HID or no HID .....

[KATMAN34748]

well I installed my HID kit ( THANKS TO WHOEVER POINTED ME TO DDMTUNING.COM ) and have a issue to deal with ... and I hope that those of you looking todo this mod DON'T do as I did ...... long story short the HID kit works and looks great but what they don't tell you is that they ship the bulbs in a plastic housing .... REMOVE THIS BEFORE INSTALL .... mine is melted inside of my headlight and now I'm trying for the life of me to figure out a way to get them back out without breaking my headlight ..... * KEEPS EYES OPEN FOR REPLACEMENT * I will post should it go that far but I hope that it all works out in the end cause they really look great !

[djct_watt]

How did you even fit the bulb in with the cover? Usually the cover fits over the base, thus preventing that from happening!

[KATMAN34748]

well I guess you could say my KATS headlamp is like a ***** on nickle night lol cause the cover went right in didn't even stop me and I thought it was part of it cause you have to screw them off

[steves]

Um.... they ALL come with a plastic housing on. I'm fairly sure that the instructions that came with the kit I used to have in my truck also indicate removing them.

[DreKat]

The only idea I have for getting the bulbs back out is park the bike in the hottest corner of the house where the sun shines the strongest and let it sit there for a while in hopes that the sun is strong enought to soffen the plastic for you to remove them.

[KATMAN34748]

would have been great to have had instructions !

[KatKrak]

Not that I take pleasure in the misfortune of others, but your post made me chuckle

Try a heatgun maybe.
G'luck

[KATMAN34748]

it made me chuckle as well when I realized how stupid of a mistake it was

[Slomies]

I just installed an 55w 5000k hid kit from ddmtuning with no problems. it looks great and is functional. that sucks that you melted the plastic right in the housing...

[KATMAN34748]

did you know that the " plastic dome" was tobe removed cause my kit didn't get sent with instructions nor was there anything marking the " dome" tobe removed .. I'm trying to work with DDMtuneing but not really getting anyware ....... I guess lesson learned ......

[mather_builders]

Instructions??? We don't need no stinking instructions.

[chris216]

Wow... I must say I have never heard of this problem before.

[HemiKat]

I got an email from Ddmtuning saying there was a problem with my order and to call them ASAP. Ive been on hold for 15 ****ing minutes!!!!! Damn California people, they are either probably at Starbucks or surfing!!!!!

[KATMAN34748]

Lol yeah I had the same issue turns out they wouldn't ship to my work they would only ship to my house

[KATMAN34748]

ok so maybe I'm retarded or something but since I made one costly mistake I really don't want to make another... as most of you have read I'm trying to upgrade my lights to HID but things arn't going well ..... I'm wondering if I will need to also do a projector mod so that I don't have my new housing melt .....is this true or can I just install the HID bulbs in my stock headlight ...? any of you that have done this mod please help .. I need and want brighter headlights ...