QUALITY HID Kits

[Mtnbikecrazy55]

Gonna have to keep this thread in mind. Had ddm's in my car for like 4 years, had a bulb go out, needed a bulb in a hurry so went to just plug in a halogen for the time being.

Diddnt fix it, ended up being a wiring issue, went to plug the ballast back in and just run new wires from the other side of the car, left the wire off the ballast fall into the fender and fried the ballast. FUCK!!

Now I gotta get some new hid's, and now all this new 'ddm has gone to shit' talk is sketchin me out.

However, If you had that ballast left that you wernt using anymore, It would be mad cool if you could hook me up or even sell it to me or something so I can get rid of these shit ass halogens that are in there now

[hdorre]

Gonna have to keep this thread in mind. Had ddm's in my car for like 4 years, had a bulb go out, needed a bulb in a hurry so went to just plug in a halogen for the time being.

Diddnt fix it, ended up being a wiring issue, went to plug the ballast back in and just run new wires from the other side of the car, left the wire off the ballast fall into the fender and fried the ballast. FUCK!!

Now I gotta get some new hid's, and now all this new 'ddm has gone to shit' talk is sketchin me out.

However, If you had that ballast left that you wernt using anymore, It would be mad cool if you could hook me up or even sell it to me or something so I can get rid of these shit ass halogens that are in there now

Yea, of course Ill send ya the ballast. Itll have to be once I get my new kit though. I get paid next Friday, so thats when Ill be ordering.

[hdorre]

I just want to update you guys. I ordered a 35 watt 5000k Xtreme HID kit from XenonDepot on Tuesday morning. It arrived Friday; which is surprising because the kit shipped from Canada.

The kit was $169.99 shipped and I got it when they had some summer sale going on. The kit came with the obvious (2 bulbs and ballasts), two independent fused relays, an installation manual, and zipties & double sided 3M tape.

I installed it Friday night, but didnt get a chance to actually test the kit until tonight. Im comparing the kit to my DDM kit. The bulbs warm up much faster and actually seem to cover more area (but that may just be me). When I say this, I mean that it seems to cover more horizonal distance. I also dont have any issues with any light not firing up the first time (I used to have to flicker the headlights on and off once).

As of right now, Im extremely happy with the kit!

However, If you had that ballast left that you wernt using anymore, It would be mad cool if you could hook me up or even sell it to me or something so I can get rid of these shit ass halogens that are in there now

Im gonna be pretty busyin the beginning of this week. I may be able to find some free time. Can you PM me your address so I can ship the ballast when I find time?

[dereileak]

honestly I have had 4 ddm tuning kits, and my friend has 3, so 7 kits total, 1 for my old van, 3 for my mazda, and 3 for my friends mazda, and not one of them have had issues, even with all the heat under the hood, and the engine heat makes the ballasts very hot, you need to make sure they get enough power, and you may need to build a relay with higher gauge wiring, my bulbs all were the correct colors, I run 2 55w 6000k's, one for my main headlight and one for my high beam, and a 35w 5000k for my fogs, all of them match perfect, just saying, but there are other good brands out there, but youll pay more for em, my friends is still working great too, I installed all of them

[hdorre]

honestly I have had 4 ddm tuning kits, and my friend has 3, so 7 kits total, 1 for my old van, 3 for my mazda, and 3 for my friends mazda, and not one of them have had issues, even with all the heat under the hood, and the engine heat makes the ballasts very hot, you need to make sure they get enough power, and you may need to build a relay with higher gauge wiring, my bulbs all were the correct colors, I run 2 55w 6000k's, one for my main headlight and one for my high beam, and a 35w 5000k for my fogs, all of them match perfect, just saying, but there are other good brands out there, but youll pay more for em, my friends is still working great too, I installed all of them

Im glad to hear that you had good luck with DDM. However, as far as im concerned... Im done with them.

I had a pair of mismatched bulbs. They replaced them, but like a month later one of the NEW bulbs goes out. On top of that, a ballast dies. Even then, sometimes the other light didnt turn on. I had to turn on and off the lights with my switch.

I had a relay for the lights. I actually got it from DDM.

As of right now, Im staying with XenonDepot. Theyve worked flawlessly, and seem a bit brighter... however that may just be me

[SnowDrifter]

I'm going to summarize my experiece with DDM.

Bulbs suck

(55w slim digital)Ballasts are OK. Nothing amazing but not horrid either. Mine seem to have a hot-restrike protection feature and light up every time, so I still use them

Their relay sucks. The high beams stick on when I have my fog on. I use this messup to have both fogs and brights on when driving down an unlit road at night, but I also have to turn my fogs off to flash my brights. But it doesn't maintain OEM functionality, hence why I say it isn't too great.

[DubNDodge]

I have Retro-Solutions digital brand HIDs. They were 160$ shipped. I love them. I have had them for 2 months and have had no issues what so ever, even with the bit of abuse on them. My remote unlock flashes headlights twice and I accidentally did that a couple of times forgetting about the HIDs. It takes them about 45s to get to 90% full brightness. My bulbs are 9007

[reg93f150]

i dont know if your still lookin for HID's but im gonna say a site where i got my mom some for her jeep and a couple of my friends got them, http://www.houseofhid.com/

they're really good and really bright HID's my mom's had them on her jeep for a while now and they've been through some abuse and still held up really good no problems at all so far and same with my friends. also, they all have on they're vehicles where when you lock it or unlock it the lights flash too

[dereileak]

if you have a mazda3 these lenses are amazing, they give you an amazing cutoff with a blue/purplish line right at the cutoff, so when your coming towards someone your lights flicker blue/purple, but they output pure white, like a BMW http://www.theretrofitsource.com/product_info.php?products_id=150

I love it, my ddm's dont seem as bright as this pic though, and they are 55w, may upgrade to some higher end brand someday