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Old Dec 21, 2011 | 02:59 PM
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Default How many watts do an S2000 ballast produce?

As stated above. Need to know. Thanks.
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Old Dec 21, 2011 | 09:36 PM
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35W?
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Old Dec 22, 2011 | 06:45 AM
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10 million jiggawatts
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Old Dec 22, 2011 | 09:03 AM
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~35 watts
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Old Dec 22, 2011 | 01:54 PM
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Default Re: How many watts do an S2000 ballast produce?

i would have thought 55w being the standard?
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Old Dec 22, 2011 | 06:40 PM
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Default Re: How many watts do an S2000 ballast produce?

35 is standard(I think 4300k bulbs), 55 is the upgrade, a lot of people have a hard time choosing 5000 or 6000k
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Old Dec 22, 2011 | 06:52 PM
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that's some pretty bad english ya got there
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Old Dec 23, 2011 | 05:29 AM
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Originally Posted by red96civicex
that's some pretty bad english ya got there
Sorry about that, I'm feeling a little sick. I struggled to piece together my thoughts on that post, again my apologies
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Old Dec 23, 2011 | 05:52 AM
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not you man...lulz the OP
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Old Dec 23, 2011 | 09:21 AM
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Originally Posted by red96civicex
not you man...lulz the OP
hahaha, this whole time I thought you cared... lol jkjk
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Old Dec 23, 2011 | 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by JUSTINTHECOASTI
hahaha, this whole time I thought you cared... lol jkjk
no one cares... lmfao
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Old Dec 23, 2011 | 10:06 AM
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i do care on the inside, i dont like to show my e-motions...get it...haha...haha
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Old Dec 23, 2011 | 04:46 PM
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Default Re: How many watts do an S2000 ballast produce?

Originally Posted by mr_munro
i would have thought 55w being the standard?
55W are for standard halogens.
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Old Dec 23, 2011 | 06:14 PM
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Originally Posted by kleen98accord
55W are for standard halogens.
ah thats it, thanks for the correction!
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Old Dec 24, 2011 | 08:37 AM
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Default Re: How many watts do an S2000 ballast produce?

Thanks for all the help. I'm getting a retrofit kit from The Retrofit Source, and they give you and option for a 35w or 55w ballasts. I want to get the same effect that the oem S2000 hids produce.
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Old Dec 24, 2011 | 08:44 AM
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Default Re: How many watts do an S2000 ballast produce?

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Thanks for all the help. I'm getting a retrofit kit from The Retrofit Source, and they give you and option for a 35w or 55w ballasts. I want to get the same effect that the oem S2000 hids produce.
get the 55ws then
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Old Dec 30, 2011 | 10:17 AM
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careful with 55watt. with oem bulbs (phillips, osram, etc), its not a big deal, but with aftermarket bulbs, they burn significantly hotter at 55w than stock 35w. the 55w ballast is cheap, but replacing the headlights bc you burned the chrome in the projector is gonna cost you some serious coin.

Id suggest just sticking to 35 watt. at 35w, the phillips and osram 4300K bulbs both put out about 3200lm of light x 2 (passenger and driver side) equals over 6000lm. if you need more than that to see at night, change your glasses, not your ballasts. The s2k already uses arguably the best HID lo beam projector on the market
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Old Dec 30, 2011 | 01:28 PM
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Lol. Thanks. I agree with you there. The S2000 does have some of the best oem HIDs out there.
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Old Jan 2, 2012 | 10:35 AM
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35w. most halogen is above 55w but with most oem HIDs they are 35. You can however run a 55w ballast to a 35w OEM d2s, due to the phillips bulbs being such high quality
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