Ok, before people start slamming me saying why dont you search blah blah blah - There are a ton of HID guys on the forum now. I have posted a few times and everybody is saying all of them are good. Im not buying that.

Quality wise, I need good quality. Cost wise I need good cost. Can someone give me some 411 on higher quality HID's for my 2008 lights I just bought (also, what are the bulb sizes on the 2008 projectors). If anybody can tell me who "not to buy from" that is also a good help. Thank you.

 

thumbs down for MobileHID, they are out of business now. One of the ballast went dead after 6 months. It keep blowing the fuse on the relay. The good thing is
Cliff help me trouble shoot the problem.
I might just buy a signal ballast from HIDXTRA in the future.

 

I recently purchased a kit from HIDXtra and it should be here soon, I'll let you know once I get them in. I do know that I purchased from them because I've learned that they have rubber injected ballasts so I don't have to worry about forming condensation, driving in the rain, or cleaning my engine bay. Looking at pictures, they have a clean wire setup, no wire fraying or any wires left unexposed--it really is an idiot-proof plug-n-play system because it doesn't look as complicated as some. The price is amazing, $60 shipped? That's why I gave it a shot.

 

^ that is exactly what i need and that is the info i need - so far within an hour posting i know who not to get and one positive on who maybe to get - thanks guys

i had a set of mccullough hid lights and the quality on them was high - i fear getting a crummy set compared to those - too bad that was yearrrss ago

 

^^ hidxtra is a good brand that is cheap and affordable. Very clean and what not but the bottom line is that the bulbs are not of the highest quality. I have two pairs from them not saying they have any problems or anything cus for that price they are great. But as in brightness (me having 6 and 3k) were not as bright white as i would of liked and not as yellow either.

 

watching because i just bought 08 headlights and it came with 8000k hids but they dont seem as bright as the ones that i bought as soon as i got my 07 tc :/ i paid 150 for an hid kit but that was 2 years ago and i have no idea what brand they were :/

 

ive had my HIDextra kit since May and its still running like new. havnt had one problem yet!

 

My sisters tC has a 4300k Operatic kit in it, 0 problems.
I'm running 4 year old ballasts from Oznium, currently with 4300k bulbs from Operatic. Previously I had 5000k bulbs from Operatic, and 6000k bulbs from Oznium. No actual problems with any wiring, bulbs, etc. Never ran a relay. However, I will never run aftermarket HIDs ever again. Aftermarket output is pathetic compared to OEM HIDs.

 

I also have operatic/3bspec, had them for a year now with zero problems.

 

^^ so which bulbs do you think are the best

 

I helped jon with that post.

 

Philips D2S. All aftermarket is trash, in terms of output, not reliability.

 

I have a Xentec kit. Been running it for about 3 years now with no failed components.

 

Could you use their bulbs on other HID ballasts?

 

jon where can i get bulbs from them, i have an hid kit i just want to change the bulbs

 

I had operatic bulbs and they didnt work correctly right out of the box.

My brother has mobileHID and it has been running good after an initial issue with a ballast.

Im running MengMotorsports with zero issues.

I also had denso ballast that gave me zero issues while they were in use.

 

D2S/D2R bulbs don't fit our headlights. You'd have to do a retrofit in order to get them to fit.

And if you want proof.

Aftermarket 4300k HIDs in OEM tC projectors + Nokya bulbs in VRD fogs


OEM 4300k HIDs in OEM Evo 9 projectors. Low beams only.


Aftermarket doesn't even come close to competing with OEM bulbs.

 

Aren't most OEM HIDs made by a company named Hella? I read that somewhere.

 

hidxtra all the wayy

 

Hella is just re-badged Philips parts.