CANBUS or regular HID ballast?

[DCSVT1]

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.

 

[ckanderson]

Just installed HID's on my 2010 this weekend, no canbus

 

[Backinblack]

I've used CANBUS ballasts and not had any issues.

 

[t_j]

Regular

 

[The Car Stereo Company]

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

 

[DCSVT1]

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.