Headlight/Bulb Upgrade

[Johnny Chopsticks]

Well as of now, it appears that I will be going with DDM 55w hi/low H4 (6000K) for my headlights and Raptor 35w H3 (5000K) for my foglights (which are currently out of stock). I'll probably also order a HID kit wiring harness from them, but it too is out of stock. I'll probably also order some spare bulbs just to be safe. I won't order until I hear from Aeron of course!

No longer a noob!

[Rennwagen1]

Ya know, I won't be able to beat that pricing at all. That is ebay pricing form a legit source!! If Mikey likes 'em, then I say go for it. Hell for 50 bucks, I might even give them a shot.

[Johnny Chopsticks]

Order placed. Ran me close to $200 for everything, but that's a steal when comparing to Philips kits for $270, headlights only (without wire harness, foglight HIDs, or spare bulbs)!

[sneakyboy1]

Sweet!!!
You'll have to post up some pix when you get them installed!

[Johnny Chopsticks]

Hell yeah I will! I'm going to order some E-codes tomorrow. I have 3M headlight protectors I've been waiting to install on a worthy pair of headlights.

[Johnny Chopsticks]

Looked up some websites for E-code 7" round lenses.

For Bosch (pair for $44.95):
http://busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=0301600118

For Hella ($38.46 each):
http://www.rallylights.com/hella/HeadlampsMain.aspx

I ordered the Hella headlights from RallyLights.com. Online reviews tend to lean more toward the Hellas (sharper cut-off for oncoming traffic). Also, RallyLights has tons of positive reviews on different forums.

[Mikewire]

Very nice!

[Johnny Chopsticks]

I got my HID stuff in the mail Thursday. Below are also some pics of the headlight kit installed in my current lenses (until the e-codes come in). I'll be installing the foglight kit sometime soon.


DDM Slim 55W Hi/Low 6000K. The plastic enclosure over the bulbs is to protect them until installation, and is discarded.


35W Raptor 5000K


I ordered one of these wiring harnesses so I wouldn't fry my original headlight wiring harness. However, I didn't know that my slim ballasts already came with one. So now I have an extra one (specifically for H4).


I was a little worried about the H4 bulbs when I first looked at them- they are a bit longer than standard H4 filament bulbs. This is because these bulbs are Hi/Low, and uses a magnet to actually move the bulbs. I did a test fit, and they (surprisingly) fit just fine.


The camera made the bulbs look elliptical, probably due to how f***in' bright these babies are. (And this is just the Low Beam!)

[Roadhog]

Seriously... Can you PLEASE resize your pics on imageshack when you upload them... there is even this fancy button right below the upload that will do it for you.

btw, nice headlights.

[Johnny Chopsticks]

Sure thing Spence. I'm assuming you mean 640x480 (for message boards)?

BTW, E-Codes will be arriving tomorrow!