Got my VVME HID kit delivered today.

Well I thought I would go ahead and test them out. So I plugged them in as the instructions stated. Not real difficult just matched up the connectors and went to turn them on and got nothing.
Tried both bulb sets with both ballasts and both headlight side. Nothing, not even a flicker.
I have read nothing but good things other than lengthy shipping at times from vvme. Any suggestions???

http://www.vvme.com/

check to see if they have the wires backwards, a friend of mine ordered some and his wiring was backwards, all he did was swap the wiring around and it worked like a charm. and by wiring i mean his high and lo beam wires were in the wrong place on the conectors

am I reading the price of their kits properly?
$42??? That could be your issue right there.

I ordered eBay HIDs and had the same problem, thought i was scammed till they told me to switch the positive and negative in the plastic housing. Worked ever since..

am I reading the price of their kits properly?
$42??? That could be your issue right there.

quality of the product is top notch really. I was quite surprised. I have read nothing but good things about them. The idea behind it is kind of the same as Swiss watches. You can spend thousands for a watch with Swiss watch or you can spend hundreds for a Swiss movement watch made in Japan that functions exactly the same.

In this case it uses German designed Hella technology but it is made in Japan.
Very solid pieces so far.
Problem seems to be on my end and I paid no attention to the polarit markings on the ballasts. sounds like I do have the polarities switched. I emailed them earlier in the day and they told me to switch the polarities. So we'll see tomorrow when I get up.

Problem Solved!

Nothing more than a polarity issue on my end. Guess that's what you get doing something 20 minutes before you have to be at work.
You miss the + and - embossed on the ballast.

glad it was just a simple wire miss up/ and yeah never rush to get stuff done cause you either forget something or end up doing it wrong

glad it was just a simple wire miss up/ and yeah never rush to get stuff done cause you either forget something or end up doing it wrong

yeah just one of those things though. the nice new box you have been anxiously awaiting arrives and you want to get too it.

Ohh well they go in for good tomorrow.

So how is the light quality? I have a 06 that uses the H13 bulb (9008) and although it would cost me more than it did for you i still feel like $76.00 bucks is a great price for hid lights.

I haven't tested them out. All I did was hook them up real quick to make sure they worked. I put one in the housing compared it to the halogen and it looked great. But it was also 10 in the morning so full daylight.

I got the 6000K kit so it should look pretty good.
The full install goes on tomorrow so I will be able to give a better update then. Though I work at night so I won't have a driving update for a couple days.

I have read nothing but good things on all sorts of car forums. Here is a you tube video to a VVME kit and it looks great.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVyVRvzFst4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41urF8b6ZuA

I have the mydepot kit in my jag and I must say I was shocked with the quality of the kit. I paid like $78 bucks shipped and it has lasted over a year now and I haven't had any problems. I spent more on silverstars that blew up every couple of days. Though many people got their kits in 5-6 days I didn't get mine for about a month and they missed my road trip which was why I bought them. There was a problem with the ems shipping company not mydepot personally so it sucked cuz he wouldn't do anything to help and a paypal claim was what it took for him to look into why I wasn't getting the product. In the end he took it to the shipper when he said he did but they didn't bother shipping when he brought it up there.

Well they are all mounted up finally. I turned them on the other night and they looked great. Output was excellent, great cut offs and they were the same color.

I will take them out tonight and see how they look driving.

This thread is worthless without pictures! ; )

This thread is worthless without pictures! ; )

i'll get some tonight. maybe a little video.

Sorry the video is pretty crappy. Just a point and shoot Nikon nothing fancy.
But I added some 6000K HID Xenon Lights. It's almost like turning on the sun. 6000K of pure white light. (click on the pic to play)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v432/Black92LX/th_DSCN0091.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v432/Black92LX/?action=view&current=DSCN0091.flv)

I have had the same issue with 2 different sets of HID's I ordered. One set on my Jeep Grand Cherokee and now on my X.

What was that shipping problems?

