Where can I get Halogen Ecodes these days?

**salz2135** · 07-18-2008 08:48 PM

I got into an accident a few weeks back and the shop will need to replace my right halogen ecode housing.

Do any shops stock these any more?

I also need the part number for the housing.

Thanks.

**speedydragon** · 07-19-2008 03:12 AM

Valeos are near impossible to find. DEPO halogens are getting pretty rare too. I've heard from JB@PerfCafe that they have HELLA inpro ecodes in stock. not sure how they look though. He told me that the quality were better than DEPOs.

**Seerlah** · 07-19-2008 08:01 AM

Yeah man, they are incredibly hard to come by. You can maybe place an pre-order with LLtek, but they are always on back order. I tried to get a pair from them for months. Everytime I called, they were out. Then I got really lucky and won a pair on ebay for $257.50 shipped

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My best advice is to take the route I did and be patient. Constantly search the classified on here, fourtitude, and ebay. Try craiglist too. Someone on there has to be selling thiers.

This one just sold a couple weeks ago.

**Silverstreak98** · 07-19-2008 08:57 AM

Aww yep that was mine that sold......would have been happy to help you out if I still had it.

The ecodes are no longer being manufactured to once the ones that are out their sell you will only be able to get them used.

**JumboBlack1.8** · 07-19-2008 12:27 PM

I just bought a pair on ebay for $120 shipped.....I was REAL lucky cuz the seller labeled them wrong, so they got basically zero exposure. Snuck away with the only bid and won!....But anyway, there is a guy selling halogen Valeo ecodes over on VWvortex for around $200 or $250 shipped. See if you can bid him down. Or, if u've got time, u could wait around for a set on Ebay.....Either way, good luck!

**sixfiveoh** · 07-19-2008 02:34 PM

Wow are they really that hard to come by these days? When did that happen?

**salz2135** · 07-19-2008 08:41 PM

wow. I didn't know any of this. so, are we just talking about halogen ecode supply being way down? or, does this also apply to the s4 xenon ecode housings?

**Silverstreak98** · 07-19-2008 10:17 PM

I believe that all B5 Ecodes are no longer being manufactured so that would include the S4 Xenon housings.

**kevin12** · 07-19-2008 10:49 PM

Originally Posted by speedydragon

Valeos are near impossible to find. DEPO halogens are getting pretty rare too. I've heard from JB@PerfCafe that they have HELLA inpro ecodes in stock. not sure how they look though. He told me that the quality were better than DEPOs.

Like he said http://www.performance-cafe.com/prod...oducts_id=1746

Basically the same damn thing. Brand new.

**salz2135** · 07-21-2008 12:42 AM

sorry, but I don't buy the argument that the valeos and other brands "are the same damn thing" just because the housing looks similar in a website photo. the accident damaged a single housing and I'm not looking to install something different on just one side of the vehicle. the projector is likely different, and the beam patterns will not match.