HELP!! Can anyone identify the brand of this HID Conversion Kit?

TitanZX · Feb 8, 2013

Hey guys,
I bought an HID Conversion Kit a couple months back and I'm just now getting around to installing them. I bought them from a car audio store in Dallas for $65. Probably should have been a red flag there, but it was in impulse buy.

The problem is, is that there is a rubber grommet that not only feeds through the new HID bulb, but it also has the female adapter fed through it that hooks up to the male factory harness. I cannot for the life of me figure out why this is. It shouldn't be feeding through this at all. The grommet is obviously suppose to keep the bulb and the interior headlight assembly water and condensation proof, but if I hook it up, the two wires of the female adapter would have to be fed out of the rubber grommet where it hooks up to the male factory harness.

I can't figure out the brand of this HID Kit. All the box says is "High Intensity Xenon Lighting System" and then "Automotive Lighting" on the bottom. There is no phone number or an address located anywhere on the box or the "instructions" which are poor. This is driving me nuts because I have both inner fender wells halfway taken off and I obviously need headlights. I took out my battery to replace it with my XS D3400 AGM battery, which I haven't put it in yet and my truck is parked halfway in my 6 car garage along with all of my tools. I don't want to have to put my fender wells back in just to move it.

It's a 35watt Kit 9006 bulb low beam kit. Here are some pictures. If I can't figure it out tonight, I'm going to call New Image Auto Sports tomorrow and give an @ss chewing and figure out what the deal is since they install these. Your help is much appreciated!

Ballast:

Here is a picture of what I am talking about. You can see the wires for the bulb go through the rubber grommet and then there is the harness that feeds through the same way. There is no way to feed it through correctly. Only option would be to slice the grommet, which would defeat the purpose of my headlights and bulb being waterproof.

Their version of "Instructions" which I read and it instructs me to do something I don't think I would have to do. These are simple plug and play. It says "You will be required to drill a 25mm hole into the back of the resin or rubber headlight cap." Have no idea why I have to drill anything. Secondly, what is a resin/rubber headlight cap specifically? No pictures to show what it's instructing me to do. Can't believe a company so dumb, could make a simple plug and play kit, so difficult and make the consumer drill into anything in the headlight area.

"Instructions"

Fully assembled

The Culprit

SD_Titan · Feb 8, 2013

You can cut off the Female end with the 9006 connector as it isnt needed

Than connect the AMP connectors (2 wires with connectors and the bulb) to the Ballast.

Your OEM 9006 harness will plug directly into the Ballast

97lowazznissan · Feb 8, 2013

Looks just like my HID extra kit..

HID Kits by HIDeXtra - Premier Performance Lighting

spoonman · Feb 8, 2013

For the grommet, I am pretty sure you can just cut it off. It shouldnt seal anything as the HID bulb still twists (at least it is supposed to) into the stock location.

TitanZX · Feb 8, 2013

The two pictures that it has, isn't even accurate. It shows that there is a main harness that doesn't have a quick disconnect as if it is hard wired into the ballast. The middle (red to the HID bulb) connector shows a short female when it's actually a male connector. And lastly the connector for the red wire to the bulb is shorter in the pictures. They can't even tell you if it should be connected with the snap release on the inside or the outside. It tells you that if your bulbs don't turn on, you have to unplug it and turn it the opposite direction. I mean, really? I got hosed, but atleast I know I'll get my money back. New Image Auto Sports has always taken care of me and they carry quality equipment at near Internet Retailer prices, so I didn't think to do any research on the kit first, which I ALWAYS do when it comes to any electronics.

TitanZX · Feb 8, 2013

SD_Titan said:
You can cut off the Female end with the 9006 connector as it isnt needed

Than connect the AMP connectors (2 wires with connectors and the bulb) to the Ballast.

Your OEM 9006 harness will plug directly into the Ballast

AAAH Ok I see what you are saying. I'll have to do that, even though I shouldn't have to. I don't see where I'd have to ever use that. For my highs, I'd have a separate ballast plus the fact that it would have to be cut off anyway, to get the HID bulb to twist into place. How ridiculous. Makes no sense to me and I am pretty technically savvy.

Thanks for help!

TitanZX · Feb 8, 2013

97lowazznissan said:
Looks just like my HID extra kit..

HID Kits by HIDeXtra - Premier Performance Lighting

Did your box have any brand on it at all? Im puzzled as to why a company wouldn't stamp their brand on the box. I mean, who is running their marketing department? lol

spoonman said:
For the grommet, I am pretty sure you can just cut it off. It shouldnt seal anything as the HID bulb still twists (at least it is supposed to) into the stock location.

I suppose that would work too. It's not like my factory harness came with one in the first place.

Sorry, it's been a long day. Drove to Dallas early Wednesday morning with only a couple hours of sleep, went to stay the night with a friend, but he and his ole lady got into a HUGE fight, so I said F that and I left and drove back another 5 hours at 5:00 in the morning with no sleep. Guess my brain is on autopilot mode, even though this issue is clearly their screw up and not mine. I'm curious to what people's reaction is to when they run into the same problem as me.

spoonman · Feb 8, 2013

TitanZX said:
Did your box have any brand on it at all? Im puzzled as to why a company wouldn't stamp their brand on the box. I mean, who is running their marketing department? .

Probably because they bought them wholesale from china. Thats what i see local shops do and just brand them themselves.

TitanZX · Feb 8, 2013

spoonman said:
Probably because they bought them wholesale from china. Thats what i see local shops do and just brand them themselves.

