Figured since the other "Umnitza DDE Lightning" thread was long as hell and was started for production of the DDE's, I'll start one for installed DDE's..

Well I finally got mine finished after a long 4 1/2 hours..the worst part to me was getting the damn headlights out in freakin 20 degree weather while it was snowing..puttin the headlights in the oven had me on the edge checkin them every other second...but I had to put them in twice to finally soften up the seal..all the wiring was straight forward from the instructions as well (what ever happened to the dimmer switch?) everything needed was supplied I bought "GOOP Marine silicone glue" which was used to secure the DDE's to the headlight housings and seal up the headlights again..while I had the headlights apart, figured I would clear out my lights..all I did was take the orange reflector out and replace the bulb w/ an orange one...all and all the DDE's look bada$$ just like I expected..

just one problem though...I had them "on" with just the parking lights on the way home (about 20 min) as soon as I got home I turned on the headlights as well and checked to see what that looked like, being the first time I did it was daytime and it wasnt dark enough..well I noticed on the pass. side the large ring is on but is real dim "purplish color" and the small one is fine..and on the drivers side the small ring is real dim as well and the large ring is fine...I know it takes a couple of minutes till they fully light up, but why is this happening?

**Pictures were taken and will be posted as soon as I find the damn USB cable that connects my camera and computer..

 

~limsandy

 

Yea

mine are "suppose" to come in on monday....we'll see.

 

I'm going outside to take pic's for you ppl now

 

did u test them if they are all the same color....

 

yes they are all the same color..they worked fine once I finished everything...

my problem is those rings were not fully on, about 3/4 of the circle was lit very very dim

 

Here are the pic's, I'll take more tomorrow at Dusk because at night they are so bright that the camera cant focus.

 

They are dimm because it's 10-20 degree's outside, leave them on for a while and they will fully light up

 

hey igor, did you install those yourself? is that newest ones he has madE? im thinking of getting them but im not to swifty with **** like this, hehe

 

i can't wait till next weekend when i put mine in

 

Dear God. Those are absolutely Beautiful.

 

Here are more pix:










NOTE: Just parking lights and DDE's on!!!

 

hey igor911, what did you use to replace the orange part???

 

Please look at this thread:
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=276691

 

That looks awesome.

 

so I guess I am not the only one that did not receive the "promised" dimmer switch with my kit

 

Why is everyone busting a nut over Igor's, but when I posted mine I got very little response? ness

 

Wow I cant wait to get mine. I've got the 2k2/3 headlights sittin in my room now and just ordered a set of the DDE's the other night. And today I went to home depot and got those lights so I can cut em up to replace the orange lens. I don't have the ***** to crack open my headlights tho.......I bought em brand new from nissan and Im gonna kill myself if I melt or break one lol. I wanna paint the housings black to match my car too. Man I hope I can build up the courage to do this.....I really dont wanna pay someone to do it for me.



-Steve

 

People are stupid.

 

just the thought of "baking my lights and opening" them up scared me half to death and gave me second thoughts..but as I was doing them, it seemed like a cutting a freshly baked chocolate cake...its fairly easy and of course should be done with extra precaution..

Igor911 those are some great pics..I shouldnt even post my pics cause yours are just the same...but still it wont stop me from posting them up ...well I drove around for 20-30 min tonight..the large passenger side finally came up to "fullness", but the small drivers side still stayed dim?? it is still cold as ice outside..hopefully tomorrow will bring better luck..

 

just the thought of "baking my lights and opening" them up scared me half to death and gave me second thoughts..but as I was doing them, it seemed like a cutting a freshly baked chocolate cake...its fairly easy and of course should be done with extra precaution..

Igor911 those are some great pics..I shouldnt even post my pics cause yours are just the same...but still it wont stop me from posting them up ...well I drove around for 20-30 min tonight..the large passenger side finally came up to "fullness", but the small drivers side still stayed dim?? it is still cold as ice outside..hopefully tomorrow will bring better luck..

oh and did anyone else put the silicone glue or adhesive anywhere else beside the 2 mounting points..I put a small dab just on the bottom center of the circle just so the light wouldnt vibrate or bounce around while the car was in motion..just a tip for all of you that havent done it yet..

 

Hey I liked yours too. His are just better looking pics.

 

That looks great. Wish no one had tried to steal the 5.5gen lights.

 

thats the only thing keeping me from clearing out my headlights and getting these angel eyes

-J

 

It's because they like the color of his car with the DDEs.

 

stfu hehe, if it wasn't for you I would have never got them

Thanks

 

How many times did they steal your lights?
Do you have 2k lights now?

 

4 times

NO

-J

 

what color are they truly? some pics look bluish, while other ones look greenish and sometimes white. i know its hard getting the true color with pics.

 

Do you have lights?
2k3 light again?

 

Everyone should thank lithiumax for the idea of the DDEs. Whenever we see them on a max, we'll remember how you started it all.

 

i have my stock 2k2s in......
-J

 

If they stole them 4 times they are still stock?

 

If there's someone to thank for the initial idea on 2k2s, it'd be Polo who got the ball rolling for angel eyes so many months ago.

Btw. these look great, already ordered them, but like someone said earlier, these pics look like the light is really colorless/white, while Litui's pics make it seem like the color is a little greenish. Which is it in real life?

 

to me the color matches the HID's perfectly..I would say just a small tad bit bluer to our HID's...

 

yes, a great idea...what a pioneer.....

a small history lesson. they stole 1 headlight from me. insurance claim gave me 2 back. i had 1 extra. did the "blacking out" of the headlight, although someone beat me to it. the real work began when i saw the angel eyes and then started my LONG LONG relationship with umnitza. at the end, i ended up sending him my headlight free of charge, nothing in return, simply to make the angel eyes for production for us. i had 2 main threads in the 5th gen/group deal forum on this for months. these were the original gen v angel eyes. why do i own neither gen v or the new dde's. a person which shall be unmentioned jumped in when the rings were molded, met up with umnitza (i must admit, he was closer, but still, give me credit) had them put on his car, put them on, and took all the credit for it. suddenly i got no emails, no responses. i give my headlight to the guy for FREEEEEEEEE to have this done to me. never got the gen v angel eyes, even though i was told i'd get one for free. don't plan on gettin the dde's either. not worth my trouble. i already have strobes in my headlights. that's good enough for me.

i'm done ranting and raving....

EDIT: Thanks nissan5788

 

i forgot about that....i'll have to check once i get home....

 

I never got that either?

 

that does suck. that headlight is worth so much more than the DDEs and you gave it up for free. however, those strobes sure do look good. i was watching a video the other day when you had installed an intake or y-pipe and they looked sweet with them on.

 

what sux is like everyone says, you don't get the full effect of the strobes on video....cause of the frame rate. i know what video you talkin about. you see them flash one by one. in reality, one cycle of flashing on video is like 4-8 cycles in real life. my left blinks 4 times, then my right blinks 4 times. but on video, you only see each side blink once. i dont' have high beams anymore, but whatever.

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