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<blockquote data-quote="willief23" data-source="post: 13889469" data-attributes="member: 159612"><p>For your hids i would get the 35 watt hid kit. the 55 watt kit is hardly any brighter and the bulbs dont last nearly as long as the 35 watt ones. Plus the 55 watt produces more heat and could eventually melt wires or at the very</p><p>least cause some moisture inside the headlight housing which leads to fogged up lenses. Projector highlights i believe are meant more for halogen bulbs so getting the 55 watt hid kit will send scattered light everywhere and eventually melt the projector</p><p>housing if it isnt metal or damage it with the extra heat since the 55watt hid kit puts out way more heat then halogen bulbs</p><p>do that normally come stock on projector headlights. </p><p></p><p>I would stay away from DDM hid kit. There ballasts are garbage.</p><p>Had them in my previous car and they barely lasted 7-8 months before the ballast went out and my hid lights would flicker with the ddm kit. Never go cheap on hid kits especially for mustangs since we have drive by wire,</p><p>cruise control, traction control, tps sensors. Buying a cheap hid kit usually doesnt have emi filters in them and could lead to multiple sensors going haywire or stop working all together. If you want a good hid kit that isnt that </p><p>expensive but is really good i would look at kbcarstuff and get the Xtreme Digital HID kit since they use high quality philips hid bulbs and good ballasts. If you want slightly cheaper go with their Volt hid digital kit. Also for</p><p>color temp dont go over 6k. The higher up the color temp you go the less light or lumens you get. 4300k is the brightest and the whitest light. 5000k is a really good alternative if you want a slight blue color but is</p><p>still just as bright. I had the 5k color and it worked great.</p><p></p><p>For me personally when i do hids on my 2012 mustang i will be getting either DS2 Philips or Osram hid bulbs and the ballasts from either kbcarstuff or Morimoto 3Five DSP D2S Ballasts. Also you will most likely need this</p><p>harness so that you dont splice into your headlight wires. <a href="http://www.projectoretrofits.com/apps/webstore/products/show/3841314" target="_blank">Web Store - ProjectoRetrofits</a></p><p>Another good thing about the kbcarstuff ballasts is that they have relay harnesses with each kit so that you draw</p><p>power directly from your battery and not draw power from just your headlight wires. Im not sure if the projectoretrofits harness link i listed above does the same thing it might.</p><p></p><p>Also tinting your headlight covers or smoking the lenses will diminish alot of the light output. Even with hids and smoked lenses its not much brighter then the stock halogen bulbs in our mustangs just a thought for you.</p><p>If you are set on smoked lenses for the headlights or having a blacked out lenses conver i would get 4300k hid bulbs and no higher since you want the brightest bulb possible with darker lenses. You could always just have someone paint the inside of the projector housing the color you want. This way it leaves the actual outside cover/lenses untouched and then you can get the 6k hid bulbs and still get the same effect as tinting the lenses but with way more light output.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="willief23, post: 13889469, member: 159612"] For your hids i would get the 35 watt hid kit. the 55 watt kit is hardly any brighter and the bulbs dont last nearly as long as the 35 watt ones. Plus the 55 watt produces more heat and could eventually melt wires or at the very least cause some moisture inside the headlight housing which leads to fogged up lenses. Projector highlights i believe are meant more for halogen bulbs so getting the 55 watt hid kit will send scattered light everywhere and eventually melt the projector housing if it isnt metal or damage it with the extra heat since the 55watt hid kit puts out way more heat then halogen bulbs do that normally come stock on projector headlights. I would stay away from DDM hid kit. There ballasts are garbage. Had them in my previous car and they barely lasted 7-8 months before the ballast went out and my hid lights would flicker with the ddm kit. Never go cheap on hid kits especially for mustangs since we have drive by wire, cruise control, traction control, tps sensors. Buying a cheap hid kit usually doesnt have emi filters in them and could lead to multiple sensors going haywire or stop working all together. If you want a good hid kit that isnt that expensive but is really good i would look at kbcarstuff and get the Xtreme Digital HID kit since they use high quality philips hid bulbs and good ballasts. If you want slightly cheaper go with their Volt hid digital kit. Also for color temp dont go over 6k. The higher up the color temp you go the less light or lumens you get. 4300k is the brightest and the whitest light. 5000k is a really good alternative if you want a slight blue color but is still just as bright. I had the 5k color and it worked great. For me personally when i do hids on my 2012 mustang i will be getting either DS2 Philips or Osram hid bulbs and the ballasts from either kbcarstuff or Morimoto 3Five DSP D2S Ballasts. Also you will most likely need this harness so that you dont splice into your headlight wires. [url=http://www.projectoretrofits.com/apps/webstore/products/show/3841314]Web Store - ProjectoRetrofits[/url] Another good thing about the kbcarstuff ballasts is that they have relay harnesses with each kit so that you draw power directly from your battery and not draw power from just your headlight wires. Im not sure if the projectoretrofits harness link i listed above does the same thing it might. Also tinting your headlight covers or smoking the lenses will diminish alot of the light output. Even with hids and smoked lenses its not much brighter then the stock halogen bulbs in our mustangs just a thought for you. If you are set on smoked lenses for the headlights or having a blacked out lenses conver i would get 4300k hid bulbs and no higher since you want the brightest bulb possible with darker lenses. You could always just have someone paint the inside of the projector housing the color you want. This way it leaves the actual outside cover/lenses untouched and then you can get the 6k hid bulbs and still get the same effect as tinting the lenses but with way more light output. [/QUOTE]
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