1BDAZM

So has anyone ever had any issues with inexpensive HID kits? Or any suggestions for some?
Thanks,
Damien

jayp28

I purchased some off of ebay and I have not had any problems with them.

lawjizams

+1 Me and my friend got some cheap ones from Ebay and they are nice.

PDX

I have owned 2 sets and both didn't even make it a year! I retrofit some TSX projectors and HID's and they have gone 2+ years now without a glitch. Plus no glare !

1BDAZM

any more input?? Much appreciate maybe the name of the company you got them from?

The Wok

I had some, think they were called MaxLite or something like that.

Worked great, great light and look. You will be getting a LOT of highbeams flashed at you, however.

edit: Probably wouldn't do it again without a retrofit.

jayp28

The ones i got where a company named HALO. Almost all the generic companies on ebay use the same type of ballast and bulbs.

Fabrik8

Cheap HID kits suck, the bulbs don't work that great with the stock reflectors, so the beam patterns are poor. That's why everyone flashes their high beams at you.. If you want to get a HID retrofit kit, get one with reflectors included, then they'll actually work properly.
As far as not lasting very long, that's a gamble not matter what unless you go with a respectable, quality company (read: not cheap) with decent products.

S2K_Guy

My HIDs are OEM and I still get flashed and aligned properly and I still get flashed constantly.

WishIHadaSilvia

If you have OEM projectors it is better...if you don't you should at least retro fit some sort of projector in. If you're gonna do all that you might as well get some nice TSX/E46 projectors and throw those in there.

I have JRT Lighting HIDS, they are the shit. They are a really nice kit, not sure what you mean by cheap but mine were 180 shipped.