Yes.. HIDs

[Dave McLaren]

I have the euro lights (H1/H4) with an ebay 4300k 35w kit in the low beams. Loads of light, almost as good as my E39 with OEM euro lights (the best headlights I've ever driven with). No warranty, but who cares? I thought the ebay kits were dirt cheap at $79 when I bought mine a couple of years ago, but I guess they're even cheaper now.

[george graves]

^my 55watts put out so much light that when I turn on my highs, it really just illuminates thing above the cutoff. It doesn't increase the throw of the light - you can't see *further* really. You can see reflectors along the road a bit more - that's all.

problem is unavoidable when using HIDs in halogen projectors as the light source isn't in exactly the right spot and the projectors just were not designed for the same sharpness of cutoff.

If you look at the HID picture thread (I'm sure you have) you'll see that the cut off is very good. It's just as good as my friend e53 x5 I would say. I think with proper tweaking of the aiming there isn't any reason to say they have glare.

I think most people have glare because 90% of people are retards and have no business adjusting headlight, but we already knew that. :D

[nrubenstein]

PLEASE don't be one of those idiots who put 55s in their low beams. Put 35w in your lows, 55w in your high beams, and if you're doing it, 35w in your fogs.

I am one day going to snap and drive my car into those stupid 55w HID users and kill us all.

/end rant

35W HIDs aren't significantly better. The glare problem is unavoidable when using HIDs in halogen projectors as the light source isn't in exactly the right spot and the projectors just were not designed for the same sharpness of cutoff.

If you want to do it right, retrofit a projector that takes D2S bulbs behind a Bosch lens.

Also, HIDs in the high beams is just stupid. There's just no reason to bother when you can put in 9011/HIR bulbs instead. Why would you give up your ability to flash the high beams just to get a completely useless increment in light output?

[george graves]

I have 55w is my lows. I need to adjust them left-to-right, but the cut off is so clean that blinding people isn't a problem if you have them adjusted right - but that takes a really good eye, and a good amount of time. And getting to the adjusters are a bitch. The driver side one is a PITA.

the warranty is nearly useless, you have to pay shipping both ways and wait for them to take care of it. meanwhile you have no lights. I want something quality next time.

You'll pay more in shipping to warranty the hid's then it cost for a new ones. Or just about....

Yea, I wish I had bought two pairs. One to put in the car and one to keep as a back up. But I doubt that ddm will be around that long. The guys that run it know enough that when their name is completely soiled, they'll just start a new company, with a new name and start over.

Their entire business is based around paying the large advertising fees some of the forums are charging - then very aggressive advertising. The forum becomes their sales machine. Apparently it's a cash cow for everyone. My point is, ddm didn't become popular cause they sell a quality product...

[DrMcDave]

yeah raised trucks are horrible. Lowered e30 + jacked up truck = blind

[e30trooper]

explain to me whats wrong with 55s

drive in front of someone that uses them and then youll figure it out

i had 55w 6k's in the e30. Never got highbeam'd and if i did they got hit up with the yellow high's lol , raised trucks are the ones that piss me off ,behind me blinding the shit outa me. lol

[e30trooper]

got some DDM 35w 6k bulb set up last night for the GF's car. No issue , not blue , great out put. That had to have been the 8th time ive bought kits from them. They are allways packed and pretty much just selling HID's . Over heard the guy say they last about 3-4 years. The HID bulbs are gas filled and over time leak. For the price they are good. nI paid 27.00 out the door for my kit. thats less that 10 a year if they last 3 years.

[NC325iC]

drive in front of someone that uses them and then youll figure it out

[DÌEGØ]

PLEASE don't be one of those idiots who put 55s in their low beams. Put 35w in your lows, 55w in your high beams, and if you're doing it, 35w in your fogs.

I am one day going to snap and drive my car into those stupid 55w HID users and kill us all.

/end rant

explain to me whats wrong with 55s

[MaxBell]

PLEASE don't be one of those idiots who put 55s in their low beams. Put 35w in your lows, 55w in your high beams, and if you're doing it, 35w in your fogs.

I am one day going to snap and drive my car into those stupid 55w HID users and kill us all.

/end rant

[nando]

I don't know about bolting right in but it's probably not so bad.

I never wanted to do it because I don't want to hack up my hellas, but I'm so tired of dim green lights.

[DrMcDave]

the more I think about it the more I want to throw the DDM garbage in the trash and pick up a set of E46 projectors.

do it. Do they bolt right in? I thought I remembered reading a few years back that the swap wasn't really that hard.

[nando]

the more I think about it the more I want to throw the DDM garbage in the trash and pick up a set of E46 projectors.

[zshopa]

retrofit is best.... there is no other option, i doubt the spread on the stock projectors is any good and it definately was not designed for HID light out put. check out this forum those guys know their HID's www.HIDPlanet.com just do a little research there u will find your answer. if you do decide to go the conversion kit route, get the kit from the US, because if they say lifetime warranty and when they break and they all break you will not want to send it back to china.

hope that helps

[DrMcDave]

the TSX retrofits are pretty popular with the e36 crowd not sure how they fit into e30's though.