DDM HID Kits

Daryl@TDP · Feb 7, 2012

01PSD said:
My brother mangled 2 Retro ballasts at once LOL they've been a nightmare from the start. They're currently resting in the upper part of the toolbox at home, haven't even felt like ***ing with them anymore honestly. Fogs work great.. but one is a different color than the other

I had the same issue with mis match color and nothing fixed it. I have a whole box of Retro parts plus some more 300$ of nothing.... that will never see the likes of my truck again.

01PSD · Feb 7, 2012

I don't think I want to chance putting them on any vehicle of mine not knowing whether not they're going to come on. :fustrate:

quicksilver11 · Feb 7, 2012

yeehaw said:
some trucks need the relay kit to work 100%, did you get the relay kit??

Other than the relay on the harness no I didn't.

Daryl@TDP · Feb 7, 2012

01PSD said:
I don't think I want to chance putting them on any vehicle of mine not knowing whether not they're going to come on. :fustrate:

I wouldn't, just get some silverstars and ride. That's what I did and I am far happier with them in all aspects.

Lowdown89 · Feb 7, 2012

If you guys want a quality hid kit at a decent price check out Vvme I have put countless Vvme kits in and never had a problem and their slim ballast hi/low kits are under $100 and all ya gotta do is do a search for em on eBay... if I have said it once I will say it again 99% of the hid kits are the same just some companies like to sell 4-5 different style and charge some crazy prices.... I know locally some of the stereo shops are charging $175 or more installed for the eBay kits that's for a low beam only! So don't be fooled by the high prices yes there are some kits made a little nicer when it comes to the wiring, plugs,etc but MOST of them are the same

Daryl@TDP · Feb 7, 2012

I had them for 3 years and I am over the HIDS. I will never own a set again in anything. Even if they worked right I don't want the unwanted attention it draws to my truck at night.

jstrong43 · Feb 7, 2012

i know of over 10 sets around here... all working good still after a year.

Lowdown89 · Feb 7, 2012

Daryl4412 said:
I had them for 3 years and I am over the HIDS. I will never own a set again in anything. Even if they worked right I don't want the unwanted attention it draws to my truck at night.

That's understandable, my truck is pretty much useless at night without the HIDs since my windshield is tinted so dark lol... I had the silverstar ultras before and they just wernt cutting it

quicksilver11 · Feb 7, 2012

Had silver stars in my dodge. They sucked. And only lasted a year. Definitely weren't worth the money.

idkillinit · Feb 7, 2012

I heart my.HIDS. also have dark tint

Daryl@TDP · Feb 7, 2012

I have 5% all the way around and 35% on the whole windshield with a 5% strip to the mirror mount. I can still see fine.

Daryl@TDP · Feb 7, 2012

quicksilver11 said:
Had silver stars in my dodge. They sucked. And only lasted a year. Definitely weren't worth the money.

My Retro solutions weren't worth the $. Ha

idkillinit · Feb 7, 2012

You must have superman eyes at night then. Same tint I have

Lowdown89 · Feb 7, 2012

Daryl4412 said:
I have 5% all the way around and 35% on the whole windshield with a 5% strip to the mirror mount. I can still see fine.

You must have had better ones than me then lol I have 5% on the back the and 20% on the front 2 and windshield and without the HIDs it sucked

Daryl@TDP · Feb 7, 2012

idkillinit said:
You must have superman eyes at night then. Same tint I have

I mean don't get me wrong I can't see as good as I could without 35 but its hood enough for me to drive and feel comfortable. Plus the truck might move twice a week haha.

quicksilver11 · Feb 9, 2012

Little update. They received both ballasts yesterday and one was locked up but the other one was functioning properly. They are going to test it for the next few days to see if anything happens.

I will say this, although I'm a little annoyed that I'm having this problem the customer service has been great so far.

AKHILF · Feb 13, 2012

Well atleast there thinking about helping you out. When me and my best friend had problems they wouldnt even return a call

quicksilver11 · Feb 14, 2012

Been great for me so far. They just sent me back the working ballast after testing it for a few days. I'm gonna get them some voltage readings later this week when I'm back home and we'll go from there.

yeehaw · Feb 19, 2012

i won't own a vehicle with standard halogens in it, got no complaints about HIDs as of right now. Granted i have used my fogs once LOL kinda pointless you can see everything with the 6000ks

ToMang07 · Feb 19, 2012

Well....after installing DDM's kit yesterday... I wouldn't buy from them again.

EACH of the fog lights had an electrical clip break when I plugged them in, and I had 3 plugs fail, one of which I had to colder the connection as there was not enough wire left to fix the plug. I also had to extend a couple wires from the harness. (WAY too short.)

NOT impressed. I'm not sure how long they will last... Let's just say I have the Silverstar's in a box ready to be reinstalled. :lookaround:

I WILL say however that HID's are MUCH better for driving at night... improves visibility 5x. :thumbup: