I have a 201 Nissan Maxima SV loaded and I hit a racoon and it cracked my bumper and knocked out my foglight. I purchased a OEM foglight and I am about to have someone install them. I have to buy new bulbs so the color will match but I was thinking for a few extra dollars I can just get a HID kit that is plug and play for the OEM fogs. I do not need the most expensive kit being that this car is leased and I have about 1 year and a half left on the lease. I saw some on Ebay that said it will fit the stock fogs for like $30 - $40. I do not want to spend too much because like I said the car is going back in 18 months but I want it to look hot for the rest of the lease and bulbs ar $20 so for a extra $20 might as well just get HID's up in there..
Does anyone have HID's hooked up to the OEM fogs and if so what brand and model number. I have no clue what size bulb I even need so if you can provide a link or exact model number to the kit you guys have that is 100% plug and play that would be great. I dont want to cut any wires or do any mods because if the lease inspector wants them out at the end of the lease I do not want any problems.
Please let me know what kits you guys are using for the stock fogs and please keep it at or under $50..
I have to get the fog light and undercarage plastic installed so adding the HId shgould not be more then 10 minutes extra work.
Thank you!!

 

DDMtuning
http://www.ddmtuning.com/Product-Cat...hting/HID-Kits

 

There are a few different kits and different bulbs. I am guessing I got to get 35 Watts.. Do you have this kit? What is the exact bulbs and features that you go if you have a DDM kit?

Can someone give me some more suggestions, Has anyone bought any off ebay
like these :

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fog-Light-HI...ht_6000wt_1396

or

http://www.ebay.com/itm/H11-8000K-Bl...ht_4160wt_1396

or

http://www.ebay.com/itm/8000K-SUPER-...ht_4503wt_1396

Or any other website.. I want to get one that someone has installed with no issues and will last a year at least and is plug and play..

Thank you!!

 

All HID kits are 35W. They give you the option to upgrade to 55W, but you don't need that. I just received my DDM HID kit for my fogs yesterday and everything looks clean and legit. I use to buy my kits through http://www.vvme.com/, but I think they switched manufacturers and the quality went downhill (IMO). The kit you will need for your fogs is H11 and correct me if I’m wrong guys, but the stock headlight color for our cars is around 4300K, so if you want your fogs to match, go with the 4500K bulb color. If you decide to go through DDM, be prepared to wait about 2.5 weeks for delivery. Their product ships from China now.

 

IMHO, go with DDM over EBAY. With DDM you get a reputable company, with good customer service. With ebay, no idea what you are getting and customer service will likely BLOW.

As for what you need, IDK...I have a 4th gen

 

Bro instead of paying somebody to install them, why not do it yourself to save $$$? It's pretty easy. Go to the Installation Instructions / How-To's / FAQ's / Reviews / Recalls / Accessories.I planned on paying somebody to install my LED strips but I went there to get info on how to disassemble the front. I saved money for other mods that are harder to do.

 

It is not just the foglight..
I hit a racoon and that bastard F'ed up my car.. My foglight fell out the bottom of the bumper cracked and the under engine cover fell out as did the wheel well plastic (well 1/2 of it ripped off because I was dragging it..

I work at a Infiniti dealer so I am giving one of my tech friends like $20 to do all that and he said if I get Hid that are plug and play he will just throw them on there also .. So I would rather have all that plasic put on by a tech and its only $20..

BTW if anyone wants to trade in there maxima for a G37x just let me know

 

I see you are from NJ.. I work at Ramsey Infiniti in north jerz.

What kinda Hid's did you use for your fogs?

 

WOW sorry to hear that. I thought it was just the fogs sorry bro. Anyways $20 is a steal. BTW what year is the G37X? is the X mean all-wheel drive idk much about infiniti

I don't have fogs cause my Max is just the S not SV but I got my HID kit from blindinghid.com. The one I got is plug and play slim ballast. 8000K

 

sounds like a hell of a raccoon

 

most of the rip-off and name-brand bulbs/ballasts are made in the same exact factories as each other in China, often off the same product line with one getting a name-brand sticker. what ive noticed with all HID's is you'll have a b!tch of a time matching colors from different companies. I went with eBay HID Fogs/ballasts a year ago haven't had a single issue but i know some people have had terrible luck with eBay so dont blame you for not wanting to deal with it

 

imo ddm sux, they come from china so it takes forever!

and my bulb did not fit inside the housing

 

I am also looking at doing the hid fogs in my suv which is a 2011 fx35
and the people on those forums had a lot of bad experiences with ddm and the hid not working and taking forever to get replacements

 

Try VVME.com. They ship from China too, but they use DHL Express so my lights always showed up in 3-4 days. Delivery requires a sig, so maybe ship it into your work (thats what I did).

 

I agree. 3 weeks to arrive and bulbs didn't fit all that great. They work good, but if for some reason they fail, I will not go back to them.

 

same here 3 weeks


and had to make modifications to tabs for them to fit


IMO FAIL

 

Just purchased the DDM kit and waiting to install. Is it easier to put front of car on rhino ramps or easy enough without?

 

would put on rhino if putting in fogs

 

I put in my hid kit without lifting the car... My car is stock height as well though..

 

Lol was thinking the same thing.

 

Do I need to buy an adapter cable with the hid kit??? I don't want to cut any wire. thanks!

 

I personally prefer theretrofitsource.com kits high quality

 

Pg 19 from that link has a great write up! I'll be doing this on the weekend.