Are these legal to use in all states?

 

The DOT & NHSTA have not made them specifically illegal but at least one state (NY) is failing them at annual inspection. There was a comment period from the feds on a proposed rule change, but I have not seen anything looking like a final rule decision.

 

Did you get the lights to work?

 

marauder, can you reply to what you came up with on your install? I just ordered my HID lights from DDM

H13 Hi/Low with harness 55w 4500k
H10 35w 4500k

I plan to use the harness with the 55w just because of the extra power draw. But on the h10 for the fogs i'm just going to do the plug and play. Any suggestions for a ballast location on the fogs? I'm confused on the wires for the hi/low as well, but I think once I recieve the kit all will be ok.

 

Here is a summary of what I did. Since you recently ordered your kits, you won't need to deal with the different connector issue on the H13 (first page of this thread).

After talking with Epic a few times, I came to the conclusion that I would need to modify the installation for the H13s. They just didn't give me the right amount of length to get the ballasts in the places where Epic did (behind the headlamps). There are two spots on the cross member above the headlamps where you can mount each ballast. Both are under the hood. I will try to post a picture tomorrow.

I originally went with the 55W ballast on the headlamps and realized that no matter how I adjusted them, I was always getting flashed. I bought a couple of extra pairs of the bulbs and found that there is a fair amount of variation of spectral spread. Keep in mind that these lights were designed to be used in projectors that focused the light. They weren't flashing at me because my lights were too high, they were too wide! I picked the pair with the least amount of spread. I also opted to go with the 35W because they were throwing too much light.

The fogs were challenging. The factory wiring is sufficient to run the 35W ballasts, but I wanted to keep a fused relay in the circuit so I modified the cable they sent (again too short). The hardest part was the ballast mounting. I found an area behind the front edge of the felt wheel liners. There is no sign of moisture getting up there. If you look behind and below your headlamp's height adjustment screw, you will see the area.

I will try to post some pictures when I can.