Video looks good wonder what the fogs would look like??? It seems as though the fogs on my mounty put down light on the road better than the headlights?

Shipping time was 5 days from China. So that's not bad in my opinion.

The problem I had was with DHL and not VVME.

DHL in an effort to save gas decided that since I was not home would deliver the package to my neighbors. People that just moved in 2 weeks ago and I have never talked to. I have a problem with them giving my packages to random people.

HIDs are a bad idea for fog lights. Hence there are not factory vehicles with HID fogs.
HIDs cause a lot of refraction in serious weather conditions snow and fog being the worst. Ever put your brights on in a snow storm of thick fog? Well multiply that be about 10 with HIDs.

A standard halogen fog light will cut the inclimate weather nicely. Yellow halogens will do even better. So I will be replacing the fogs with yellow Halogens.
Had them in my Audi and visibility was excellent in all weather.

Shipping time was 5 days from China. So that's not bad in my opinion.

The problem I had was with DHL and not VVME.

DHL in an effort to save gas decided that since I was not home would deliver the package to my neighbors. People that just moved in 2 weeks ago and I have never talked to. I have a problem with them giving my packages to random people.

HIDs are a bad idea for fog lights. Hence there are not factory vehicles with HID fogs.
HIDs cause a lot of refraction in serious weather conditions snow and fog being the worst. Ever put your brights on in a snow storm of thick fog? Well multiply that be about 10 with HIDs.

A standard halogen fog light will cut the inclimate weather nicely. Yellow halogens will do even better. So I will be replacing the fogs with yellow Halogens.
Had them in my Audi and visibility was excellent in all weather.

I can't remember if it was FEDEX or UPS but one of them wouldn't deliever my package unless someone was home or I had to sign a sheet stating exactly where to put the package. That was only once, now they just drop it on my porch. I like them just dropping it because I get it much faster but last time I had 4 speakers and an amp in a good size box. It could have easily been stolen.

About the Fog's. When angled right, the light shouldn't bounce back in your face. It should be angled low on the ground so that if the light does get thrown back, it goes under the car or onto the bumper.

hey are you installing these HID's on an explorer? if you are are you putting in high and low beam HID's? if i'm not mistaken there are 2 seperate bulbs for high and low beams, does that mean i need to get 2 HID kits? and what kind do i need to get? is it 9006 for low and 9005 for high?? any help would be much appreciated, thanks.

For the '02, yes, you will need 2 HID kits, the 9005 and 9006 if you want to do a full HID conversion. Since they are separate bulbs, however, you can leave your high beams as halogen and just convert your lows to HID if you wanted to.

At 42 bucks a pop, though, there's no reason not to convert both, considering you'll spend more then that on a pair of Silverstar bulbs.

Wonder why they did that with the explorers when the mountaineer doesn't have 2 bulbs? I'd do the main beam and fog lights vs. hi beams and low beams. I never use my high beams.

cuz ford is retarded i guess. haha jk. so what HID kit do you recommend i get?

Use this link (http://www.sylvania.com/ConsumerProducts/AutomotiveLighting/LampReplacementGuide/)for all bulb replacements in your truck.

9006 lowbeam 9005 high beam. I personally wouldn't replace the high beams as you probably don't use them. If you do use them get them, but I'd do the fogs and main beams. The mydepot kit on ebay is decent especially for the money involved (very little.) I've had the h1 kit in my jag and the quality is good.

to anyone thats used this 42 dollar kit, how good is it? i want the 10000k kit, is it really that blue? where can i find this kit?

i looked up mydepot on ebay and he has no items for sale, maybe i didnt use the right search criteria?

to anyone thats used this 42 dollar kit, how good is it? i want the 10000k kit, is it really that blue? where can i find this kit?

i looked up mydepot on ebay and he has no items for sale, maybe i didnt use the right search criteria?

www.vvme.com is where I got my kit from. It cost $72 shipped.

The build quality is far superior to what I was expecting. The ballasts are solid and waterproof also the wiring and connectors are all top notch as well.

