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Hi all aill iam new to this forum stuff My ballast control unit is biggered up :sad: Trying to buy a new one on Ebay but doint understands the numbers My current one is a 5DV 007 760-39 what do the numbers mean
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YOUR RESEARCHHELLP MY Ballast Control Unit Xenon 996 is shot
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On your existing control unit there should be some numbers starting with 996 ... This will be the Porsche part number you can search for . look at the image here to see the type of numbers you should see .. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Porsche-...697163&hash=item2a9ccd1f41:g:kv0AAOSwo4pYW5Pv
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I have one of my xenon/litronic headlights playing up and after a lot of research I ordered a new ballast using the part number. There was a useful seller who had summarized which ballasts were the same apart from the part number (which seemed to be dealer specific). I got mine for £35 although being stuck in the ME have not yet fitted it. If you are happy without a Porsche number on it I would look into it further to find one. I still have the link although there are no items left. The part number I bought was 5DV-007-760-37 and was for a 2004 996 GT3 so is likely to be the same as yours. It was a new part. Pip Ps here is one that is most proabably the same with just a different part number on it as it has a BMW stamp. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AUDI-A6-...136449?hash=item2f39707dc1:g:3M4AAOSwAGhdzXsF
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