pwrofjoe

Hey guys, I want to get a McCulloch HID kit, 6000K for my 2004 S430. Anyone have any experiences?
http://xenonpros.com/mc6000k.html

bamberger_1

Forget it. 6000K give you less light on the street (read the remarks of the supplier) It reduces safety of night driving. It may look cool, but that's about it. The original Xenon's of the car makers are around 4000-4500K which gives you the most light w/o dazzling the other drivers. The older Xenon's were 5000K and the car manufactures changed it a few years ago to 4000-4500K, for a good reason

pwrofjoe

Will the kit give me an error message?

#1dad408

Used them on my civic and they were easy to install and great quality. Also customer service A++

pwrofjoe

Do you know if they will cause an error message on my S430?

bklynjoker

Im also woundering about the bulb error on a 2000 s430 with no HID just regular bulbs with old style housing no projector.. Is it plug and play? anything special to connect? ?

thanks

pwrofjoe

Hey guys, I wanted to update you on my purchase at www.xenonpros.com. After they sent me my HID kit, I emailed them and asked if it would cause an error message on my car. They replied yes, and FREE of charge sent me a error cancellation kit. That was really cool of the guys.

However, after getting the kit installed... one of my headlights looks purple and the other one looks white (on the wall looks kind of greenish). I emailed the guys at xenonpros again and let them know of the problem. It could be a bad balast... so they are sending me a new one.. FREE of charge. These guys are very helpful... I will let you guys know the outcome of this change.. I hope it fixes the problem and my headlights match colors.

ekogutpl

it is very plug n play except you might have to connect the wires that go into the bulb to the ballast using some electrical tape thats about it, make sure you get your bulb size right. if your worried about the message coming up on ur display then i would reccomend 55 watt kit, because most aftermarket kits are 35 watt hid's and a regular halogen draws 55 watts that why the error message pops up. i would recommend 55 watt, more light output and you dont have to worry about the lbf eliminators. i had a exirience where the lbf eliminators smoked up and burned out on me. i thinks 55 watt kits are less problematic. just my 2 cents

pwrofjoe

I received a new ballast today... which was different than the one I received originally. The new ballast is thinner and more compact. But when I swapped the ballast on each side, I still have the same problem. One headlight emits a purple light, and the other a white/green. I bought a 6000K set, so they should both be purple'ish. I emailed them again and asked them to send me a 6000K bulb to hopefully fix the problem.

pwrofjoe

Hey Guys,

Here is my update about the kit I received from xenonpros.com

I received confirmation that the guys at xenonpros.com will send me a new bulb. The problem I have is that one bulb is probably 4300K and the other is 6000K. They are going to send me a new bulb so my lights match. I will keep everyone posted on the outcome when I recieve the new bulb.

pwrofjoe

Final update. If you have the patience to deal with replacing used bulbs, bad or wrong ballasts then www.xenonpros.com is for you. They are willing to replace everything within 5 to 7 days. However, it took the guys at United Xenon 4 attempts to get me correct and working parts. The HID's look great, but it was a serious headache. I dont recommend going with them. Plus check out their Better Business Bureau profile... even they warn you about doing business with them.

My recommendation...stay away.

bklynjoker

Here are my 12000k's - installed couple of weeks ago... they look great with stock foglights........ violet/purple with touch of blue

RATEK HID kit 12000k H7- Very Bright,Clear,Gives great shine/bling look
picked them up for 90$
What do yous think?