HID's Installed - Page 6

XanderWiFi · 03-17-2011, 01:40 PM

Did DDM tuning stop selling the 55w HIDs? I am looking at getting a set of 9006 bulbs but I can only select 35w.

sleepyalero · 03-17-2011, 01:47 PM

Look at page 4 on this thread. Post by alerojester. It could be dealing with the same thing that he mentioned.

RisenequinoX · 03-17-2011, 01:52 PM

Well the only reason i'm asking is because i have this spare set of HID's i'm going to try them and see if they fit in the fog light with a little persuasion because i will be bored tonight when i get off work. But what you're saying is that the "standard" hid bulb will still go in the Hi-beam if it were the right connector? although i'm not sure it would be good for brights seeing as it shortens the life of the ballast if you turn them off and on frequently, or so i've read... Anyway no matter how it works out i will probably let you guys know of my success or failure tonight.

sleepyalero · 03-17-2011, 02:06 PM

Well the hids for the headlights are a totally different bulb then your fog lights. Also probably to long and wont go in all the way and or lock in place.

Basically if u want hi beam hids just get a pair of bi xenon ones and put em in place of where your low beam hids are. Yet idk if they will work because the car wasn't ment to have them and when you flip on your hi beams it will want to turn on your stock hi beam bulbs instead of the bi xenon one.

I don't know if anyone one on here has bi xenon in there car or not. But I know it wont work. You would have to wire it somehow into your hi beam wiring im guessing..

RisenequinoX · 03-17-2011, 02:26 PM

well what would problem be with having HID's in the brights? i mean its technically the same bulb but different connector? idk but i don't see why they wouldn't activate when i flipped on the brights..

cavaliers60 · 03-17-2011, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by sleepyalero

Well the hids for the headlights are a totally different bulb then your fog lights. Also probably to long and wont go in all the way and or lock in place.

Basically if u want hi beam hids just get a pair of bi xenon ones and put em in place of where your low beam hids are. Yet idk if they will work because the car wasn't ment to have them and when you flip on your hi beams it will want to turn on your stock hi beam bulbs instead of the bi xenon one.

I don't know if anyone one on here has bi xenon in there car or not. But I know it wont work. You would have to wire it somehow into your hi beam wiring im guessing..

With the dual hi/low beam HID's, you would get the dual in/out ballasts. I'm guessing you would run the high beam plug to the ballast and it will output to just the one bulb? or maybe it outputs to two bulbs... I don't really know...

sleepyalero · 03-17-2011, 02:39 PM

Im not sure either. All I know is you CAN'T get a high beam hid bulb. The only options they come in is either low beam, or bi xenon (hi and low in 1 bulb)

RisenequinoX · 03-17-2011, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by cavaliers60

With the dual hi/low beam HID's, you would get the dual in/out ballasts. I'm guessing you would run the high beam plug to the ballast and it will output to just the one bulb? or maybe it outputs to two bulbs... I don't really know...

Would that be necessary if you have a cobalt which only uses one bulb IIRC? But it makes more sense to have 1 ballast for 2 bulbs... this is definitely something to learn about though

sleepyalero · 03-17-2011, 03:08 PM

Im not sure. I know that one ballast powers 1 bulb. Lol

RisenequinoX · 03-17-2011, 03:12 PM

well i will see tonight whether or not they will work in the highs, if not then fogs, if not then i have and extra HID kit haha

sleepyalero · 03-17-2011, 03:26 PM

Yup you could sell it or keep it just in case something happens. Let us know.

robalero · 03-17-2011, 03:32 PM

ok first off, 9005 and 9006 is the same bulb all you need is the little rubbers around the light. DDM always gives you both. as for that 3m tape well it was great at first really good and stuck on but after a month it came off on me so I used zipped ties

sleepyalero · 03-17-2011, 04:11 PM

Haven't had problems with mine yet.

RisenequinoX · 03-17-2011, 08:10 PM

i think im going to order 9005 bulbs cheap because, despite what robalero has to say, they actually have a smaller base than the 9006's do ( see pics Below). I was unable to fit them so i have an extra set

9006 on left 9005 on right

fog light is just a hair shorter, and has a smaller base as well.

As you can see i broke my blue fog light (not that blue when lit lol) trying to put it back in

What i was trying to achieve

sleepyalero · 03-17-2011, 10:12 PM

Good luck careful not to break the hid or touch it!

cavaliers60 · 03-17-2011, 10:25 PM

off topic, but does anyone else have issues with their fog lights rusting out? I seem to be having this problem a lot! I replaced the plugs, and the fog light housings and still have this problem....

RisenequinoX · 03-17-2011, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by cavaliers60

off topic, but does anyone else have issues with their fog lights rusting out? I seem to be having this problem a lot! I replaced the plugs, and the fog light housings and still have this problem....

yeah i frequently (2:1 compared to passenger side) replace my drivers side fog light... the projector is cracked but i put some clear nail polish over it. hopefully that does the trick

cavaliers60 · 03-18-2011, 12:14 AM

Mine is the passenger side.... but the driver side just recently died as well... The bulbs were only 4 months old.... It frustrates me to no end... The housings are in really good shape... I can't figure out how water gets in them! I even tried using silicone adhesive in certain spots on the housing that looks like water could get into, and still no luck.... Water gets in there somehow and rusts out the prongs to the lights....

Here's what the old plug ended up looking like:

And my new ones I put in:

And I know I had a picture of the bulb.....what was left of it..... I just can't find it. lol

sleepyalero · 03-18-2011, 01:12 AM

I had the same problem. That's another reason why I didn't want to buy more cause mine filled with water

cavaliers60 · 03-18-2011, 01:16 AM

I just thought that the ones that were on the car when I bought it were cracked or something... So I bought new ones.... Guess I was wrong.

Oh well... I'm going to come up with something different for fog lights...