Digital HID ballast?

[fadij]

i switched out my HID ballast for a Digital HID ballast....

what do you guys think of the digital ballasts?

[Hussain]

whats the difference? my xentec slim ballest 5000k HIDs just burnt out and i'm driving around with the factory lights now and its horrible... going from HIDs to regular just feels so wrong... once you go HID, you never come back lol does your auto function on your headlights still work?

[fadij]

i never had that on my car....i guess the slim digital ones last longer and it warms up whole lot faster...i noticed it has...i sell HID lights at my shop...you need some?

[BLKmomba1]

hey man i just ordered the slim balast Xentec (DDM not xentec my fault)!!... they come tomrow.. how long did yours last?

Modified by BLKmomba1 at 7:09 PM 9/10/2009
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[Hussain]

like a year and 2 months and the warranty was for 1 year lol so it burnt out like 2 months after the warranty expired.... maybe even less then 2 months. i heard much better things about the fat ballast. almost everyone with the slim one were no longer able to use the auto light function anymore and ppl with the fat ballast had no issues....

i never had that on my car....i guess the slim digital ones last longer and it warms up whole lot faster...i noticed it has...i sell HID lights at my shop...you need some?

does the auto function still work? and how much?

[Rob.Vegan]

I have the slim ballast from DDM, I think just a bit under a year now and they work fine. There have only been two occasions where they didn't fire up, and it was just the driver side. After turning them off and back on it fired up just fine.

DDM has lifetime warranty too

[QR25DE]

I've been using the 80 dollar chinese ebay ones. And 80 bucks is bulbs and all hardware shipped LOL.

Had them in since I got the car in January. Both fire up all the time with auto on etc. Haven't had an issue at all.

[Rob.Vegan]

Mine from DDM were about $85, I think came out to $96 shipped. Came with everything and I love them

[Hussain]

xentecs were like $90 shipped and i got them from ebay....

Mine from DDM were about $85, I think came out to $96 shipped. Came with everything and I love them

does the auto function work with them? lol i was pissed when it didnt work with my slim ballast xentecs.

[losenone]

I have the slim Xentecs and I dont keep it on auto. From when i did, id say 2 out of 10 times one of the lights didnt fire up so i always do it manually and they work every time.

[fadij]

It doesn't work for a reason. The auto func shortens the life spand of the bulb and bal so the digital bal shuts it down for a reason.. Non digital $75 and digital $80..

[Hussain]

yaaaaa but its sort of like, the car comes with the auto function so i'd like to keep it OEM status.

[fadij]

If you don't mind going with new HID's every 6 months cuz you want your auto to work go with the non digital

[Blackmobile]

i've got the ddm slim digitals and been using them for over a year. i've only had one misfire and i've got them on auto ever since day 1 and the misfire was like 2 days after i installed.

[JVLeGa]

i forgot, do we need to install a relay harness when we install the HID's? im gonna get DDM slim's

[LongBeachCoupe]

Interior exterior section!

[Blackmobile]

i don't have a relay harness, dunno if you should bother. it does protect your oem harness from getting fried though, i took the gamble since i heard it's pretty rare

[BLKmomba1]

Hey vegan... im driving in the dark... i installed the HID kit i read through all the HID topics... they dont fire up?. Everythings wired up correct and i even tried swapping sides on the kits. what should i do... im looking at relays or fuses? but the regular stock lights work fine?