Originally Posted by Tippster

The canceler is just a 5 ohm 50ish watt resistor enclosed in a plastic case. The resistor "fools" the CAN system into thinking there's still an incandescent bulb there by providing the correct resistance of an incandescent bulb.
Course, putting a small 194 bulb has the same effect as a cancelor, and costs a lot less ;oD

Originally Posted by williamjames

Hello,
i worked at audi dealership for 4 years and it is true that when you install a cheap hid kit on recent audis, you have a lamp out error. On saturday and sunday, i rent a small garage spot to do jobs and hid kits are really popular. After a lot of research, the only kit that will not do you any lamp out error on the dash is the canbus ballast 55w. Since i know this, i order to all my customers the canbus ballast 55w hid kit and till now, i didn't get any problem with them. The price is average but the quality is really good. I dont have any flickering with DRL, no lamp out error and no need of relay. I buy them on www.xenonhidconversionkit.com

i strongly recommend everyone with an audi to buy their hid kit on this website.

William

Originally Posted by OMGDCA4

I installed a 55w HID kit from Retro-Solutions and have been experiencing electrical problems ever since. One out of five times I turn on the headlights, I get one of the following:

• Warning message on dash of 'dipped headlight'
• Warning message on dash that bulb is out, and one of the headlights will be off
• Literally every dash warning light comes on and the display chimes at me
• Every dash warning light comes on and the speedometer crashes out

Each of these issues is corrected immediately if I pull over, turn off the lights and car, then start it back up. Then everything from the dash display to the headlights works just fine again. I figure the lights may be sending a surge or confusing the computer when I flick them on. Restarting the car seems to reset the computer.

I've attached a picture of my dash on the way home from work today. At about 50mph I turned on the lights and the warning chimes went off, warning lights flashed (traction control, ABS, parking brake), and the speedo went dead. When I got off the highway I was able to turn the car off and restart at a stoplight which returned everything to normal.

This is really odd and I'm pretty sure its the lights or the way they're connected to the car. I didn't install myself, so I couldn't tell you how they're wired in. Has anyone else run into this issue installing a HID kit? Any ideas how to remedy?

Originally Posted by OMGDCA4

I installed a 55w HID kit from Retro-Solutions and have been experiencing electrical problems ever since. One out of five times I turn on the headlights, I get one of the following:

• Warning message on dash of 'dipped headlight'
• Warning message on dash that bulb is out, and one of the headlights will be off
• Literally every dash warning light comes on and the display chimes at me
• Every dash warning light comes on and the speedometer crashes out

Each of these issues is corrected immediately if I pull over, turn off the lights and car, then start it back up. Then everything from the dash display to the headlights works just fine again. I figure the lights may be sending a surge or confusing the computer when I flick them on. Restarting the car seems to reset the computer.

I've attached a picture of my dash on the way home from work today. At about 50mph I turned on the lights and the warning chimes went off, warning lights flashed (traction control, ABS, parking brake), and the speedo went dead. When I got off the highway I was able to turn the car off and restart at a stoplight which returned everything to normal.

This is really odd and I'm pretty sure its the lights or the way they're connected to the car. I didn't install myself, so I couldn't tell you how they're wired in. Has anyone else run into this issue installing a HID kit? Any ideas how to remedy?