Title says it all. Im ordering Gen 4 projectors at the beginning of next month and wanted to run 55w HID's. But I am concerned about the heat from them. Anyone currently running 55w HIDs? And in what lights?

I wanted to run 55w 8000k (similar to 35w 6000k) in the mains and 35w 6000k in the fogs.

If you have pics of your 55w HID's in a projector setup post up pics!

So lets hear opinions!

 

35w for everything.

 

I might end up with 35s but if it is safe enough to run 55s then I will. But im curious on peoples feedback and if anyone has run them.

 

i have 55w kits in both low beam and fogs.. i wish i wouldve ran relays but i half assed it lol.. but i learned after i had to replace the headlight connectors. heres a pic of my setup.

 

Are those gen 3s or 4's? Bit hard to tell. Hows the light output with those 55's? any nights shots. Looks good. Im guessing thats a 6000k kit?

 

they are the 2nd gens.. the light output is awesome and i miss them lol.. right now i have my stockers on until i get relays. and yeah i would say they are 6000k in color. they are definately brighter then a 35w kit.. at least from my own experience.

 

55W is what I want just wondering how the gen 4's would handle the heat.

 

sorry im new with this, is it just a difference in brightness between the two ? ive never heard of 55w hids

 

https://www.ddmtuning.com/

 

theres also a difference in how long the bulbs last... and the amount of K the bulbs put out. obviously the 55s dont last as long and look like 1000K less.

 

Average is 2000k less which is fine as the higher the k less light output. So if you want 6k and you buy 55w you buy 8k.

And all DDMtuning HID kits are lifetime warranty on the HID kit. But at 40 bux if they last a year or 2 im happy!

 

35w for me.

although one of my bulbs seems to be visibly lighter than the other.

im a HID nub. does that mean its dying? or just shitty bulb? i cant afford to have one conk out randomly

 

It is likely just a difference in the projectors. Usually if a HID bulb is on its way out, it changes color. It tends to go from whatever color you ordered to some other color. Say if you had white 4300K bulbs, and the one started changing to purple or something.

 

ddm sells the bulbs for 15 bux!

 

crap. that means one of mine are going out? .. i got 6000k and one of them is going a lighter purple/pink color

 

You'll have to post pics perhaps, but yeah, your 6000K lights should be a slight blue color. You shouldn't be seeing purple/pink unless you're running an insanely high color temp like 14000 or something. If you don't have a warranty on them, you can easily get replacement bulbs on ebay and use the same ballasts. I've been running with the same Pilot ballasts through three different sets of bulbs (Only replaced because I kept destroying the headlights and bulb with it).

The color shift is known as "Color Cycling" and is usually the signs of death for the HID bulb.

 

lol i mean i cant afford to get a ticket for having a dead light. lol.

its bad enough im running HIDs. if one was out id prob get a ticket for having them and having a light out.

 

I have been running 55W 6000K for about 6months now in stock housing (dont flame) without any problems. Ordered from vvme.com

With my tax money I will be getting Gen 4's and plan to stick with the 55W 6000K, but the H7 bulb.

 

not to sound like i know it all but i would suggest that you guys use relays so you dont overload the stock wiring.. trust me, it wont happen overnight but over time it WILL burn up your stock wiring.. i should know lol.

 

Im running 55w 6000k in my gen 1's and love them. i also have 35w 6000k in my fogs and they match damn near perfectly to the headlights. i went from 35w 8000k in my headlights to the 55w 6000k and the difference is unbelievable. the 55w 6000k are sooooo much brighter and crisper.

 

Even with just the 35w?

 

the 35w should have no problem with stock wiring but the 55w could... inefficiencies in the ballasts mean that a 55w light output is probably pulling something like 70w or more worth of power and once you add the startup current that is pulled for probably less than .1 sec you'll eventually get insulation damage and "burn up the wire"

 

I had 55w's but the ballasts kept getting messed up and now I'm back to my 35w ballasts that I've been running for a at least a year now. Oh, and retrofits... awesome.

 

Where you get the relays at?

 

Its only a 40% increase in light output. Don't risk it.