D5S DDM Tuning 35W Upgrade

[Denali_Joe]

I just did this tonight, got the bulbs off of Amazon, I opted for the 4500K.  My camera battery was dead and phone didn't do it justice, but comparing one 25W lamp to the 35W it looks like 2x as much light being thrown.  Doesn't throw any further (not that I expected it to) but it illuminates the area much better, actually feels like I have HID.  Plus when I turn on the fogs I don't think "damn these light up a lot of the road in front of me" nearly as much because the headlights are actually lighting up the road.

 

Also, I have a 2016.  Install was easy...after I wasted 30 minutes trying to locate elusive tabs to move up to release the bulb.  Mine just twisted counter clockwise to loosen and just re-install the opposite way you take them out, like every other halogen I've changed in the last 25 years.  I noticed the DDM ballasts make less noise than the stock ones and the 4500K color was ever so slightly bluer than my factory lights when comparing them side by side.  Much closer to the color of the LED fogs but definitely not bluer than the fogs.  I wanted to stay as close to stock color as possible.

 

They were $200 vs $350 for the Morimoto.  I was too chicken to get the $99 ones off of eBay, wouldn't be surprised if they were all the same lamps.  With winter coming and more driving in the dark I'm really looking forward to being able to see better.  If these suckers do anything funny like not light or crap out early I'll post back up.  Even at $200 I'm satisfied with the results and I would do it again for the ease and the dramatic increase of light.

 

[Denali_Joe]

Guess I need to update my signature...

 

Here are a couple phone pics to try and capture the color

 

[Sal Mucci]

How did these fare over time? 

[Denali_Joe]

Still working good, once every few months one won't fire, only beef is they seem to jiggle easy on the bumps, but what do you do? Factory output is pathetic.