Glitch43

Im looking to get the DDM HID lights for my F150 and Im gonna go with the 35W at 8000k.

H10 bulbs or is there a better one?

What I am wondering is should I just use the old housing or should I get another whole headlight set?

And also what about the options.. (Mounting Brackets, HID Harness, Error Eliminator, Adaptor Cable)

I read through quite a few threads but didn't find 100% certainty on anything from bulbs to all the options. I am set on the Wattage and color though.

Any advice helps!!

Summers22

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Use projector housings if you care anything about your ability to see AND other drivers on the road. Reflector housings are for halogen bulbs and projectors are for Xenon (HID bulbs). Each bulb spreads light differently and are intended for their respective housing.

Glitch43

So get projector lights then HID's?

Summers22

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Yes, or look into a retrofit, a little costly, but worth it.

Cutless009

I can't tell you how many jerks I've passed that have almost made me wreck because they put HID bulbs in a halogen housing. Seriously, don't do that. The other day I almost hit an a-hole in a truck towing a huge trailer because his headlights literally blinded my entire vision and I couldn't see the road or the markers around a curve on a tight road. I could have high-fived his tow mirrors with my elbow. Don't be THAT GUY.

Brady_bot

Just a question out of curiosity, how hard is it to put HID's in projector headlights?

AnRman65

They are not hard to replace. I've replaced the headlights with HID, specifically DDM, on about 4 of my vehicles and it's as easy as replacing your current headlight bulbs. 2 things to think about is that you will spend hours aligning them in the current buckets if you care anything about the people around you or don't mind being pulled over by police. 2nd is that the 8000k is going to be very blue. 6000K is a great white, allows for amazing vision and is about perfect from my perspective.

mike.h20

Lol. If you cared anything about other driver then you wouldn't run around putting PnP kits in all your vehicles.

AnRman65

Thanks for your valued opinion Mike, but as I stated, it took me a few hours on each vehicle to aim the light as to not blind oncoming traffic. I'm sorry I don't have the disposable income that you must enjoy.

Cutless009

Believe it or not, no matter how meticulously you aim them, you ARE blinding other drivers. Bumps, hills, uneven roads etc mean that at some point your lights are going to be in somebody's eyes, and because of the beam dispersal being different for HID bulbs and the fact that they are in halogen housings means you ARE going to blind that person.

Stop being ignorant and blinding other drivers. Those PnP kits need to come out of every car you have them in until you can afford projectors to put the bulbs in. If you can't afford real retrofits at least have the decency to put a cheap pair of $200 projector housings from spyder or similar on your car.