good HID brand recommendations? Update: Burban HIDS EXPLODED!!!!!! pics pg;5-6

[bre2ts]

even aimed right it still sucks to be driving in fornt or on coming to that person.

its also illegal in some places.

if you are going to upgrade to HIDs don't skimp out and get headlights that are fitted for them.

do every one the favor

just my 2yennies

[IBleedMusick]

Projectors on the Burban, I have HID's on my Tahoe and it is unbearable to drive in front of me. My truck sits higher than my Civic and they beam right into the car same thing on my friends 05 Expedition any low sitting car can't drive in front of him and he has HIDS in his high, lows and fogs. With projectors you can aim them down more so they are not as harsh. Also I would suggest against high beam hids because they are useless. Your high beam is meant for instantaneous quick hits and HIDS need to warm up so trying to high beam somebody would be more difficult to do and pointless because the only way they are worth it is if you drive with them on already.

P.S. I want to watch Scooter finish his then I will be doing double projectors and halo's on my Civic with a few other goodies and halo's and projectors on my Tahoe as well.

yeah i know what u mean. thats happened to me a few times. it is unbearable! ok sooo....what do u recommend i get first then?? projector halo's? or the HIDs? and r u buying urs? or custom making them? scooters making his?

I would get the projector/halo's first as sometimes the housing is different for HID's plus you want to make sure you buy ones that can handle HIDs. For my Civic I want to build them because I got a quote for what I wanted from lightwerks and it was like $1500 and I figured I can build my own for less, but for the Tahoe I am buying them from somewhere haven't really researched companies yet because I am focused on a few other projects first. Shouldn't be too expensive for headlights for our trucks and should be about the same considering mine is a 98 hoe yours is a 96 burban I think parts are nearly if not totally the same for these gm vehicles.

Yes Scooter is building his own headlights he actually finished them but didn't like them and started over I liked them a lot but you know him always has to be perfect but yeah I want to see him complete his then I can pick his brain how to go about doing this for mine with minimal hiccups.

[96burban]

Im waiting on my order from DDM as we speak, but for the price they seem great. I know for a company I WON'T recommend FutureVision is at the top of the list.

Sweet! I guess I'm going with DDM! Haha and how come no future vision??

The kit from FV was well over $300 with shipping and the harness when I got it. A year and a half later one side won't start up so I contact them via email and they tell me it sounded like the relay housing was bad. So I ordered a new one, 2 weeks and $25 later....same problem. So I call them and they say it must be the bulb itself so I need to replace it. Then I'm told I need to buy a pair and the adapters because the bulbs I have are their older style. So they offered me 15% off the bulbs. So for another $200 I could get my 1-1/2yr old set working again.

So instead I ordered a complete new set from DDM for $50. I also ordered a kit for my fogs, two kits for my gfs truck, a pair of switchback LEDs, and a few other random LED bulbs for my other car. Grand total with shipping: $232. FV can go fist themselves.

wow man..that sucks..it seems like there are a lot of problems with HID's? is it the brands? or just that they havnt been perfected yet?? and nice deal you got from DDM there! wow! and do you know how long they usually take to ship??

I think it's a combination of poor installs and cheap components to keep prices low. I looked into DDM after my coworker told me about their prices and lifetime warranty and that he'd been using them for a few years on various cars without any issues. Their base prices for the basic kit with standard size ballasts and 35w bulbs is $30. Another nice thing is if you call for customer service you speak to a real live person in Cali. So even if I need to buy a new set every year, I'd still be saving money over going with FV again lol.

Shipping is about a week and a half, they're sent from China because of some new laws regarding HIDs that Cali has. Idk the specifics

yeah man they are very well and decent priced! i like it!

ok sweet, not that bad, its like usual shipping from any company. oh ok gotcha. coolio

[IBleedMusick]

even aimed right it still sucks to be driving in fornt or on coming to that person.

its also illegal in some places.

if you are going to upgrade to HIDs don't skimp out and get headlights that are fitted for them.

do every one the favor

just my 2yennies

I have to agree with this statement and I am guilty of it but I don't drive my truck often and when I do I try my hardest not to ride close or get behind any low sitting cars.

