I purchased a 5000k HID H3 kit from v-leds.com, and thought I would share my install notes and also I have some questions.

Taking off the headlight assembly and removing the foglight assembly was definitely the way to go here.


Stupidest connector ever:


...and I broke it.


After re-gluing the connector, I had to cut the rubber piece in order for the bulb and cables to fit between the hinge piece to hold the bulb in place.






Test fit and making sure they work:


Now here come the questions. In my process of removing the fog light assembly, I believe I turned the adjustment screw by mistake thinking that one was one of the bolts to remove the assembly. How do I get my fog lights aimed properly? Also, if anybody else has installed this or a similar kit, where is the best place and method to mount the ballasts?

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2016 GMC Sierra SLT
2005 Pontiac Bonneville GXP
1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am

My 3000K H3 kit for my fogs just shipped out today. I'll be with you on this one!

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Jerry /// Past: 95 SSEi (June 2010 COTM) -- 04 GXP (July 2011 COTM)
91 Honda Civic Wagon DX 2WD (fuelly) -- 208,000km -- 92hp -- Autocross Warrior
09 Lexus LS460 AWD -- 94,000km -- Daily Driver
09 White Hot G8 GT -- 155,000km (fuelly) -- LS3 Cam -- GM LS3 CNC Ported Heads -- Kooks 1 3/4" Long Tube Headers -- Solo Catback Midsection -- Hooker Maxflow Mufflers -- Pat G Tune -- Rotofab Intake -- Tein S-Tech Springs -- GXP FE3 Dampers -- BMR Subframe Cradle Inserts -- BMR Subframe Connectors -- Forgestar F14 Gold 18x9 +40 -- Michelin Pilot Super Sport 245/45/18 -- Maverick Man Carbon Fiber Spoiler

Sweet. Where did you get them from?

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2016 GMC Sierra SLT
2005 Pontiac Bonneville GXP
1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am

DDM Tuning

http://www.ddmtuning.com/Products/DDM-H ... 35W-or-55W

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Jerry /// Past: 95 SSEi (June 2010 COTM) -- 04 GXP (July 2011 COTM)
91 Honda Civic Wagon DX 2WD (fuelly) -- 208,000km -- 92hp -- Autocross Warrior
09 Lexus LS460 AWD -- 94,000km -- Daily Driver
09 White Hot G8 GT -- 155,000km (fuelly) -- LS3 Cam -- GM LS3 CNC Ported Heads -- Kooks 1 3/4" Long Tube Headers -- Solo Catback Midsection -- Hooker Maxflow Mufflers -- Pat G Tune -- Rotofab Intake -- Tein S-Tech Springs -- GXP FE3 Dampers -- BMR Subframe Cradle Inserts -- BMR Subframe Connectors -- Forgestar F14 Gold 18x9 +40 -- Michelin Pilot Super Sport 245/45/18 -- Maverick Man Carbon Fiber Spoiler

I have ordered from DDM in the past and can honestly say I have never had issues. The only reason I went with v-leds this time cause DDM can sometimes be slow to ship. I've got 8000k 35W in my lows and fogs on my Chevy Colorado, and love them.

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2016 GMC Sierra SLT
2005 Pontiac Bonneville GXP
1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am

Beam pattern shots of those fogs?

Ddm is nice and cheap but be aware that their ballasts are pretty unreliable.

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02 SSEi-Turning money into tire smoke, very efficiently.

I don't have a beam pattern shot as I'm pretty sure I've got to get them aimed correctly. I will finish mounting ballasts today and hopefully this evening get some pictures up.

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2016 GMC Sierra SLT
2005 Pontiac Bonneville GXP
1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am

Does the 3000K match the stock headlights pretty closely?

No, 3000k is a yellow-gold color. It's good for inclement conditions, as it cuts through fog better. 4300k is an OE "color", mostly white in color, very little blue.

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Bye Bye:

RIP sandrock

Stock halogens are about 3900K when new, they drop down in color temp a little when they get old but don't quite approach 3000k.
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2012 Nissan Maxima SV Premium • Super Black • Charcoal • VQ35DE • Bose • Factory HID • 5000k LED Int/Ext
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Well was going to aim the foglights this evening....but stupid snow! I hate Minnesota lol.

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2016 GMC Sierra SLT
2005 Pontiac Bonneville GXP
1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am

After a brief delay, got the foglights installed, along with a 5000k hid lowbeam setup as well. Oh yeah, it matches my Colorado







Also have amber LEDs in the turns, but I haven't cleared them yet. Not sure I want to do it to the GXP headlights.

