Fitty

these kits are 35w 6000k

LILBENZ230

I got the 55w to avoid any errors.. and sure enough, no errors. I was certain a 35w kit would cause problems with the OBD in the car detecting the difference between 35w HID and 55w halogen.

linkmustang

Hall ordering the single ot double light

Fitty

ummmmmmmm, what?

IntoTheBlue

"ya'll ordering the single or double light [beam]" is what i deduced from that.

i think i'm gonna order from apexcone.com and get 55W 6000k like you guys...sucks trading in my car now with OEM bi-x's to get a newer c230 w/ halogens...but i think i'll make it work.

IntoTheBlue

sorry to keep hijacking this thread...but does anyone know about retro-solutions?

they claim to have the "best focused bulb" as well as offering an anti-glare coating on the bulb

but its also more than twice as much as the DDR kits

LILBENZ230

The headlight lens focuses the bulb and manages the glare. My Apexcone DDM 55w 6000k kit has been flawless and I can highly recommend it.

linkmustang

Well first I'm thinking of buying the 6000k headlights and fog light the h7 and 9006 any try them for there fog light and if so did u get the damnd messages please let me know

LILBENZ230

What is a striped message?

I get no errors with the H7 55w kit.

I have stock fogs and no interest in making my fogs HID.

linkmustang

I'm looking at a 35watt kit

LILBENZ230

If you get a 35w kit you will need to get resistors or you'll get bulb out warnings and possible flickering.

blackmercs

Mine and fitty bru is on 35W 6000K. I have installed low beam and foglight on my ride too, i m driving the new CLC coupe. NO FAULT LIGHT, RESISTOR, FLICKERING, NOTHING!!!!! NO ISSUE AT ALL.
HOPE I HAVE CLEARED SOME REPEATING QUESTION AND CONCERN OVER HERE FOR THIS HID THAT WE HAD ORDERED!!!

cheeriors

yeloaw

Do you still have high beams after installing the single beam HID kit?

LILBENZ230

I don't believe I was talking to you at ANY point during this entire thread. The fact that you have had no issues with a 35w kit makes you an exception to the general rule. Again, please re-read it and see that I was not talking to you. Got it? Good.

As for the question about high beams:

The W203 has separate bulbs for low and high beams, so yes you will keep your high beams.

blackmercs

This thread is all abt this particular HID brand that comes with 35W. Then why u mentioned that 35 w will have fault light issue? So i think i have to clear the air here and not to confused anymore ppl reading this thread!
If u dont get it, u will never do!!! Got it???

Fitty

LOL okay so when i started this thread it was to inform everyone that this kit in the link on page one which is 35W does NOT throw error messages, does NOT flicker, does NOT need resistors.

As blackmercs took my word and bought them for his w204 (i have a w203!) he has the same experiance i do!

I only got these bc they were so cheap that if they didn't work i could care less. But since another member told me about them and how they worked for 2 yrs with no problems I decided to share the knowledge. So we are not exceptions to the rule, the kit just works great

Can't we all play nice?

LILBENZ230

I was recommending a particular kit to IntoTheBlue up above and my point about the 35w VS 55w is for anyone who has read the 1400ish posts in the HID thread on this W203 forum should know that the vast majority of people who have installed 35w kits get errors. It's great that you do not, but most people do. VVME is mentioned a few times in that long thread and members have gotten errors with their kits as well. The thing about the W203 is that everyone has slightly different experiences.. even when they do the same thing as another member. There is a guy on here with a white 2005 C230 who got errors with a 55w kit. It's different for every car, it seems. So all I was saying is just because a 35w kit worked for you (and the W204 guy) does not mean it will work for everyone. You have a better shot at not getting errors if you get a 55w kit. That's my whole point - and I was trying to tell that to a particular person in this thread and not to dispute your results.

hieracity

question: will this also work on the coupes...casue i know that the sedan the coupes have different housing. just want to make sure that these HID's will fit my 05 coupe. also, is it the 9004-3 or 9007-3?

thanks!

hieracity

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hieracity

What's so special about the 5000k one? I mean, why do you seem to prefer it over the other ones and why is it $15 more?

skittles

i just got mine now JOY! pretty cool coz on the ballast itself it sez maid in germany HELLA TECHNOLOGY so im guessing these must be one of those wholesale overruns.

1 queston! in installation did you guys drill a hole like the guide said so?

skittles

ok. i got the headlights on. perfect! no flicker no error no nothing. perfect took me 5 mins to install but took 10 mins to figure out where to put the ballast.

Problem. how the heck do i get the bulb in the drivers side fog lamp??? the washer fluid is in the way. i dont want to remove the bumper its too much work..

anyone did this already without removing bumper?

hieracity

you bought the fog hid and the headlight HID?

what size for both of them?

IntoTheBlue

mbcollector did you get the 35W set from the link in the original post?

take a pic at night of the beam pattern on a garage door or something so i can see how the light spread looks.

skittles

NP! will do tonight! have to align it anyway. yeah i got the 35w. installed both fogs and low just now. works fine. just hard to look for a place for the ballasts. no errors no nothing. will test it properly tonight.

FOR EVERYONES INFO = I HAVE STOCK FROSTED HEADLIGHTS AND STOCK FROSTED FOGLAMPS, BOTH WITHOUT FACTORY HID.

testing if its ok without projectors first. then if its a bad beam ill get projector housings.