Has anyone else had problems with their ddm tuning hid's they only lasted about 3 months. So here is the story installed them and a week later I noticed I had to turn them on and off multiple times to get the ballast to fire up. So I than bought the relay wire as I thought the stock wires couldn't provide the start up current needed to fire up the ballast. This worked for a while until the fuse kept blowing and started burning the relay wires so I taped the wires and the relay fuse box with electrical tape. It kept blowing fuses and I replaced them until everything just stopped working. I need a more reliable hid kit! Can you guys point me in the right direction thanks.

 

sounds like a defect... I would try to get a replacement from them.

my friends and I all used DDM HIDs... none of us had a problem with it at all... few of them are running 2+ years now too..

**Edit: We are all running 35w Slim Ballast kits thought... I noticed that you are running 55w kits...

 

For all your quality HID needs: www.theretrofitsource.com

More expensive yes, but you get what you pay for.

 

That's what the lifetime warranty is for, man. Just toss the stock bulbs back in for now and get a replacement kit from DDM.

Been running mine since mid-January with no hints of problems.

 

35w normal ballast 6000k and still running strong (knock on wood) since Jan 2011

but yea...lifetime warranty, call them up for help...u only have until the end of your life to do it

 

Keep us updated, was planning on getting the 55w 6Ks in the future and I'm interested to see how their customer service dept. deals with this.

 

From what I hear, it can take some time (couple weeks?). It won't be speedy by any means...but then again look at how little you are paying!

 

My 55Watt 8k's have been running since July, no problems so far.

 

having the same issue on my tacoma. running 55W 10K. will be calling them tomorrow for a replacement I guess.

 

Thanks guys I will give them a call it's sad because I have 2 55w 8k kits one for my headlights and one for my foglights 3 lights or (ballast) out of four don't work it's kind of crazy buy if they don't do anything about it I'll go somewhere else. Just for the record I'm not bashing them I like their product I just want the lights to work.

 

I've been running my hids 35w 6000k since December. And ever since June I have to flick my lights on twice and it comes on. With four ddm tunning ballast and one a just have to turn my light off and on again. That's not bad I guess. Doesnt bother me any. Lol

 

I've been running 55w 6K since October/November 2010 I have had zero problems out of mine. I would contact DDM to see what they can do.

 

i had basically the same problem. got a new ballast and still have to turn them on and off a couple times.

 

i have this same problem too. i have gotten used to just live around it. just turn them on and keep them on without any lights for about 20 seconds and when you turn them back on the they go on straight away

 

I contacted them and they said to try their wire harness that connects straight to the battery. this will be the first step, if this does not fix it to call them back get a RMA number and send my ballast back. the only problem with that is that it will take approximately 4-6 weeks to get my ballast back. I'm about to order another kit, and the wiring harness and then ship the bad ballast and keep that kit as a back up or sell it.
will be ordering soon, so I will be updating this as it goes.

 

Mine had trouble at first, and then I realized all of my connections weren't tight. I reconnected everything, gave every connection a good wrapping of electrical tape and haven't had a single problem since.

 

I had the same problem with my 55w 8k. I emailed DDM and they sent me a wiring harness for free. Fixed all of my problems.

 

Race Sport seems to be the most reliable. I have my headlight wired into ignition so they on all the time and no probs! lotta money but so worth it. plus ebay got em for $65

 

http://www.omnixautosports.com/

I installed these in my exes Jeep Commander, 10k kit
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/...tlyinfront.jpg

I replaced the bulbs in my Cadillac with these, 8k bulbs
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/...01003-1933.jpg

I installed an 8k headlights and a 6k fog lights kit on my gf's Tundra
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/...0831-00257.jpg

They are somewhat pricey but I haven't gone wrong with this company yet.

 

Thanks for the links! The last car show I went to I purchased these for $50 have had no issues and they have a very short warm up time.
http://tophids.com/