xrsman
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- Ram Year
- 2016
- Engine
- 3.0 Ecodiesel
Well I finally got around to installing my High and Low HID'S! I bought the 55W 6000K lights.
When I first opened the box I was surprised by all the wiring. Once I watched the install video it made it super easy to figure out! The only troubles I had were with mounts for the resistors. You have to mount to metal and since I had both high and low HID's it wasn't easy to find 2 places close to the lights that I could mount them without worrying about the resistors touching other wires. I did 2 different grounds per headlamp just so I didn't have them all on one.
The passenger side was deffinitly easier in every way though! Less stuff in the way, more places to mount resistors, and a better spot to tuck the ballasts away.
I fired them up and realized that the drivers side was on high beam when the passenger was on low been. I fixed that on the drivers side but then had to adjust the passengers side.
They look awesome! Have a blue tinge to them which I like. Tested them out last night in an awful rain storm. Last time I was in a storm that bad I could only see maybe 20 feet in front of the truck. Last night I could see much further. I'd guess 50-55 feet in front! Huge improvement! I was also testing them before the rain and was blown away with how bright they were compared to stock. I actually was going to put an LED light bar on the truck as well but after seeing how bright these are, I won't need to!
I had cheap 8000K HID'S in my 2011 Ram (H13 bulbs too) with the stock headlamps and these stock projectors with the Retroshop 6000k HID'S blow those out of the water! I still have to install the Fogs but ran out of time yesterday.
Jeremy is great to deal with and his shipping up to Canada was pretty quick!
When I first opened the box I was surprised by all the wiring. Once I watched the install video it made it super easy to figure out! The only troubles I had were with mounts for the resistors. You have to mount to metal and since I had both high and low HID's it wasn't easy to find 2 places close to the lights that I could mount them without worrying about the resistors touching other wires. I did 2 different grounds per headlamp just so I didn't have them all on one.
The passenger side was deffinitly easier in every way though! Less stuff in the way, more places to mount resistors, and a better spot to tuck the ballasts away.
I fired them up and realized that the drivers side was on high beam when the passenger was on low been. I fixed that on the drivers side but then had to adjust the passengers side.
They look awesome! Have a blue tinge to them which I like. Tested them out last night in an awful rain storm. Last time I was in a storm that bad I could only see maybe 20 feet in front of the truck. Last night I could see much further. I'd guess 50-55 feet in front! Huge improvement! I was also testing them before the rain and was blown away with how bright they were compared to stock. I actually was going to put an LED light bar on the truck as well but after seeing how bright these are, I won't need to!
I had cheap 8000K HID'S in my 2011 Ram (H13 bulbs too) with the stock headlamps and these stock projectors with the Retroshop 6000k HID'S blow those out of the water! I still have to install the Fogs but ran out of time yesterday.
Jeremy is great to deal with and his shipping up to Canada was pretty quick!
