hieracity

lol, sounds good!

just to rest my mind at ease though...did you have to cut anything??

skittles

nope no cutting at all.

skittles

figured out the flickering btw. i got a defective ballast. their sending me new ones.

Fitty

good to hear!!!

hieracity

finally got them on...now cant wait for the night to come.

thanks for ur help mbcollector

skittles

hahaha your home already? bro that MB meet was kinda gay...

hieracity

nah...im up in LA area.

we just got to the meet too late. it would have been when all the cars were rolling in. oh well.

just staring out the window and waiting for the sun to set

Fitty

Enjoy, their very very nice!!!

londonbenzkid

did you have to pay anything?

IntoTheBlue

ok i can't get the twist clamp to close around the bulb to secure it in there like it locks around the stock bulb. what'd i do wrong?

skittles

i helped a fellow MB guy this past weekend. we got stuck at the same part. patience.. thats about it... we were at that part like 30mins hahaha! Goodluck man!

little tip. you see the two screws where you twist the lock. its suppose to lock onto that. Align - Put alittle force to keep it in there - Twist - And PATIENCE.

IntoTheBlue

so you're not supposed to loosen those screws or anything are ya?

skittles

nope. leave it as is.

IntoTheBlue

how much force are you using to push the bulb in and twist it locked? i tried everything and couldn't get it to budge more than a tiny bit :/

IntoTheBlue

can you guys with the different kits compare your color to this color chart, and say what wattage ballast you have?

I've got the 6000k @ 55w, and it looks like the 6000k, although i wanted it to look like the 5000k

Fitty

Same for me with the 6000k and 35w kit looks like right between what would be for 5000k and 6000k on the pic

IntoTheBlue

so much for getting 55w and having the color be more white than the 35w equivelant...i sure hope i didn't get sent 8000k bulbs on accident, i couldn't find on the bulb anywhere where it actually said the color temp.

LILBENZ230

I'm not sure what's up with your kit. My 55w 6000k is identical in color to the OEM HID in a friend's 2007 Toyota Avalon that still uses D2R reflector HID which is 4100-4300k.

IntoTheBlue

ok on 2nd inspection, my HIDs are inbetween the 5000k and 6000k pics, little less blue than i first though, quite happy about that. Beam pattern is quite decent with zero adjustment...visible cutoffs, hardly any light bleed above the cutoffs, they just aren't sharp as OEM HIDs, a bit blurry, but i'm happy that i achieved those results with no tweaking.

I can't take any pics that really do the color any justice, pics make my city lights look WAY off in color, anyone here actually have city lights that perfectly match? My Polarg lights are that exact color, just a bit dimmer.

LILBENZ230

Is that your car in the photo you attached?

IntoTheBlue

nope, can't remember when i found it. but my city lights are the exact same color, with that sort of dark purple look to it (didn't know they would be like that, i didn't get the standard blue hyper white bulb in there)

skittles

i have the same look like that pic. i just got regular white bulbs.. ill take i photo for you guys.. all my lights now are matching the HID's (white) the only bulb i havent replaced is the license plates..

i got them of a store on a mall.. they are white lights but shaded blue..

santanaa

You still doing work for beer? I'll be changing my passenger seat sensor and when I get an igniter/ballast for cheap, I’ll be swapping them out since my s**t the bed a couple of month ago. Let me know if you want to help. Heck, I’ll bring a keg!

hieracity

bring a keg and i'l hop over and help too...haha

skittles

santanaa and hieracity! hahahahahaha!!! nP! no need for a keg! but that works!!! that sensor and ballast replacement will take aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall day!!! hahahaha!