The bulbs that I have shed a sort of bluish violet light, but a lot more white then purple.

As far as you having seen the Hella kits for like $600, some people pawn off kits that have Hella balasts, as the Hella kit, but the only place you can buy the full Hella kit, is from Hella, or an authorized retailer, in which case, they are special order only. Hellas suggested msrp is is like $1219.98 or something, and wholesale on the kit is like $745, depending on your buying status from Hella.

The real Hella kit comes in a blue and yellow box that says "HELLA" on it, anything else is not the real Hella kit and may just use Hella balasts, such as the philips kit.......


Aj