Sounds about right. I'm going to make sure I do my research next time for when I get an HID Kit for my high beams and buy a nice pair of fog lights and convert them over to HID also. My Armada didn't come with fog lights, which is odd, because it's fully loaded.

I'm going to run this 35 watt kit for my low beams then I'm going to buy me either a 50 watt or a 55 watt HID kit for my high beams and stick with a 35 watt kit for my fog/driving lights. I bought the 8000k bulb so that's what I am going to run for my highs and fogs. I'm going to have my low's, high's and fogs on at the same time when I have my high beams on. I haven't researched yet on how to accomplish that, but I know it can be done.

I think I am going to buy OEM fogs so I can change out my lever for fog light operation. I'd rather just buy the lever separately from the fog lights so I have more lights to choose from, but so far, I have only seen the kit to convert over from having no fogs from the factory to having it set up like OEM, so if I can find just the kit itself, I'm going to do that and pick out which fog/driving lights that I want.

Any input on a great company for 50/55 watt HID and fogs/driving lights is much appreciated if you all have an opinion.

spoonman · Feb 8, 2013

TitanZX said:
Sounds about right. I'm going to make sure I do my research next time for when I get an HID Kit for my high beams and buy a nice pair of fog lights and convert them over to HID also. My Armada didn't come with fog lights, which is odd, because it's fully loaded.

I'm going to run this 35 watt kit for my low beams then I'm going to buy me either a 50 watt or a 55 watt HID kit for my high beams and stick with a 35 watt kit for my fog/driving lights. I bought the 8000k bulb so that's what I am going to run for my highs and fogs. I'm going to have my low's, high's and fogs on at the same time when I have my high beams on. I haven't researched yet on how to accomplish that, but I know it can be done.

I think I am going to buy OEM fogs so I can change out my lever for fog light operation. I'd rather just buy the lever separately from the fog lights so I have more lights to choose from, but so far, I have only seen the kit to convert over from having no fogs from the factory to having it set up like OEM, so if I can find just the kit itself, I'm going to do that and pick out which fog/driving lights that I want.

Any input on a great company for 50/55 watt HID and fogs/driving lights is much appreciated if you all have an opinion.

Here is a write up I stumbled upon for having H/L/Fogs on at the same time.

http://www.titantalk.com/forums/titan-faq-howto-area/85609-fog-light-mod-revisited.html

I would suggest going with OEM fog lights because if I remember correctly, the aftermarkets have a tendency to melt the lense. I would also stick with 35w for the fogs for the same reason, the fogs dont have much room to release heat from the HID kit.

I dont know if you are aware, but why go with 8k? Anything over 6k is really a waste unless color is THAT important to you. The higher kelvin, the less usable light. And if you plan to run High/low/fogs, I suggest you get a kit that comes with or buy a relay harness. That would draw power for the ballasts from the battery instead of from the stock wiring harness.

I have had good results from the morimoto kit sold by theretrofitsource. It is a bit pricier, but I thought it was worth it.

There is also a vendor on these forums (JB from legitaccessories) that sells HID kits as well if price is a constraint.

TitanZX · Feb 8, 2013

spoonman said:
Here is a write up I stumbled upon for having H/L/Fogs on at the same time.

http://www.titantalk.com/forums/titan-faq-howto-area/85609-fog-light-mod-revisited.html

I would suggest going with OEM fog lights because if I remember correctly, the aftermarkets have a tendency to melt the lense. I would also stick with 35w for the fogs for the same reason, the fogs dont have much room to release heat from the HID kit.

I dont know if you are aware, but why go with 8k? Anything over 6k is really a waste unless color is THAT important to you. The higher kelvin, the less usable light. And if you plan to run High/low/fogs, I suggest you get a kit that comes with or buy a relay harness. That would draw power for the ballasts from the battery instead of from the stock wiring harness.

I have had good results from the morimoto kit sold by theretrofitsource. It is a bit pricier, but I thought it was worth it.

There is also a vendor on these forums (JB from legitaccessories) that sells HID kits as well if price is a constraint.

Yeah, I was planning on doing 35w for the fogs as I mentioned earlier for the same reason you just stated.

And as far as going with the 8000k, I did it because I wanted just a hint of blue. The next step down with this brand is 6500k and it's pure white. I know it took a little bit out of brightness going with the 8000k, but the difference is only 1500k, so not much of a difference as far as brightness goes.

I appreciate the link. I'm going to finish it up tomorrow. I'm tired as hell with only 4 hours of sleep in the past 48 hours. I got tired trying to figure out why they did what they did and then fiddling with other stuff on the truck like swapping out my battery for the XS D3400 and trying to get my front driver's side tire to reset back on the rim. I jumped the Armada a good 20 feet last week, on accident, and it moved the bead off the rim a bit, which I lost about 20psi, so I have to deflate it, strap it up with a ratchet tie down and air it back up. Hopefully that works. It's a 325/60 on an 18x9 rim so I'm hoping I dont have to take it to the local tire shop when I just ordered a pair of new Terra Grapplers. Going to use those till I can save up enough cash to get either a set of D ick Cepek Mud Country M/T's or Cooper STT M/T's and put my Terra Grapplers on my stock rims for when I don't need M/T's

97lowazznissan · Feb 8, 2013

TitanZX said:
Did your box have any brand on it at all? Im puzzled as to why a company wouldn't stamp their brand on the box. I mean, who is running their marketing department? lol

Mine was just a white box no writing or anything on it..

HELP!! Can anyone identify the brand of this HID Conversion Kit?

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