[96burban]

Projectors on the Burban, I have HID's on my Tahoe and it is unbearable to drive in front of me. My truck sits higher than my Civic and they beam right into the car same thing on my friends 05 Expedition any low sitting car can't drive in front of him and he has HIDS in his high, lows and fogs. With projectors you can aim them down more so they are not as harsh. Also I would suggest against high beam hids because they are useless. Your high beam is meant for instantaneous quick hits and HIDS need to warm up so trying to high beam somebody would be more difficult to do and pointless because the only way they are worth it is if you drive with them on already.

P.S. I want to watch Scooter finish his then I will be doing double projectors and halo's on my Civic with a few other goodies and halo's and projectors on my Tahoe as well.

yeah i know what u mean. thats happened to me a few times. it is unbearable! ok sooo....what do u recommend i get first then?? projector halo's? or the HIDs? and r u buying urs? or custom making them? scooters making his?

I would get the projector/halo's first as sometimes the housing is different for HID's plus you want to make sure you buy ones that can handle HIDs. For my Civic I want to build them because I got a quote for what I wanted from lightwerks and it was like $1500 and I figured I can build my own for less, but for the Tahoe I am buying them from somewhere haven't really researched companies yet because I am focused on a few other projects first. Shouldn't be too expensive for headlights for our trucks and should be about the same considering mine is a 98 hoe yours is a 96 burban I think parts are nearly if not totally the same for these gm vehicles.

Yes Scooter is building his own headlights he actually finished them but didn't like them and started over I liked them a lot but you know him always has to be perfect but yeah I want to see him complete his then I can pick his brain how to go about doing this for mine with minimal hiccups.

alright coolio. sounds good, wooooowwww...really?? thats dumb how some cant handle HIDs, you would think they all would be nowadays. nice man! yeah i want to make my Porsche ones COMPLETELY CUSTOM! cuz i dont like the little pop up frog lights it has. so i have to find custom bent plexiglas for the Porsche and also the buckets to place them in. i wanna do double projectors also. with halos. i just HAVE TO HAVE HALOS!!! THEY R THE BOMMBBBB!!!! LOVE THEM!!! but yeah its gonna be really hard to make em on mine. and yeah dude they r deff completely the same, only diff is the length haha.

this is what i want my porsche headlights to look like. this is the BEST looking and CLEANEST 944 i have seen and wish mine looked like that. i LOVE the color!

[IBleedMusick]

I like it looks really good. Good luck with making your own headlights I am nervous about doing mine as well.

[El1T3Bass]

Retrofitting is scary as hell your first time, expecially cutting into housings. But it's a breeze after you did your first one.

Just do lots of research on your car specific forums and I'm sure there are some there.

Ibleed, what projectors are you thinking about using?

[96burban]

I like it looks really good. Good luck with making your own headlights I am nervous about doing mine as well.

Well actually..haha I'm not that nervous cuz I would b makin mine from scratch. Haha nothing to do with the originals.

[IBleedMusick]

Retrofitting is scary as hell your first time, expecially cutting into housings. But it's a breeze after you did your first one.

Just do lots of research on your car specific forums and I'm sure there are some there.

Ibleed, what projectors are you thinking about using?

Dunno haven't figured that all out yet I was just going to buy a pair of projector headlights from ebay or something but after seeing Scooter fabricate his own and say it was his first time I decided that it would give my car a really good look if I did them myself and incorporated whatever I wanted to. So for now I am watching him build his and once done I will probably get a how to and use the same materials and parts he did for two specific reasons, first being we both have Civics and two because he seems to only use the best parts he can find and he researches the shit out of everything. As of now I am just watching and waiting been learning how to fiberglass better and improve my skills but parts wise nothing yet. If you have anything I am all ears.

[El1T3Bass]

TSX and Lexus RX-AFS projectors are my favorite...