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Old Jan 18, 2010 | 02:40 AM
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Review of DDM Tunings (apexcone) 35 watt Hid kit

So on another forum i frequent, when ever a talk of a quality kit come up, DDM always came up. When ever talk of long lasting kit came up, DDM. Or whenever the talk of a durable kit came up, DDM again.
I started thinking, Man o man this must be one really expensive kit..

But to my surprise... The DDM apexcone 35 watt kit was 29.99 With Lifetime Warranty!!!!

I was like NO way, NO way no how! There has to be something wrong with them.. They have to be ugly, raw, and cheap looking...

But once again to my surprise... They feel and look high quality...

OK.. So it was inevitable.. I ordered them...
Fairly quick shipping since it only went from San Diego to LA..
I open my box to find.
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Three little boxes
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I open the boxes and find this...
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Talk about a quality product... I installed it in a few min.. with the included sticky foam pads and zip ties.

Ok.. but i did have one complaint.
Shipping was a tad much.. But if you order 2 its the same shipping... so i got two HID kits for 79 Dollars with life time warranty..

I'm going to order a set of the slim ballast 55 watt ones, once my retrofit is done and i'll put up another review so you guys can see em.
Old Jan 18, 2010 | 03:22 AM
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i have 4 DDM HID kits. nothing bad to say about them.
Old Jan 18, 2010 | 03:33 AM
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For how long have you had them?
Old Jan 18, 2010 | 03:43 AM
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wow thats a pretty damn good deal...even for the 55w kit its only 40 bucks with a lifetime warranty...

might pick a couple more sets up...
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I had them for two weeks.. But there is guys running them on the other forum for 2 years +
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Originally Posted by juzlookzfazt
For how long have you had them?
almost 3 years for me
Old Jan 18, 2010 | 04:38 AM
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Mine were awesome too, until they stopped firing. E-mail for warranty, well see how it goes...
Old Jan 18, 2010 | 03:34 PM
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Originally Posted by thekevin
almost 3 years for me
No flickering? No crapouts? lol
Old Jan 19, 2010 | 10:09 PM
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i installed my ddm today.. 35watt 6000k bulbs and my driver side would light up... i tried to switch bulbs but they were fine. I have yet to trade sides with the ballastics. Will try that tomm. I ordered my set for xmas and i will be if they sent me a defective ballistic.. even though they were dirt cheap with lifetime warranty!
Old Jan 19, 2010 | 10:28 PM
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DDM tuning FTW Ive ordered 3 kits (1 slim 2 heavy duty) for my friends and all of them have been perfect.
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Originally Posted by ldywde
i installed my ddm today.. 35watt 6000k bulbs and my driver side would light up... i tried to switch bulbs but they were fine. I have yet to trade sides with the ballastics. Will try that tomm. I ordered my set for xmas and i will be if they sent me a defective ballistic.. even though they were dirt cheap with lifetime warranty!

you probably have to flip the polarity, so flip the connector that goes into the ballast of the one that is not working.
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link?
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http://www.ddmtuning.com/index.php?p...parent=85&pg=1
Old Jan 20, 2010 | 02:35 AM
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thanks
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Originally Posted by juzlookzfazt
No flickering? No crapouts? lol
nada
Old Jan 20, 2010 | 02:41 AM
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do they have anything that works with cars that have DRLs? my gf has an 09 lancer GTS and the low beams are also DRL which sucks
Old Jan 20, 2010 | 03:12 AM
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^ my buddy's tundra is like that and we just used the regular H4 kit and everything works just fine for him
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ok cool thanks
Old Jan 20, 2010 | 11:58 AM
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I think i may just order a couple of sets.
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Yeah DDM is good stuff. I have a 55 watt kit for about 3 months now with no problems. At first they didn't fire up and I was like oh no *fail* but then realized it was reverse polarity so I just switched the connectors around and they worked. Definately a recommend!!



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