Best quality HID kit?

[Mopar92]

Was thinking 4300k to keep that blue rice racer look away from my car. Who has installed a kit?

 

[azuelke]

I have a 4300k kit from DDM. Not best quality HIDS by any means, but for the price, you can't beat them. Also, no blue.

 

[Mopar92]

There's so many kits, and of course they all claim to be the best. Rolleyes . So who makes a real nice kit? Did you have to cut or hack on anything? Also, did you wire them using a separate harness to keep from pulling too much through your car harness? Did you buy both low and high beams? Thanks!

 

[Josue6WGN]

Define "nice kit"? lol

I have VVME 6K's for my lows, stock bulbs for my highs. (which I never use cause the HID's are all the light I need) I got the relay harness with the kit for extra power. VERY straight forward and easy hookup!

Didn't have to cut or hack anything, but I did have a problem installing the bulbs into the housing.

I needed an adapter like this in order for the bulb clip to secure the HID bulb properly.

Or else it would just bounce around inside the housing.

Pretty sour about it, especially hearing that the DDM H7 (bulb number) kits came with this adapter. Emailed VVME and they tried to sell me the adapters for $20 plus shipping or something like that, so I just came up with my own solution to hold the bulb tight in the housing. Wire loom clips...

I also had a bulb go out on me a few weeks after installing the kit. VVME warrantied it no problem, but I should've gotten a new bulb for the other side too, cause now I have 2 different color bulbs. It's not by much, and I don't even know if anyone else can notice, but I can tell it's a shade off.

Hope this helps!

 

[visiongt9506]

ddm make awsome kits, i know many people that got kits from them and have had great luck

 

[Mopar92]

Ok. Call me dumb, how is there room for stock lows lets say, and hid high beams? I think I'm interested in the high beams for a lot of country road driving, and keep the legal low beams for traffic. How is there room for two bulbs in the stock location? Cool, sounds like DDM is ok to deal with.

 

[Hank3]

Define "nice kit"? lol
Pretty sour about it, especially hearing that the DDM H7 (bulb number) kits came with this adapter. Emailed VVME and they tried to sell me the adapters for $20 plus shipping or something like that, so I just came up with my own solution to hold the bulb tight in the housing. Wire loom clips...

My DDM Kit didn't come with an adapter. I've had mine for almost a year now. Only two issues I've had with mine is that the bulbs' color don't match perfectly...they're maybe a 95% match. Close enough for me not to complain to them. Other issue is that one bulb flickers occasionally when it powers up. Don't feel like returning it since I'd have to go back to stock and etc.

Ok. Call me dumb, how is there room for stock lows lets say, and hid high beams? I think I'm interested in the high beams for a lot of country road driving, and keep the legal low beams for traffic. How is there room for two bulbs in the stock location? Cool, sounds like DDM is ok to deal with.

It's actually one bulb, but there are two filaments. Just get a low beam HID kit and keep your stock halogen high beams. Unless you switched to sedan lights and only have one bulb as low/high?

 

[Josue6WGN]

I don't think i've ever heard of people NOT having issues with these cheap HID kits. They either flicker, or blow bulbs, or blow ballasts, all kinds of quirky stuff. We have a VVME 6k kit in my wife's Trailblazer, every now and then one of them won't turn on. You have to turn the lights on and off a few times to get them to work.

And you could get away with doing HID highs and stock lows, there are seperate bulbs for these functions on the P5. Low beams are on the outside of the light, high beams are on the inside.

 

[Hank3]

The problem with having HIDs as high beams is if you flash them, it's harmful for the HID bulb since they power on/off so quickly. IMO, that's why the optimal setup would be HID lows and keep stock halogens as highs. Or you can go with a projector setup where you can have bi-xenon setup.

 

[Mopar92]

There's no plug n play for the dual xenon or I'd go that way. My car is getting an alignment or I'd just go look at the headlights. I haven't paid any attention to the bulbs. There's not 2 sockets, so I'm not getting how I can just mix high and lows. Would just putting kick ass hid fogs get me any advantage? The factory lights aren't bad at all, but driving at night in the country where we live needs good lights!!!

update- i just refreshed and read above post about the 2 seperate bulbs on the p5

 

[brettbabin4460]

Picked up a set of 10000k hid's from RTX, they're holding up and look great.

 

[i12drivemyMP5]

I don't think i've ever heard of people NOT having issues with these cheap HID kits.

Now you have.........ME. I have had the DDM 40.00 H7 35w 5000k kit with battery harness for 3-4 yrs without flicker, without any slim ballast issues or bulb issues. Also have their 35w H10 kit in my truck fogs for 2 yrs without battery harness, without bulb issues or fat ballast issues & that is on a truck that is prone to offroading on occassion. I have heard of much the same issues you mention on many of the more expensive kits. Buy 2 DDM kits cheaper than 1 that is supposed to be all fancy and expensive and have backup if ever an issue while the faulty part is being sent back to be warrantied and not be without light or have to switch back to halogen until receiving warranty bulb or ballast.

 

[Mopar92]

So I had a regular bulb burn out on my low beam. I'm now motivated to HID the Mazda now. DDM does not list a protege, what bulb, what Watt do I need? I don't see 9003 bulbs like we use in our low beams either. Was going to try their slim
Kit. Do I need relays, direct battery , etc??

 

[HellaMazdaFive]

What kit should i order? the 9005 or...? 35w or 55w? (Just want low beams)

 

[drgnzadiel101]

honestly if you are NOT retrofitted id go with a 35w just so you dont blind the crap out of other drivers

 

[Hank3]

So I had a regular bulb burn out on my low beam. I'm now motivated to HID the Mazda now. DDM does not list a protege, what bulb, what Watt do I need? I don't see 9003 bulbs like we use in our low beams either. Was going to try their slim
Kit. Do I need relays, direct battery , etc??

You'll want the H7 bulbs application at 35W. I would would go with 4300K. As far as the regular or slim ballast, that's up to you.

What kit should i order? the 9005 or...? 35w or 55w? (Just want low beams)

35W. 55W is overkill.

 

[HellaMazdaFive]

So i need a 6000k, H7 35w?

 

[Hank3]

6000K has blue tint. I'd recommend 4300K if you want the best light output.

 

[HellaMazdaFive]

They dont have 4300k in stock. And its better then running 8k. So just so were clear, i need to order H7? (low beams)

 

[Hank3]

Yes...H7. You can always get a set of 4300K bulbs afterwards as well.