CANBUS or regular HID ballast?

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DCSVT1

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I'm going to get a HID conversion kit and am curious if I need to get the CANBUS ballasts or are the standard/slim ballasts fine? I had a set before and had issues with them burning out in less than a year but chalked it up to cheep Chinese junk. Maybe that wasn't the issue...or maybe it was? Now with my new headlights I want to get another HID kit but am now curious about the CANBUS ballasts.
 

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canbus is designed for vehicles that have the headlight out notification. our trucks dont tell us when a headlight is out, so canbus in not necessary. using a canbus in a non canbus system, and non canbus in a canbus vehicle CAN damage electrical components. not all the time though. however you HAVE to use a canbus ballast in a canbus vehicle
 
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canbus is designed for vehicles that have the headlight out notification. our trucks dont tell us when a headlight is out, so canbus in not necessary. using a canbus in a non canbus system, and non canbus in a canbus vehicle CAN damage electrical components. not all the time though. however you HAVE to use a canbus ballast in a canbus vehicle

Thanks! Exactly the info I was looking for. I didn't believe our systems needed CANBUS but didn't realise it would hurt. Regular it is.
 
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