DDM Tuning HID's + Foglights
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THEREED
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I have the DDM HID 5k lights. They are unbelievable high quality considering their price. Great connections, long wires and nice tight fit. I highly recommend them. I personally would not go over 5k unless you want the colored look. Only thing I need to get used to is all the pissed drivers in front of me as these things are amazingly bright and a wide range. I will probably lower my lights slightly to compensate
I have the DDM HID 5k lights. They are unbelievable high quality considering their price. Great connections, long wires and nice tight fit. I highly recommend them. I personally would not go over 5k unless you want the colored look. Only thing I need to get used to is all the pissed drivers in front of me as these things are amazingly bright and a wide range. I will probably lower my lights slightly to compensate
paraordnance
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:iagree: I own several HID kits, DDM is definatelly worth the price, I have no problems with 55 watt and 35 watt ballast after 1.5 years of owning it, its rock solid design, waterproof. Kit bulbs are garbage though. I agree with THEREED 5000k is a best color in my opinion, I had 6000k for a month and I got rid of them
thirstyturtle
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Why is that an instant ticket? Plenty of stock vehicles have HIDs in reflector housings instead of projectors, like the Infiniti QX4 or Acura TL (in their appropriate year model of course).
PharmSCRunner
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i have the 55w 8K for low beams and 35W 3K for fogs. i think it looks great and are high quality. best value HIDs around.
ill try to get some pics up soon
ill try to get some pics up soon
riceandpho
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i tried the ddm kits, the original one were apexcone brand, they are ok, should use a wire harness when u install this brand tho, alot of current draw, ddm is ok kit, i use the 3000k in my dad 06 tacoma fogs, they are not deep yellow enough compared to my retro-solutions 3000k kit. also the 5000k ddm has, its close to a 6000-6500k color, its not the same compare to what i have, so i stayed with retro-solutions 4300k kits on all the trucks.
riceandpho
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tonybaloney
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My wife surprised me by buying me the ddm kit. The problem is she read a 3rd gen thread and got the h4 hi/Lo set. I'm not sure but I think I need to get the h11 right? I also only want to do the low beam since I don't want to mess with the hi beam and fog light reflectors. Anything elae im missing? Plead help. Thanks!
riceandpho
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H11 for lows, 9005 for highs, 9006 for fogs, also where in Oakland are u located?
tonybaloney
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Thanks! I'll email DDM for a exchange. I'm in west Oakland along 880 between 7th and west grand. How about you?
ZandT4R
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Check out the Hoen Endurance bulbs, they compliment my HID's very well!
riceandpho
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old pics, retro-solutions hid kits.
I'll likely get flamed for this, but:
There is a very good reason that HID retrofit kits are illegal (and in my opinion, dangerous) on public roads, and why they fail DOT standards almost universally.
The light pattern from an HID bulb is completely different than a halogen bulb, and must be reflected or projected appropriately. OEM manufacturers spend a whole lot of money and resources on making sure it's done appropriately. HIDs in reflector lenses are fine when done OEM because the reflector lens is designed to reflect the crescent-shaped light pattern of an HID bulb.
Re-based HID retrofit kits are not. At best you end up with bright light in areas you don't need bright light, and not on the road. At worst you end up blinding everybody else -- regardless of what pseudo-science is claimed about providing a horizontal cutoff.
Bright light 20 feet in front of your vehicle isn't where you need it from a driving lamp. If this is where you're looking when you drive, you have bigger problems to address.
The effects are not as exaggerated with a projector housing, but the quality of lighting is still vastly below standards of a bulb it's designed to project.
Try a Narva +90% or Osram +50% bulb in place of your stockers instead of some cheap unlicensed HID retrofit kit if proper road illumination is truly your goal.
There is a very good reason that HID retrofit kits are illegal (and in my opinion, dangerous) on public roads, and why they fail DOT standards almost universally.
The light pattern from an HID bulb is completely different than a halogen bulb, and must be reflected or projected appropriately. OEM manufacturers spend a whole lot of money and resources on making sure it's done appropriately. HIDs in reflector lenses are fine when done OEM because the reflector lens is designed to reflect the crescent-shaped light pattern of an HID bulb.
Re-based HID retrofit kits are not. At best you end up with bright light in areas you don't need bright light, and not on the road. At worst you end up blinding everybody else -- regardless of what pseudo-science is claimed about providing a horizontal cutoff.
Bright light 20 feet in front of your vehicle isn't where you need it from a driving lamp. If this is where you're looking when you drive, you have bigger problems to address.
The effects are not as exaggerated with a projector housing, but the quality of lighting is still vastly below standards of a bulb it's designed to project.
Try a Narva +90% or Osram +50% bulb in place of your stockers instead of some cheap unlicensed HID retrofit kit if proper road illumination is truly your goal.
Because the cops in my city know their mods very well.olice:
curious to where in socal are you at.. i'm in san diego and i never had any problems with the cops with my hid.. but then again i have projectors on both my rides so it doesn't emit much glare.. i also have hids on my fogs, but that i turn off the moment i'm following a 5-0.. i'm using 6000k on all my hids
paraordnance
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They call HID kits not retrofit kits. Retrofits are legit
If you're replacing the entire lens housing with a DOT-approved housing designed to reflect/project an HID light source using D2S or D2R bulbs, then yes, it's legal. This is also normally prohibitively expensive.
I'm referring to re-based bulbs designed to fit into a non-HID housing, like 99% of what's sold on the internet. These are not, and woefully underperform the optics of a proper halogen bulb in the same housing. Note that brightness is far from the only performance metric in this scenario.
