixing, just some double sided adhesive pads. I thought this was going to be a pain, then realised that I still have both internal headlight covers and a 4w capless bulb began to glimmer dimly above my head.
Yes folks, you can fix these ballasts to the internal headlight cover thingys.
Once you've opened up the back of the headlight caps enough to feed the burner through (as detailed in the wiki) it's a piece of cake.
Even the ABS pump/air intake side is really easy, since the ballast sticks onto the cover just above the air intake without any problems. You'll need to be careful feeding the burner into the headlight on this side but there is enough room to do it without moving anything but the internal headlight cover thingy.
They work!!
How long for? I don't know! I'll let you know if/when one dies. But in the meantime - for less than £17 - I don't see how you can go wrong
