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Hey all. I am new on here but have been snooping around a lot. I had posted in the pinned topic but decided to try not to stir up more junk in there. A few weeks back I did the DDM Tuning 35w 5000k HID upgrade. I had to splice in the capacitors, but that was the hardest part. Everything went together well and everything is working well....BUT.... I have one light that appears to have a blue hue to it (drivers right side) and the other that appears to be white (drivers left side). Does anyone with experience with these things tell me what's going on? I am hoping it is two different bulbs. I haven't got around to troubleshooting the bulb/ballast/ harness. I have some photos from the install I will be uploading as well. Has anyone else purchased this kit, and how is it working for you? any melting with the 35w in the projectors? failed ballasts? flawless operation? Thanks guys.post-142991-0-51310900-1430490781_thumb.jpgpost-142991-0-95782200-1430490796_thumb.jpgpost-142991-0-50907700-1430490808_thumb.jpg

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Here you can notice the difference in the light outputs.

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Swap the ballasts, see if it reverses the colours on two sides. That will tell you if it is the ballasts or the bulbs ;)

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How are those 55w HIDs holding up? I wonder how much of a difference in light output there is. Mine are pretty dang bright as it is.

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55w FTW. I have the same scenario as you going on, but on the passenger side. Only notice it when I'm going around turns in the parking garage at work. The passenger side shines right up close to other vehicles as I'm on my way out. At night though, I don't see any kind of a difference. They are bright as shit and match the DRL's perfectly.

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How are those 55w HIDs holding up? I wonder how much of a difference in light output there is. Mine are pretty dang bright as it is.

 

One of the ballast was shot after the first day, got a replacement locally, the ballast looks completely different. Colour seems to match when they are both warmed up. I think they warm up at slightly different rate.

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I ordered some 5000k bulbs off of amazon and switched them out. Fixed! Now the horror of sending my mismatched bulbs back to DDM.

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I ordered some 5000k bulbs off of amazon and switched them out. Fixed! Now the horror of sending my mismatched bulbs back to DDM.

 

OCD fixed!

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