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Old 02-10-2010, 08:30 PM
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Awesome...thanks man! Now only if it wasn't 30 degrees and the wind blowing 20 mph outside! Hahaha. I'll have to see what happens tomorrow when I have more time. Thanks again!
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Originally Posted by joesscamaro252
Awesome...thanks man! Now only if it wasn't 30 degrees and the wind blowing 20 mph outside! Hahaha. I'll have to see what happens tomorrow when I have more time. Thanks again!
no problem just let me know tomorrow when you hook them up and make sure to get pics aswell
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Bobby, how do the Xentec's look in your lows? Since I'm assuming you don't have projectors, I'm wondering how it would look.

Do you have any night shots of them installed?
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Originally Posted by joesscamaro252
Awesome...thanks man! Now only if it wasn't 30 degrees and the wind blowing 20 mph outside! Hahaha. I'll have to see what happens tomorrow when I have more time. Thanks again!
One thing to be aware of, GM in their wisdom wired our stock plugs backwards. Why, I have no idea. Halogens don't care, but the HIDs do. So if you plug it all in and it doesn't work, plug the end that goes to the stock headlight bulb plug in "backwards" and it should work fine.
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Originally Posted by CHRRRIS
Bobby, how do the Xentec's look in your lows? Since I'm assuming you don't have projectors, I'm wondering how it would look.

Do you have any night shots of them installed?
i dont currently have any night shots of them in the camaro.

you are correct i dont have projectors i have halo's.

they look very good though 1000x better than stock.

i can get some pics tomorrow if you like
Old 02-10-2010, 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by bobbyd
i dont currently have any night shots of them in the camaro.

you are correct i dont have projectors i have halo's.

they look very good though 1000x better than stock.

i can get some pics tomorrow if you like
For sure I'd love to see them. But wait, do you have aftermarket halo headlights? I thought most those have projectors..
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Originally Posted by CHRRRIS
For sure I'd love to see them. But wait, do you have aftermarket halo headlights? I thought most those have projectors..
yea i got the halo lights from ebay. i believe they are like stock headlights but im not sure.

heres my car
Old 02-10-2010, 09:31 PM
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I stand corrected, you have one of the aftermarket sets without projectors.
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They are basically stock headlights with the halo insert.
Old 02-12-2010, 10:50 AM
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ok, so these xentecs. Do you get them at ddmtuning? where can they be purchased and what do i need to purchase for my lows and fogs? and are they a direct plug in, im sorry im asking silly questions but im not much of an electrician so the easier the better.
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Originally Posted by onebad_SS
ok, so these xentecs. Do you get them at ddmtuning? where can they be purchased and what do i need to purchase for my lows and fogs? and are they a direct plug in, im sorry im asking silly questions but im not much of an electrician so the easier the better.
the xentec's can be bough from ebay. for your lows you will want the 9600 ones and for your fogs you will want the 880 ones.

as for what to search on ebay this is what you type "slim hid 9600" or "slim hid 880" and you will see on there the xentec ones.

they look like hte following http://imagehost.vendio.com/a/220876...im_HID_Kit.jpg
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I would go to ddmtuning.com and get a set of HID's from them. I have them on my truck, my car, and my gf's honda and they are excellent. I opted for the 6000k bulbs. Well worth the investment and i will never go back to a regular halogen or a sylvania silverstar for that matter!
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i like 8K
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^ hey 02CamaroSSLE are you saying that from experience of having the 8K???

and i finally decided to buy either the ddmtuning.com HID's or the xentec's off ebay. Now i just dont know which one to buy. The ddmtuning's have a lifetime warranty while the Xentec's seem to be manufactured better being there ISO-9001 certified and have a .2 failure rate. Someone help me out which ones should i get???
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Originally Posted by Snake_Skinner
^ hey 02CamaroSSLE are you saying that from experience of having the 8K???

and i finally decided to buy either the ddmtuning.com HID's or the xentec's off ebay. Now i just dont know which one to buy. The ddmtuning's have a lifetime warranty while the Xentec's seem to be manufactured better being there ISO-9001 certified and have a .2 failure rate. Someone help me out which ones should i get???
you should be fine with either. i have no experience with the ddm ones but i have hear good things on them.
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^^ What he said ^^

I've not had the DDM ones but a lot of people here do and seem to like them.
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i have 10K hids, i will never use regular halogen bulbs again in any vehicle, hids are great
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I have the DDM HID's on my headlights and fog lights. No cutting just plug and play. I decided to go with DDM because of their lifetime warranty. They look really good. I got the 35W 6000K bulbs for both. I will take some pics tonight.
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The thing I can't decide is whether I should stick HIDs in my fogs or get better fog lights. The stock ones with the 27W bulbs suck and are next to worthless.
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i got xentec slim ballast HID's on my Trans Am...low beams and fogs. Probably one of the greatest mods i did to my car


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