Thanks for the replies people, and no thread hijack intended btw,
I have done some googling ever since I suggested those Philips sets and I have become a bit wiser about the issue, it was obvious from the beginning coz they're using the old and long gone shield+stars philips logo.
Shadow, what you're saying about can-bus ballast is very true, can't argue with that, but it's all about marketing... I think what the dealers mean by saying can-bus ballast is that they have built in warning cancelers omitting the need to buy them separately. The same goes for ultra mega extra supa dupa slim ballasts, which is a regular ballast but with the igniter left outside the ballast shell ... so you end up having to secure 4 pieces of hardware in the engine bay and not only 2 as you would with the thicker regular ones.
I've been wanting to fit a HID kit to my car for ages now, but really can't decide on which quality product to buy, I've emailed John from SharpHD concerning the DDM ballasts and they do ship to Europe but the 55w ballasts are out of stock, and he insists that the 35w ballasts will
not work for my car. As for the retrofit source, well, 150$ for Matsu****a ballasts + aprrox. 70$ shipping + 44$ customs really adds up, considering that the kit might end up in the trash can if the traffic police decide to make my day one day, which would mean chucking 264$ in the garbage.
There are many HID kits here on the market but it's impossible to find out who manufactures the ballasts, and most, if not all I could find, were 35w.
Btw, Would I need a BOW Eliminator with a 55w kit too??
An just for the record> since the wiper motor was a big issue with HID kits, this potential danger can be circumvented by grounding the ballast else where on the chassis, and not through the OE harness, for them not to share ground on the right strut tower.