Hey guys,
I just wanted to mention a few things. First of all, it has been great talking to a lot of you and making up lights for you cars. It is always nice to see positive feedback about the lights and to see happy customers. I want to make sure that everyone knows that installation of these lights is about a 1-2 hours job for someone that has no experience taking lights out. There are two wiring option; with and without a relay harness. The relay harness is the better performance option, as it allows the HID ballasts to get power directly from the battery, rather than through the stock wiring system. But for those who do not want the added wires, I am happy to wire everything up directly.
I want to caution people though. What Burpod did was really cool, but also very complex. He essentially redid all of the wiring inside the headlight, and rewired all of the stock wiring for the cars headlight system in an attempt to relocate the ballasts into the dash. It was really neat helping him through that process, but I would not recommend it for 99% of us on here. The results can be great, but the process can be a real pain. In Burpod's case I think his car was out of commission for a full week if not more while he tracked down problems that resulted from rewiring everything. It is definitely one of those things that can quickly turn into a nightmare if you don't know what you are doing. Burpod has a thing for wiring (he has rewired entire cars multiple times) and is very good at it. Just keep that in mind.
It is also important to note that he has a set of the Golf lights. There is a significant amount of room inside those lights. The Jetta lights really do not have room to place the ballasts inside the headlights. Also remember that the ballasts get extremely hot. In addition to the ballasts, there would be the HID bulb, and the fog light if you had that on as well. The 35W ballasts for example can produce heats upward of 200 degrees. The bulbs are very hot as well. That is a lot of heat for the interior of a light which is very confined, which is a big reason why ballasts on OEM setups are most commonly mounted outside the headlight unit. I'm not saying that it WILL cause problems, just that the effects of having both in the same very small space have not been tested. For those who want things to be more compact, mounting the ballasts outside the headlight light is a better option than inside. As tongsli noted, I would be happy to mount ballasts to the exterior bottom of the headlights for customers.
Back to the rewiring thing for a moment. Another thing to consider would be that there is almost no way that I could provide any type of warranty or replacement once a process like this starts. There are just too many things that could cause issues. In other words, if you change the light, you get to enjoy that change forever! I think most of us here understand that well enough. From working in customer service in other fields though, you'd be surprised how many people try to return things like that. So I just wanted to make sure everyone knows.
Anyway, if any of you have other question about the lights, feel free to let me know. Glad you all like how they look.
Jeff