10000K is going to be very blue and you are going to loose light output.
6000K is pure white from the drivers seat but has a blue hue if you are looking at the car itself.

I only converted my low beams because I rarely use my high beams. Even so if you pay attention in the video I posted I turn on my high beams and the halogens over take the HIDs for the high sections. I really see no need to convert the highs.

how much light output do you lose with the 10000k? would you recommend 10000k or 8000k?

how much light output do you lose with the 10000k? would you recommend 10000k or 8000k?

there is a good chart out there comparing the light output of the Kelvin scale but I am too tired to find it.

I like the 6000K because it's pure white. I don't like the color you get if you go any higher

Personally I wanted to stay white and have a hint of blue supplied by the projector but the 6k actually ended up having a bit more blue tint than I wanted but it looks great. Personally I'd get a 5k kit if the place you are looking has one.

These are both 6k kits...
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii140/aquill1/Explorer%20Forum/IMG_0905.jpg
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii140/aquill1/Explorer%20Forum/IMG_0908.jpg
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http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii140/aquill1/Explorer%20Forum/IMG_0910.jpg

My buddy's bonneville with projector fogs and 6k kit. Can't find pics of his hid headlights.
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii140/aquill1/Explorer%20Forum/frontshotwhiteandblue.jpg
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii140/aquill1/Explorer%20Forum/lowersideshot.jpg
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii140/aquill1/Explorer%20Forum/frontsidecloseupofonebulb.jpg

BTW I had a guy that bought an amp off of me with the newer civic and a 10k kit and it looked sweet because it was really blue but you could tell it was only for looks. I asked him how they were for visibility and he basically said he was better off with almost no headlight with that kelvin. Oh yeah and he wasn't very happy with the color because of that fact. If you want the blue look 8k would be the one to maintain some visibility but 6k is a better blend of both if you still want blue. Personally I just want something that looks good but mainly has excellent output.

hmm...well i want a lot of blue but more visibility than stock...so would you recommend the 8000k kit?

If you want more visibility than stock go 6k and you won't be upset with the decision. 8k you may be upset but you never know. Personally though I'd go 6k I'll have to take some pics of my 6k's at night. My 6k look much more blue than the pics make them look. When I first bought my 6k I was upset because I thought they were too blue but once out on the road I was glad because they were more blue than the cadillac/bmw/mercedes hids that come stock. But once I splurge on hids for the mounty it will more than likely be a 4300k, but I also don't care about the blue just want better visibility and everyone to know they are hids! LOL

For now though I'm trying to lock in on a k&n cai with that guy that has his for sale on here...

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii140/aquill1/Explorer%20Forum/IMG_5382.jpg
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii140/aquill1/Explorer%20Forum/IMG_5383.jpg
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http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii140/aquill1/Explorer%20Forum/IMG_5399.jpg

loving my kit. bought 3 vvme kits so far. no problems with it. been running solid. sometimes the 6000k kind looks purple or blue. guess it depends on the housing.

i bought 2 VVME 10000k kits for my ex's low beams and fogs, they look absolutely amazing, i'm glad i didnt go with anything lower!

i bought 2 VVME 10000k kits for my ex's low beams and fogs, they look absolutely amazing, i'm glad i didnt go with anything lower!

You should see what 6k or 8k would look like...amazing with light output(more so with the 6k!)

ReinIse: all you need are HIDs for the low beams, its a waste of money to get them in both lows and highs. HIDs will be plenty bright in just the lows

Hey all,

I have a 2003 explorer Eddie B. I just bought a set of HID lights 9006 i hooked it up but nothing happens it won't turn on. Someone said to switch the polarity but how do i get those plastic ends off ? or do i need to get one of those direct wire relay kit? Please Help

I've heard where the hid manufacturer messes up and puts the + and - wires in the wrong spot. Do you have anything else you can test it with outside of using your connections to your car? Like an a/c to d/c power supply?