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Old Jan 20, 2015 | 09:02 PM
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HID conversion which brand

What brand HID kit should i get don't want no cheap ebay junk?
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Old Jan 20, 2015 | 09:15 PM
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Retrofitsource go with the 200 dollar ballasts
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Old Jan 21, 2015 | 12:54 AM
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Really? I've had no problem with the Morimoto ones I've always bought.
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Old Jan 21, 2015 | 01:09 AM
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Originally Posted by andrewcarr1993
Really? I've had no problem with the Morimoto ones I've always bought.
Nor have I. The 200ballast will def perform pretty awesome, but the new Morimoto ballasts are nice.
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Old Jan 21, 2015 | 08:21 AM
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Love how most people spend $100 total on HID's and here we are recommending only OEM when morimoto is high end aftermarket.
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Old Jan 21, 2015 | 08:56 AM
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Bought my Lumens HID Bi-Xenon conversion kit from a local shop for 130$

Been almost two years with no issues (knock on wood).

Lumens Xenon HID Conversion Kits - Reverse Light Kits, Bi-Xenon Kits, Single Beam Kits
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Old Jan 21, 2015 | 09:04 AM
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Originally Posted by andrewcarr1993
Love how most people spend $100 total on HID's and here we are recommending only OEM when morimoto is high end aftermarket.
Because they think it doesnt make a difference...

I would def recommend OEM over Morimoto, but for the money Morimoto is damn good a lot better than the cheap ass ebay stuff
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Old Jan 21, 2015 | 09:18 AM
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Oh believe me I know, I'm happy the people that recommend the crappy are gone. I've got mini H1's with all morimoto parts as well as FXR but never had a problem with their parts that I'd tell someone to spend more. I'm sure they are a bit better though.
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Old Jan 21, 2015 | 09:36 AM
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I got mine on ddmtuning.com. I think i paid 80$ for bi-xenon and it comes with a lifetime warranty. Only downfall is it takes a while to get them.
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Old Jan 21, 2015 | 09:47 AM
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Good luck actually getting the warranty. There's the crap I was expecting.
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Old Jan 21, 2015 | 09:49 AM
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Lol ddm.
Get morimoto or oem. Denso. Matsushiba . Good stuff. I use Denso on my own stuff. The Matsus though. The new 5th Gen is sweet.
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Old Jan 21, 2015 | 10:28 AM
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Well i guess DDM has only been good to me. Ive had them in my cobalt for a couple years with no problem.
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Old Jan 21, 2015 | 10:33 AM
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Well i guess DDM has only been good to me. Ive had them in my cobalt for a couple years with no problem.
Have you compared the performance to others? Or are you just basing it off it lights up therefore its ok
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Old Jan 21, 2015 | 11:19 AM
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I noticed a difference from the stock headlights to the HIDs. The HIDs are at least 2x brighter. Thats all i was really looking for. But no i dont know anybody else that has gotten HIDs from anywhere else but DDM.
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Old Jan 21, 2015 | 09:23 PM
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What about the ones at zzperformance? Anybody tried theres?


More wanted ones made in japan not china junk.
What about ONEX brand?

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Old Jan 21, 2015 | 10:28 PM
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Originally Posted by ice2484
What about the ones at zzperformance? Anybody tried theres?


More wanted ones made in japan not china junk.
What about ONEX brand?
Chiwanese
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Old Jan 21, 2015 | 10:37 PM
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Ebay hids 6k headlights , 3k foglights. All for like $70 bucks. Over a year and a half, no problems.
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Old Jan 21, 2015 | 11:40 PM
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Its not the problems with the hids from ebay they do work, but the hids they are talking about the quality of the output is way better hence the price
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Old Jan 22, 2015 | 09:13 AM
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My buddy got Morimotos for his accord, and has had a bunch of problems with them. He had constant flickering, and decided to try a capacitor as it was supposed to deliver cleaner power to the ballasts.... still didnt work. He had the sames lumens kit I have in his car before and had no problems except 1 burnt out bulb.
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Old Jan 22, 2015 | 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by UnkleRaRa
My buddy got Morimotos for his accord, and has had a bunch of problems with them. He had constant flickering, and decided to try a capacitor as it was supposed to deliver cleaner power to the ballasts.... still didnt work. He had the sames lumens kit I have in his car before and had no problems except 1 burnt out bulb.
When did he get them and where? There are knock offs that had been sold on ebay
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Old Jan 22, 2015 | 10:20 AM
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Are you guys throwing HID's into the factory halogen headlight bucket?
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Old Jan 22, 2015 | 02:26 PM
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When did he get them and where? There are knock offs that had been sold on ebay
From what i could tell they were genuine. It was the first time I had heard of the retrofitsource. It was 3 years ago or so, so im not sure the quality of what was being sold at that time. Ill ask him again.

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Are you guys throwing HID's into the factory halogen headlight bucket?
Yap. Stock housing. No mods. Just need to mount the ballasts somewhere and run the wire harness.
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Old Jan 22, 2015 | 04:01 PM
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I read alot of ppl saying their cheap HID are good and lasted. I had those too, they lasted me forever and never went had issues. Problem was, they don't give full power to the bulbs. Bulbs dont lit up how it suppose to.
I experienced this as a noob lol. 4300k were looking like 5k and 3500k were looking yellow greenish. I have a thread about that with pictures. After I went all different ballast I was like: "I dont want to post the anymore", I felt like an dumba$$ lol.

So cheap or expensive, as long you set them good they should last, just comes into performance and output of the bulbs.
And of course you can get the lemons ones lol
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