The passenger headlight on my 2002 SAAB 9-5 started flaking out and then quit all together. It turns out you can save a ton of money by picking up an Audi A3 headlight ballast instead of one sold as a SAAB part. The SAAB part is $265 and the Audi part was $30 shipped. Today we’re going to remove the headlight, replace the ballast, and show you how to replace the HID bulbs.
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Keep the 95. They're amazing daily drivers. You'll never experiance fatigue while driving it.
got a part number for the audi ballast or just all audi?
Vauxhall parts fit my 9-5…… (GM Motor parts)
What is the PartNumber for that Ballast
Hi, I found a strange issue with my newly bought Saab 9-5. In position 0, I have my headlights; in position 1, no headlights, but I can activate the front and rear fog lights; in position 2, I have nothing at all. The high beams should be held at ever position and do not work if you are not holding it. Any ideas about what could it be?
So you going to sell it to me?
Why dont you keep the Saab as you're daily driver since you are selling the cayenne?
Bro. Have you ever installed an android head unit on your beautiful saab 9-5 yet???
What’s up with the Corvette??
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I know this isnt what you do, but before you list the saab, please get a tune!! You will want to keep it for sure then!
Please tell me how to find those ballast
Wasn’t that a demon, not a Widebody Hellcat?
I wonder how much did he sell that Cayenne for
A good general advice is to search for parts using the suppliers parts numbers, not the car manufacturers part numbers.
Bosch, Hella, Valeo or whatever. A lot of electric/electronic parts for many different makes comes from just a few suppliers.
Where's the Turtlewax headlight restorer? Those headlights are looking kind of yellow
Two weeks later we notice the headliner released with all that steam.
That 9-5 will make a great daily, since it is fast and should get great highway mileage.
Great tip on the Saab headlight controller. I plan on getting a 9-5 and always hate when suppliers scalp saab owners for the same parts as other cars get cheap.
A good one is the fuel pump for an NG9-3, well above $400 for saab brand, but it is the identical unit in my 02 GMC truck, for $150. Just missing the Saab logo in the plastic header…lol.
Guess which one goes in my cars
These LEDs create a blue-ish white light that's the last thing you need when driving in fog – because the human eye experiences glare from blue.
That's why proper fog lights are yellow, because it's easier on the eye, letting you see further in poor visibility road conditions.
I bet it just needs a recap. It would be neat to see some car repair type take repairs down a level and do board-level repair.
The reason they use that solenoid with the deflector from high to low is at least from my experience you can't really have high and low beam HIDs I mean you can and they work great especially on a Mazda where all four bulbs stay on at the same time hello that's awesome. But if you need to flash your high beams that's not possible unless the ballast is already charged. If you notice when you turn on HID headlights they're not bright instantly like LEDs. So I was so happy to see my Ford explorer had the deflector thing although the downside is that's $1,000 headlight so hopefully that 2013 explorer headlight never gets cracked obviously there's junkyard options but new damn them are expensive. That being said hid still puts out better light than LED at least obviously in standard enclosures cuz you can't make an LED that emits light from all directions from the very center of the bulb and that's what you need in almost every headlight. If the enclosure is designed for led then you're fine but then it already came with led led so who cares you're not going to be upgrading.
Keep the 9⁵. That is a nice, clean example. It's one of the best dailies you can run.
Typically on a SAAB you need to drop the front facia to remove the headlight units..
JR, your Fiat’s headlights work the same way the Saab’s ones do. Great work, thanks!
time to polish those headlights!