DDM Tuning all the way. I have personally had xentec and they went out on me in 3 months. But that was fine cuz I was testing the HID world. I have DDM tuning in both my headlight and fogs for a year now and both work extremely well. Shipping is fast. Customer service is good. Brackets are helpful. Honestly I think people put to much into thinking about and HID kit. You don't need to waste $100 on one. Your not a beamer, benz, or bentley. You can buy expensive HID and probably be set or you can buy cheaper and get the same look and reliability. I have 35w 5000k in my headlights and fogs. I used to run 3000k in my fogs but everyone does that now so i switched haha Basically what I would do is pick a HID company you wanna buy from and then look up what their colors look like via youtube. 5000k for DDM doesn't look the same as 5000k for Xentec. I didn't just decide on DDM cuz everyone else I did a long 3 month search cuz I wanted to be sure I got a good product and the right color. I didn't want super white cuz i didn't like the look and I didn't want super blue bc that just looks dum IMO. Mine are a white with a light blueish color which look super clean with my baby blue maxi. I can't speak for other HID's except for Xentec and DDM but DDM has been great for me. Hope this helps!

 

Can you post pics of your 5000k at night? I've got some cheap 6000k bulbs from ebay in my headlights now, and idk how much I like them. I was thinking of going 5000k or even 4300 in both headlights and fogs since I'd be looking at yellow capsules just to get the yellow im looking for.

 

Ya ill try and get a vid. I don't have a good camera though so it might not do it justice. I think these pics will be be a better reference. 5000k or 4300k would look nice with 3000k. The last pic is a 4th gen maxima with 4300k DDM on top and 3000k DDM on bottom. These pics are from when I had the 3000k I haven't taken many pics with the new fogs and HIDs yet.


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Interesting that the 3Five SS and lights have the SAME connectors as the helios lights I bought 6-7 years ago (which were working great until a ignitor fell and was dragged). Made life simple.

Do all of the HID manufacturers use the same connectors?

 

99% of HID manufactures use the AMP connectors.

 

Ok. Just thought it was weird, but convienent.

Was gonna post a pic, but I guess I need to host it somewhere first.....

Anyway, they look good and start way faster than the helios. Color is just as good as I previously had. I will replace the oem bulbs just as soon as one goes out with the matching 6k color. (matching to fogs)

 

Sounds good! Glad you're happy. I just installed my new 5Five SS' and they're much faster than my old DDMs.

 

The product is not bad. Their prices are great, the failure rate of their 35W Raptor package is only 17%, which is a very low price point more than 3 months.