Need Help Sourcing HID Kit

**mdwyer** · 03/21/2011, 09:44 AM

Originally Posted by mdwyer

Tell you what, if it turns out that you need them and I don't, then I'll give you mine. :-P

It appears I didn't need the harness. The lights are working great without it.

**LittleBeast** · 03/21/2011, 06:39 PM

Well if VT doesn't need them I would like to try the dual harness on my fog lights.

**vt_maverick** · 03/21/2011, 08:55 PM

Go ahead LB. I plan on doing whatever mdwyer did, so if he didn't need them, I won't either.

**Ldub** · 03/26/2011, 10:34 PM

FWIW...

Received my hi-lo kit with the free digital micro ballast upgrade (for mentioning Ryan, Sue, & VXinfo) today...

A HUGE improvement over the previous HID kit(s) I've owned. VERRRRRY happy that I purchased from Joseph. (xenonrider.com)

**VX KAT** · 03/26/2011, 10:54 PM

Originally Posted by Ldub

FWIW...

Received my hi-lo kit with the free digital micro ballast upgrade (for mentioning Ryan, Sue, & VXinfo) today...

A HUGE improvement over the previous HID kit(s) I've owned. VERRRRRY happy that I purchased from Joseph. (xenonrider.com)

Great to hear! Is it a newer ballast? Smaller than the "slim" ones that came with mine?

**Ldub** · 03/26/2011, 11:00 PM

Originally Posted by VX KAT

Great to hear! Is it a newer ballast? Smaller than the "slim" ones that came with mine?

These are so small I needed an electron microscope to find them in the box they arrived in...

JK...they looked the same as yours (IIRC)

**VX KAT** · 03/26/2011, 11:02 PM

Originally Posted by Ldub

These are so small I needed an electron microscope to find them in the box they arrived in...

JK...they looked the same as yours (IIRC)

well, glad you happened to have your electron microscope handy today!

**Ldub** · 03/26/2011, 11:06 PM

Originally Posted by VX KAT

well, glad you happened to have your electron microscope handy today!

Don't stay home without it...I always say...

Comes in right handy when evaluating/identifying certain "things"...

**Moncha** · 03/31/2011, 10:18 AM

The slims are very sweet indeed!

**mdwyer** · 03/31/2011, 04:08 PM

The HID install went really well, and it convinced me to go off and do the rest of the system in LED.

That's where I ran into problems with DDM Tuning. Their products seem to be pretty good. I'm happy with them so far. But I am having no end of trouble with their ordering. I ordered 1156 bulbs and they shipped me 1157s. Normally, this would be a no-harm-no-foul kind of thing, but they are being pretty useless about making it right.

I expect an 'Oops! We messed up. Sorry! We'll send the right ones out immediately!'

Instead, I've been sitting on them for the better part of a week, and the only thing I've heard from them so far is, "Could you take a picture of them? Send it to an email address. But don't send it to an email address, because you have to log in first. Once you log in, you'll get an email to send. Then send it."

What??

On top of all that, I can't get their tower LEDs to fit in the front turn signals. The clearance is JUST short. How long till I take the Dremel to 'em, I wonder...

So anyway, I can recommend DDM for their HID kits, but I wouldn't recommend them to my friends right now.

**pbkid** · 03/31/2011, 06:20 PM

Originally Posted by mdwyer

The HID install went really well, and it convinced me to go off and do the rest of the system in LED.

That's where I ran into problems with DDM Tuning. Their products seem to be pretty good. I'm happy with them so far. But I am having no end of trouble with their ordering. I ordered 1156 bulbs and they shipped me 1157s. Normally, this would be a no-harm-no-foul kind of thing, but they are being pretty useless about making it right.

I expect an 'Oops! We messed up. Sorry! We'll send the right ones out immediately!'

Instead, I've been sitting on them for the better part of a week, and the only thing I've heard from them so far is, "Could you take a picture of them? Send it to an email address. But don't send it to an email address, because you have to log in first. Once you log in, you'll get an email to send. Then send it."

What??

On top of all that, I can't get their tower LEDs to fit in the front turn signals. The clearance is JUST short. How long till I take the Dremel to 'em, I wonder...

So anyway, I can recommend DDM for their HID kits, but I wouldn't recommend them to my friends right now.

interesting michael, i have never tried any of their other lighting products other than their HID's.

Headlight wise, i havent had any issues. Interesting to know though, thanks.

**vt_maverick** · 05/09/2011, 07:40 PM

Originally Posted by mdwyer

So anyway, I can recommend DDM for their HID kits, but I wouldn't recommend them to my friends right now.

Hmmm... not so sure I can recommend them as an HID source either, at least based on my ordering experience so far.

I ordered an HID kit from them last Sunday (8 days ago). I heard nothing for three days, so I went to the "Support" page on their website to see who I could email. Unfortunately their support page is missing. Check it out:

https://www.ddmtuning.com/support/

So I just replied to the email that sent my order receipt, but got nothing. On Friday I finally got an email indicating that my order had been "fulfilled" and shipped. The USPS tracking number showed that my order had been picked up at its origin... IN CHINA. Apparently it arrived in New York sometime yesterday, but there's been no update since. I've had bad experiences in the past with packages being seized at NY customs, so let's hope it makes it.

Maybe I should have called them before now... but then again maybe their website should work and they should indicate UP FRONT that although they're based in California they direct-ship from China.

FYI.

**LittleBeast** · 05/10/2011, 12:52 AM

Got my last large order from V-LEDs within 3-5 business days, it was an order for the projector conversion kit, HID kit, wiring harness, and a bunch of LED's. Well the harnesses was the wrong style, called them, they sent another one that day and I got it within the week. Then I noticed that there was one item missing called them and they just trusted me and they shipped it out to me got here within 3-5 days once again.

**vt_maverick** · 05/10/2011, 04:24 AM

Ditto on V-LEDs service so far, I ordered a bunch of stuff Monday and had it on Thursday of the same week.

**vt_maverick** · 05/31/2011, 07:10 AM

Originally Posted by vt_maverick

So now that I've done all the research I think I'm going to try out Jack's option first since it's so much cheaper. After reading through the thread I think I'm going to stick with 35W and do the 5K option to try and keep the headlights from having a blue tint (as per DDM's website). Looks like the "H4/HB2/9003 Hi/Lo" kit is the one I want right? Also, do I need the "Dual-In, Dual-Out" HID harness?

Got my HIDs installed last night with a little help from Billy (yellowgizmo99). And by little help I mean he did everything while I held the flashlight and his beer.

I went with the 5K and they are truly white with no hint of blue - you can tell because the LEDs in my fog lamps now look blue by comparison. Billy installed some ultra-bright LEDs in his fog lamps that would match my new HIDs very well...

I won't give this kit my formal seal of approval until I've driven around with them for awhile. But so far $60 isn't looking bad at all...

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