ddmtuning recommends the harness for the 55w kit. and if your battery is in the trunk just wire the harness into your distribution block that is under the hood.
also you don't really need the 55w kit, 35w is bright enough imho.
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ddmtuning recommends the harness for the 55w kit. and if your battery is in the trunk just wire the harness into your distribution block that is under the hood.
also you don't really need the 55w kit, 35w is bright enough imho.
Smokinjoe
Hard-core CEG'er
+10000
speed_cat
CEG'er
Yeah I'm just goin to buy the 35w thanks for the heads up... I was so close to buy a pair of those Phillips ultravision plus
95_Mystique
Hard-core CEG'er
My kit will be here on Friday! cant wait to put them in.
speed_cat
CEG'er
Make sure you post some pics
95_Mystique
Hard-core CEG'er
i have a pic thread started for them. just got them installed today.
I just stumbled across this thread while i was looking into upgrading my headlights (along with pretty much all my other ones) and i was going to go with the silverstar ultra's but you guys might have changed my mind... is the 35 watt suppose to be for the low beams and the 55 for the highs? or are you guys running the 35's for the highs and stock lows?
striker2
Official CEG Vendor
35watt HIDs in the lows and stock highs.
Stock blubs, Silverstars. Unless you drive consistantly with your high beams on, there really is no point to HID highs.
Smokinjoe
Hard-core CEG'er
It wouldn't be pratical. They take a good 10-15 seconds to warm up to full power. Flashing HID highbeams would also become a bad idea. Stick with halogens in the high beams.
If you really want them, stick to 35w 9005 :shrug:
Smokinjoe
Hard-core CEG'er
If you put HIDs in your highbeams you, will NOT be happy with the results.
I would say that most HID kits out there wouldn't work well in the high beam location of the headlights. At Carlisle last year there was a guy from Florida that did have HIDs in the high beams. Must have been an expensive kit because they lite almost instantly and he said he hasn't had any issues.
striker2
Official CEG Vendor
I live out in the country as well and with the HIDs in the low beams i never had to turn on the highs, even on the darkest of nights.
98Mystique2
CEG'er
Yeah generally with HID bulbs (same principal of the lights in school gyms and stuff) and street lights... you stress the ballast and bulb when you dont let the bulb cool off fully and the stuff in the bulb to crystallize... gym lights if you turn them off you have to wait a good amount of time for them to turn back on...
I dont even double lock my car so the headlights flash after it's been running... but yeah listen to what everyone says leave the halogens for the highs... it'll look fine
I dont even double lock my car so the headlights flash after it's been running... but yeah listen to what everyone says leave the halogens for the highs... it'll look fine
sorry for the long response... thanks VERY much for your additional input... i am currently running silverstar ultras in the highs and even that helps A LOT. I can't wait to buy these HID's they're even on sale right now. How difficult are they to mount? Where have you mounted yours?
Smokinjoe
Hard-core CEG'er
Very easy to mount. Just pull off the 2 sided tape and attach the ballasts. I attached one to the fuse box cover, and the other is in front of the coolant reservoir. If I did it over again I'd buy a 35w 4500k kit.