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what HID light kit to get???

Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by mtxsub, May 20, 2013.

  1. May 20, 2013 at 7:16 PM
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    mtxsub

    mtxsub [OP] Well-Known Member

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    need some quality hid kit options i was looking at ddmtuneing for a kit not bad prices but any others out their? and with a HID do they burn out fast?
     
  2. May 20, 2013 at 8:12 PM
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    Dont waste money on any HIDS except a Retrofit.... Trust Me I spent way too much money replacing garbage PNP kits before my projectors and it was the biggest waste shoulda spent the money on projectors to begin with
     
  3. May 21, 2013 at 12:13 PM
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    DDM Tuning used to be a great company to deal with and now their product has went to complete junk. I used to have them on my crotch rockets and my Bimmer and had nothing but problems with them after they started doing business overseas with cheap azz Chinese ballasts.
     
  4. May 21, 2013 at 12:15 PM
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    Check out Slimcubby, had mine 2 years with only a $2 problem, replaced a cable and they are good to go again.
     
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    X2 on the slimcubby I got 6k ones and they are super white and they were easy to install
     
  6. May 21, 2013 at 5:09 PM
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    Umm how would i go about doing this? my lights are bonestock so no idea where to start.
     
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    He is saying do not just put HID bulbs in your reflectors. You will likely not be happy with the performance. You really want to retrofit a set of projectors into your housings.

    The thread below has a ton of info for you.
     
  9. May 21, 2013 at 5:16 PM
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    Thanks for the post but it looks a little over my head im thinking a light bar.
     
  10. May 21, 2013 at 5:17 PM
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    There are write ups... But to sum it up, It'll be somewhere around $300 for theretrofitsource's set up. You have to take out your headlights, put them in the oven 1 at a time to loosen up the adhesive holding the lens on, remove the lens, angle the projectors, drill them in and put everything back together.

    It's fairly labor extensive but worth the work... But I'm lazy so I have a DDMtuning bi-xenon HID kit and currently happy with it but it will be better with projectors but I won't be spending $300+ for headlights any time soon.
     
  11. May 21, 2013 at 6:09 PM
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    Definitely easy to do I honestly feel like the PNP kits were more complicated haha
     

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