HID situation is getting crazy

[ck_taft325is]

I have mine aimed really very low so as not to destroy other driver's retnas.

[e30pwr]

I have a friend who has 6k 35w in his projector housings, is it annoying when he drives behind me, yes, but they are not blinding. But the thing is his are aimed stupid low and even then they do seem to be pretty good at scattering the light all around. That audi looks blinding, please get those things aimed a lot lower than you normally would, otherwise they will blind the hell out of people. Or at least pick up some fx ellips and make some nice housings to hold em in.

so does anybody have a shot of the 35w and 55w kits with the same bulb color? I want to see some 6k's and 8k's lined up against each other.

[ck_taft325is]

I do, senior. It's an Audi. I'm 100% unfamilar with their headlight setup...

... in regards to our little E30's, is this applicable? If it is, I stand corrected and would love to hear more about it.

[george graves]

^ I agree with dnova89. That Audi looks bad. And when I say look, I mean it looks like it not projecting it light properly. It's not a focused beam. It's just throwing the light everywhere. That's NOT what you want a headlight to do. You understand that ck_taft325is?

[ck_taft325is]

"dnova89" you sound a bit concerned with appearing "rice". As long as you aim your HID's correctly, there's nothing wrong with 'em. It's not a cosmetic thing, although I'm sure people install HIDs for cosmetic reasons, it's a light output thing. Oh, and if you're that concerned with cosmetics when it comes to lighting, you're probably ricer.

[dnova89]

here's an article that shed light on the situation for me:

http://www.danielsternlighting.com/tech/bulbs/Hid/conversions/conversions.html

[dinanm3atl]

The E30 projector is designed for bulbs but it does a pretty darn good job with the light pattern with an HID installed.

[newman]

I'm excited to be blinded by more shitty trailblazers once the innercity crew gets wind of this...

[dnova89]

heres the difference! ....thats my audi with DDM's 55w 5000k and my friends mazda with DDM's 35w 5000k HIDs.

-besides the fact that my projectors suck (made for halogen not HID's, specially 55w ;) ) you can see my light output (on the ground) is much brighter and whiter than his. I plan on getting the same setup on the E30 (DDM's 55w 5000k)
hope that helps!

no offense, but the lights on the mazda look much better. that audi is just jizzing light everywhere like it doesn't give a fck. straight up rice. i think i may just stick with hella/piaa halogen bulbs because that's what ellipsoids are made for, sometimes they are even mistaken for HIDs.

do you guys who have been driving with these HID kits for a while get flashed by oncoming cars a lot? I just read this whole thread and nobody mentioned it. I hear a lot of people with this setup get high-beam'd a lot since the ellipsoids arn't made to cut-off HIDs.

and I doubt there is any difference between raptor and DDM ballasts, almost ANY HID ballast you find out there in the aftermarket world is made in china anyway, even the expensive $150+ ones. i can't comment about the quality of the bulbs though, so there may be a difference there. either way they still can't be contained by ellipsoids.

[beybedba]

anyone has the comparison and difference between a raptor 55w and a ddm 55w?

[blueapplesoda]

so fuckin cheap. its not even worth it to buy halogens anymore. and the nay sayers, its from china, it rox your sox, and suck on these 55w chinese nuts

pssshhhh

[e34john]

Raptor kits are down to 25 bucks!

[brandonj1]

im just curious, when setting theses up for lows and fogs are you guys running high beams as well so do i have to run 3 sets or just the two and not bother running the center lights at all?

[DÌEGØ]

Anyone actually see the 35w vs 55w side by side? Is it worth the extra $$$?

heres the difference! ....thats my audi with DDM's 55w 5000k and my friends mazda with DDM's 35w 5000k HIDs.

-besides the fact that my projectors suck (made for halogen not HID's, specially 55w ;) ) you can see my light output (on the ground) is much brighter and whiter than his. I plan on getting the same setup on the E30 (DDM's 55w 5000k)
hope that helps!

[stevofthahill]

US Elips are 9006 bulbs. All, well most all, aftermrket ballast accept a 900X style plug so the kit could not be more plug and play. Works great.


To the comment on the 'crappy' looking ballast they are sealed. I had an OLD apexcone, original style kit, that was EXPENSIVE. It was in an e30 for 2 years. Sold the car. It was slid into a ditch. Transferred to another e30. That one slid into a ditch. Transferred again and they still work. 5+ years old.

My current stable all has DDM kits. I wash the engine bay. Drove int he winter. Drove in the spring. Will be swapping my Jeep and it drives underwater. I don't foresee an issue.

I've been nothing but happy also with my HID kits I've purchased from them. I'm currently running 4300k 55w in my lows(DDM full size) and a 35w 3k raptor brand in my highs. I never flash to pass so that wasn't an issue. Haven't had a single issue with either of them.

I've actually switched between three bulb temps on my low beams(they're only 20 bucks, why not?) Started with 6k which was awesome. Perfect balance of light output without being to blue. Then went to 8k just for shits and giggles. Wasn't much more blue than the 6k's, but the light output was noticeably less. Then went to the 4300k that I have now and they by far put out the most light. Still have that nice HID "look" to them though without being to white.