Thoughts on good HID replacements for a Jetta?

[Billysgoat]

A few months ago a chunk of rubber smacked one of the headlights on the car, somehow it broke one of the adjustment mounts internal to the assembly. Now I need new headlight assemblies, and since I'm replacing anyway..... :evil

I know the euro spec Jetta's were available with HIDs, any idea what years? Mine is an 02, I can do the aftermarket bulbs and ballasts, but I would prefer a headlight that was designed for HIDs to get the most out of them.

 

[joefarmer]

Definitely put them in projector housings designed for HID. I found my housings on ebay. Don't know what fits that year jetta.

 

[FastCR]

The OEM HID housings are ridiculously expensive and hard to come by. They are sweet but were way out of my price range. I picked up a pair of factory 2nd Hella housings where the chrome reflector surface was messed up and some HID projectors. I can't seem to find all my pics of the project, but here's some I did find.

 

[Billysgoat]

So you took the projectors and mounted them in the factory housings?

 

[FastCR]

So you took the projectors and mounted them in the factory housings?

Yeah. You basically cut a round hole in the back of the stock reflector and epoxy in the projector bezel and it allows you to keep factory adjusters.