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Old Jun 15, 2012 | 09:01 PM
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I purchased HID kit today from ebay. I thought the ballasts were priced well. here is the link

xentec hid kit xenon 6k 8k 10k H11 H9 H10 H13 9004 9005 9006 9007 9145 H9 6000K | eBay
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Old Jun 15, 2012 | 09:02 PM
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They work just fine
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Old Jun 15, 2012 | 09:05 PM
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Just posting in case anyone wants to buy them.
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Old Jun 15, 2012 | 09:08 PM
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wow those are cheap!!!!!
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Old Jun 15, 2012 | 09:28 PM
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i was thinking about buying those same ones
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Old Jun 15, 2012 | 09:37 PM
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Ill post when i get them in
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Old Jun 15, 2012 | 09:56 PM
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Im glad im able to post before the haters. These HID kits are actually really good!!!!! if you look at the bulbs they are IDENTICAL to any other hid bulbs sold aside from the Moritmoto's or something that actually is quality. They are same bulbs as DDM or any company like that.

$32 bucks, used them for 2 years on girlfriends car no problems.


I bought a set originally for the cobalt and had a bad bulb that flickered while on, sent it back got a new one free (i paid shipping it was cheap) and added a relay, no more problems!
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Old Jun 23, 2012 | 12:08 AM
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Update:

Just got back from a two day camping trip and my package was here.

After much screwing off for most of the day, I finally decided to attempt to put them on.

I have the 3 LED Halo Projector headlight housings.

Where the bulb goes in is actually too narrow to accomodate the bulb.

I ended up filing the hole so that the bulb just fit.

The wiring that you have to do is actually quite simple. I however managed to screw it up. I wired to

the high beams instead of the low beams. It is going to be a simple fix of just adjusting the pin outs in

the blue connector that it came with.

I still have two more ballasts to put in for the fog lights.

When I have the project done I will post a few pictures.
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Old Jun 23, 2012 | 05:30 AM
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review:
got as bday present.
had some issues installing it and making the HI/LO work (moved pins around). worked awesome, for around 2+ years.
now have problems with the ballast (hi/low issue), lost hi when the ligts are one.
-when LO on and activate HI, lights goes out completely.
-Have HI when LO lights are off, day time.
-no drl fuse was pull.
-used 2 different bulbs, (8000k came with the kit and i dont like color, bought 5000k) both have same issue, so is not the bulb is the ballasts.

Right now headlights and foglights are 5000k
I might be purchasing another kit. or get projectors plus morimoto hids from retrofit-source. (you get for what you pay for)
trying to go all 4300k

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Old Jun 23, 2012 | 06:02 AM
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when it comes to buying hid's the bulbs aren't really the thing you should be worrying about, its the ballasts that make the big difference, when you buy cheap hid's they'll be cheap because of the ballasts your getting
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Old Jun 23, 2012 | 07:35 AM
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Originally Posted by DFZ24
review:
got as bday present.
had some issues installing it and making the HI/LO work (moved pins around). worked awesome, for around 2+ years.
now have problems with the ballast (hi/low issue), lost hi when the ligts are one.
-when LO on and activate HI, lights goes out completely.
-Have HI when LO lights are off, day time.
-no drl fuse was pull.
-used 2 different bulbs, (8000k came with the kit and i dont like color, bought 5000k) both have same issue, so is not the bulb is the ballasts.

Right now headlights and foglights are 5000k
I might be purchasing another kit. or get projectors plus morimoto hids from retrofit-source. (you get for what you pay for)
trying to go all 4300k
The kit explicitly stated that it does not support hi beams. I just wired my wrong because I am a noobtard.

Edit:
Was going to put the kit on the fog lights today and I ran in to two snags.

1. Didnt get a connector terminal so I can wire in to the factory harness
2. Wrong bulb.

Last edited by Hartman; Jun 23, 2012 at 08:26 AM.
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Old Aug 11, 2012 | 12:35 PM
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I was able to get the HIDs wired in. Didnt really get up to take pictures of them. Now the driver side is not working. Found that a fuse was constantly blowing. When I switched the ballasts the fuse did not blow. I believe the ballasts are bad because they got wet..... Kind of a bummer.
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Old Aug 11, 2012 | 01:08 PM
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I have the same kit in 3k in my fogs and i haven't had any problems yet!
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