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2016 GMC Sierra SLT
2005 Pontiac Bonneville GXP
1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am

Glare


The fogs look fine though. Still waiting on my DDM kit

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Jerry /// Past: 95 SSEi (June 2010 COTM) -- 04 GXP (July 2011 COTM)
91 Honda Civic Wagon DX 2WD (fuelly) -- 208,000km -- 92hp -- Autocross Warrior
09 Lexus LS460 AWD -- 94,000km -- Daily Driver
09 White Hot G8 GT -- 155,000km (fuelly) -- LS3 Cam -- GM LS3 CNC Ported Heads -- Kooks 1 3/4" Long Tube Headers -- Solo Catback Midsection -- Hooker Maxflow Mufflers -- Pat G Tune -- Rotofab Intake -- Tein S-Tech Springs -- GXP FE3 Dampers -- BMR Subframe Cradle Inserts -- BMR Subframe Connectors -- Forgestar F14 Gold 18x9 +40 -- Michelin Pilot Super Sport 245/45/18 -- Maverick Man Carbon Fiber Spoiler

Isn't that the camera? I wasn't exactly on a level surface. I dunno should I turn them down?

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2016 GMC Sierra SLT
2005 Pontiac Bonneville GXP
1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am

You're blinding the f00k out of oncoming traffic.

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Jason Z - Exposed Autos

2001 BMW 330i - Titanium Silver - Sport Package - 3 Pedals - Koni Yellow/H&R Sport
2006 Volkswagen GTI - (gone) Tornado Red - DSG, Stage II~280hp/325tq
1993 Pontiac Bonneville - (gone) Purple Pearl H4U/SLE. Loud

Without a projector retrofit, your beam pattern is scattered everywhere. While your lights are brighter, the actual quality of the beam is WORSE and you're blinding oncoming traffic. You can aim then lower, but now you're just lighting the road with glare, and your already bad headlight performance becomes worse.

I'm saving up for this retrofit kit for my low beams:
http://www.theretrofitsource.com/produc ... cts_id=227

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Jerry /// Past: 95 SSEi (June 2010 COTM) -- 04 GXP (July 2011 COTM)
91 Honda Civic Wagon DX 2WD (fuelly) -- 208,000km -- 92hp -- Autocross Warrior
09 Lexus LS460 AWD -- 94,000km -- Daily Driver
09 White Hot G8 GT -- 155,000km (fuelly) -- LS3 Cam -- GM LS3 CNC Ported Heads -- Kooks 1 3/4" Long Tube Headers -- Solo Catback Midsection -- Hooker Maxflow Mufflers -- Pat G Tune -- Rotofab Intake -- Tein S-Tech Springs -- GXP FE3 Dampers -- BMR Subframe Cradle Inserts -- BMR Subframe Connectors -- Forgestar F14 Gold 18x9 +40 -- Michelin Pilot Super Sport 245/45/18 -- Maverick Man Carbon Fiber Spoiler

Hmm, well the HID's I had didn't cost me anything which is why I put them in. But I see your point. After some reading, and just to be sure, you don't have to hack up the headlights? That would seriously bother me. Would you go with both highs and lows or just lows? I'm on vacation from my job until I leave for Iraq in three weeks so I've got some time to kill and this would be a cool project.

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2016 GMC Sierra SLT
2005 Pontiac Bonneville GXP
1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am

To compensate for the lack of funds, I've been doing a lot of research lately and the Morimotos seem to be the kit that will require the *least* amount of work. They are a very compact projector. I'm not sure if our headlights in particular will require cutting, but I don't plan on hacking up a GXP headlight ($$$), so if it comes down to it, I'll source a pair of non-GXP lights to do the retrofit on.

I'm replacing the low beam spot only, but I am going with a bi-xenon projector. This means that the low-beam projector will handle both low and high beam. This YouTube video explains bi-xenon way better than I can: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFF2XoZJIBo&t=3m51s

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Jerry /// Past: 95 SSEi (June 2010 COTM) -- 04 GXP (July 2011 COTM)
91 Honda Civic Wagon DX 2WD (fuelly) -- 208,000km -- 92hp -- Autocross Warrior
09 Lexus LS460 AWD -- 94,000km -- Daily Driver
09 White Hot G8 GT -- 155,000km (fuelly) -- LS3 Cam -- GM LS3 CNC Ported Heads -- Kooks 1 3/4" Long Tube Headers -- Solo Catback Midsection -- Hooker Maxflow Mufflers -- Pat G Tune -- Rotofab Intake -- Tein S-Tech Springs -- GXP FE3 Dampers -- BMR Subframe Cradle Inserts -- BMR Subframe Connectors -- Forgestar F14 Gold 18x9 +40 -- Michelin Pilot Super Sport 245/45/18 -- Maverick Man Carbon Fiber Spoiler

Yeah that video explained a lot. I'm currently looking for non-gxp lights to try this.

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2016 GMC Sierra SLT
2005 Pontiac Bonneville GXP
1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am

So how do Morimotos work? You install something where the bulb would go, and the projector mounts to it?

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Jason Z - Exposed Autos

2001 BMW 330i - Titanium Silver - Sport Package - 3 Pedals - Koni Yellow/H&R Sport
2006 Volkswagen GTI - (gone) Tornado Red - DSG, Stage II~280hp/325tq
1993 Pontiac Bonneville - (gone) Purple Pearl H4U/SLE. Loud