Positives and Negatives on the new DDE's
 

I'm thinking about getting these but just can't come to a conclusion...to buy or not to buy???

What are some negatives of these things? I'm really shakey about opening up my headlights...I didn't have a good outcome with making the AE lights on my 2k max.

What do you guys think, should I get them or not? I personally think they look HOT!

Get them, man. The install is not that difficult :)

There really aint any negatives as long as you seal the housing back up correctly.

Don't these not use figer optic cables so eventually they will burn out. I think they stated having a life expectancy of 15,000 to 30,000 hours. That is the only thing that gets me. I wasn't planning on opening up my headlights myself, but taking it to someone in New Orleans for the job. Something about having to open them up again kinda scares me.

Even if they were 15,000hr life span, do you know what that REALLY comes out to? That is almost technically more than the life of the car.

Dixit

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Isn't that the lifespan of a HID bulb also?

Its more like 1000-3000hrs.

hmmm....it's getting more and more tempting!!!!

The reason why i'm not getting them is because of the BMW owners. Around here I'll catch a bunch of sh!t from the Bimmer guys. They HATE when rice boys put these things in their cars. Of course the Max isn't a Civic, but it sure isn't a BMW either. I'd hate to have my car looked down apon just because of one silly mod.

I'm also on the fence on these.......

Eh, if you like it, who cares? It's your car.


BTW - I love your wheels. :thumbsup:

That's stupid...If I were you, I'd look down upon their cars. I personally don't care what ppl say about my car, It's MY CAR and MY TASTE. I do to it what I want :)

You should feel the same :thumbsup:

f**k what other car owners have to think..Bimmer owners arent the say so to who should have what or not..your $$, your car...I say get 'em...

I agree with the both of you on the fact that its my car. I bought the Maxima to be different. Of course you dont have to deal with stuck up BMW drivers on a daily basis either. Back to topic though, the DDE look great, the install should be easy and for $150 you cant beat it. I know guys that pay twice that much for something that looks lame in comparison.

THe 5 series and the X series BMW lights still look better and more of a complete circle...if he found a way to make them as a complete circle and not 3/4th of a circle it would be much better

to me it looks weird without the top of the light having the DDE ring

Yeah, thats one of the things thats holding me back :slant:

totally round is g@y.....looks much better the way they are. ever seen a civic with fully round lights. they look disgusting. then again, it's also cause those headlights are so damn small.

Fully round looks weak, in my opinion. And seriously, the DDE's are like 1000x brighter than the OEM BMW ones.

get on aim, we need to talk some more :)

really, the only negative to these for us NY/NJ ppl is the sheer fact that its more money blown, if the lights are stolen.... then not only are u down 2 headlights, the bulbs, ballasts, ignitors, wiring and damage to the surrounding body areas but also the $150 in DDE's and whatever u spent on the install

hmmmm, My brother likes them too

OK I'm Sold!

Just paypal'd

Thanks Matt! :)

Congrats!! I'd have to say you have the sickest lighting setup here on the ORG. I can't wait for the pics!

Sorry to intrude fellas, but I have two opinions that you might be interested in...

1) I was driving tonight in front of LithuiMax, we wanted to change a few things about his setup to make it perfect. Seeing him driving behind me was something you guys have yet to experience. It was intimidating, mean, get the f@ck out of my way. The car simply looked like it was staring you out of its way.

2) On a personal level, I'm a BMW owner, have been over 4 years now. Actually, have two of them - lots of luck - dot bomb economy what not. Anyways, I love them on any cars when done right on any car.

There are two reasons we wanted the Maxima:
a) there is a natural inward slope to the lights that is only present in one other car, this natural slope makes it particularly menacing.

b) we wanted to do what you asked us for all along. We really want to make it to the customer specs no matter what:D

my cars - love them - Anyone want them? Ask LithuiMax how much fun I have with them:D
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Uh.. yeah, so I almost shat myself a few days ago in Matt's 1998 M3. Good lord, that car does NOT stop pulling... what was it, 115k miles on it? Seemed like 15k, haha. The engine purred, the idle at speed in neutral was perfect, and the handling (albeit on a long bank turn, no twisties) was retardedly sick - we were going fast.. like, 115 or so I think, and there was not a hint of instability in the car. Simply amazing.. oh, and the 740i is not slouch either. Surprising speed for such a heavy car.

That bastard Matt has the best of both worlds ;) :thumbsup:

nah, the wife drive's the 7.
It's rarely seen going below 100 on the freeways though.

Thank god for the V1 :D

Just like what I expected out of a bimmer. Even the 325Ci or 330Ci handles wayyy better than stock 2002 Maxima.


~limsandy

Ah yes.. a V1, my next "must find cheaper than anywhere else while still maintaining a sense of legitness" project.. is legitness a word?

if you call Valentine and ask for a factory refurbed you get $359 price.

They never have them in stock, but if you call every day, you save $50:)

I am really close to gettting these. Just one worry: what happens when one of the rings happens to go out a couple years down the road?

They won't.

Of course, anything is possible.

We have 6 customers now running way past 8 months with them and nothing.

Of course, there's always a danger that 2 years from now you could have a flat tire too;) :D

So what, if any, warranty do you offer on these?

What's the difference between a porcupine and a BMW? The porcupine's pricks are on the outside.

you get 30 days.
after that, the likelihood that anything will fail is slim and none.

What's the difference between a BMW driver and a snake? Everyone's hissing at the BMW driver:D

What did 1 russian maxima owner say to the russian bmw owner?

I want my DDE :grinno: :laugh:

That was soooooo corny!!

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What's a specimen?

An italian astronaut. <---latest issue of maxim provided that one.

Huh?!.....