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2015 GMC Sierra 2500HD Denali Owners - Did You Install An HID Kit

Ray@Paula

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Ray@Paula

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Hi, I would like some feedback from those of you that have installed an HID kit in your 2015 GMC Sierra Denali 2500HD truck. I personally want to install them do to wanting the best usable light "visually." From what I have read, it appears that the 4300k bulbs would be best. I sincerely appreciate your help and suggestions along with taking the time to do so. Thanks, Ray

1) What kit brand did you use?

2) Did you use 35w or 50-55w bulbs?

3) What bulb did you use, 4300k, 5000k, etc.?

4) Did you have to change your projectors due to them being designed for halogen bulbs?

5) Did you have to remove your headlight housings? If so, how difficult was it?

6) Did you have to drill out any new holes for bulbs, wiring, etc?

7) Was installation all plug and play with truck specific instructions?

8) Once installed, did you have any flickering issues?

9) What percentage of light do you think you gained over the stock bulbs?

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Dangerdick

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Morimoto from TheRetrofitSource - The only non OEM HIDs anyone should be using.

 

I ordered the 35w kit, but I have 50w ballasts from a pervious order so I will be testing them for output and deciding then.

 

6000k - I have Phillips CBI's in my lifted Ford and the output is good but the color temperature is a little low for what I like.

 

The cutoff is much better than you'd expect from a halogen projector with an HID capsule.

 

The housings come out with minimal work. Remove bumper cap and rad support fascia.

 

You can remove a bolt for the ground cable on the wiring harness or your can use a self tapping screw.

 

Plug and play, yea.

 

Use the capacitor link and you won't have any issues.

 

Raww lumen output is roughly 3x, but usable light output is probably double as a conservative estimate.

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Ray@Paula

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Thanks for the help.... I agree, the Morimoto kits seem to be everyone's favorite due to the high quality.

I'm considering the 4300k - 50w setup due to putting out the best light output. My only hesitation is that I'm concerned about the possibility of melting something. The following link is what I'm looking at. Is this similar to yours? GMC Sierra Morimoto Elite HID System - HID Systems from The Retrofit Source Inc

1) You stated that the housings came out with minimal work. Correct me if I'm wrong, the radiator support fascia your referring to is the large full length fascia over the radiator?

 

2) Not sure what part you mean about removing the bumper cap?

3) Was the Morimoto instructions truck specific.

4) How long did it take to do the job?

Thanks again for all your help, very much appreciated. Ray

 

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Dangerdick

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A properly dipped bowl will handle 50w without issues. Some have drawn the short straw and had trouble but I know with my retrofitted 2013 F150 lights, the CBIs in the EVOX-R projector made a huge difference at 50w. You can always do FX-R swap and have no worries with 50w.

 

That's correct yes. Remove the friction pins on top, as well as the 10mm bolts for the grille and it will cantilever out of the snap clips in the bottom.

 

Bumper cap as in the painted fascia on top of the bumper. Directly below the grille surround.

 

The Sierra kit on TRS is the correct bulb for the projector housing and includes the capacitor link. You can buy them separate for the same price but TRS just fool proofed it by making it a package. There are no actual paper instructions.

 

You should be able to bang it off in under two hours, start to finish.

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