havoc_vulture

physically gone to DDM Tuning in Huntington Beach to buy HID's from them directly ?
I sort of don't want to wait and wondered if you can go down and buy from them... or is it an online thing only?
Thanks

ROLLNNN

you can go there, they are right across the street from Hyevon Motors. But you should call first to make sure they have them in stock

havoc_vulture

oh sweet ill do that then
Thanks Rol... again for the save

OneOfaKindTrini

If you order it online and pick up your shipping cost will be refunded.

e1000

Personally been there and I'd rather walk through south central LA naked holding a poster that says the N word.

mskembo

I just had a mental image of the diminutive dictator Kim Jong Ill walking around south central with that sign!

e1000

screaming "OH HERRROOOOO"

you get the idea. Don't bother. Be patient and order a kit... from someone else.

Glyn M Ruck

Eric - I note you have STRONG feelings in this regard

havoc_vulture

He does Haha
What happened there did you have an encounter with Karo XD

W203E35

You're a big boy now. Open up a bank account and apply for a credit card and just buy it.

e1000

lol no. Actually go there and you'll find out. Bunch of boneheads that don't know how to treat customers at all. After one trip no one would ever buy from them again.

d1no

I dont plan on going there in person but do plan on ordering the 55watt hid kit from ddmtuning.com soon.. Is the product crap or are you just saying the customer service is crap.

havoc_vulture

A lot of people have been happy with this kit BUT if you check their Facebook page they have a lot of complaints about service and how they are lagging to get their orders shipped out.

quadoptix

ddm sells it for dirt cheap. but at a cheap price comes horrible service. ive bought multiple hids kits from them, and i kinda stopped. yeah its a great price, but customer service is horrible and warranty. well its a warranty if they have the stuff in stock which they normally dont.

e1000

Customer service is just about the worst you can imagine. It's a bunch of bonehead kids running around trying to make a buck. There have been problems with ballasts failing depending on how that particular batch comes out. I've heard some people have had luck getting them changed out for free however.

Don't forget there's the whole scandal of DDM not correctly informing the customer of exactly what they're getting. There was a thread a little while back exposing that they really only have 3 different temperature bulbs, and the different levels that they sell are really just one of these 3. For example, if you order a 5000k and 6000k bulb, you're getting the exact same thing.

I'd seriously rather tape a flashlight to the front of my car than buy another kit from these guys.

W203E35

WOW Eric!!!!!!!! This is exactly what happened to Milkman. He ordered the 8000k and he said his looked light blue. I said 8000k should be purplish but he said it didnt. What you said and what happened to milkman makes perfect sense.

What is a good HID kit that you recommend Eric?

OneOfaKindTrini

Note that I had a set of HID's from DDMTuning but I removed them.

e1000

Interesting question. These days I order ballasts from vvme. Cheap ballasts are cheap ballasts, I'm not sure, but I'd say anything south of $200 is made in the same or similar sweat shops in china.

I usually try to stay away from rebased bulbs these days, quality is hard to come by. With an H7 application, the best thing to do is get an adaptor ring and run a quality D2S bulb. So, D2S bulb, adaptor ring, D2S socket to amp connector to ballast. The rest is the same.

You can't do this with a 9006 connector, luckily these are usually fog lights so beam pattern is much less of a concern.

FrankW

please read this before you decide to get anything from them.

https://mbworld.org/forums/off-topic...ansheeman.html

havoc_vulture

Well thats something to consider
boo DDM
thanks guys definitely not doing that haha

W203E35

I run DDM slim and they have been fine for me. Honestly you can't really beat the 30 bucks. Atleast thats how much they were before.

Knock on wood I never had a problem with them.

LawRens

DDM used to be somewhat decent before 2010. Good service, they would never backorder on HID Kits, etc. After that, it's what you see as it is now. a pile of poop.