HID kit installed in my Yukon Denali

[copout221]

I bought a HID kit for my Denali from MisterJung.com. DON'T do business with this idiot. He will take your money and ignore you when you have problems with his kit. He told me that new bulbs were going to be shipped to me and they never arrived after three weeks. This guy will NOT respond to my E-Mails and does not care about his customers after he gets their money.
I highly recommend installing a HID kit in a Yukon Denali. The output of a HID kit is amazing and the light looks incredible compared to stock halogen bulbs. A HID kit is very easy to install and remove if necessay, it only took me approx fifteen minutes to install in my Denali. Remember, the Denali comes stock with projector style headlamp housings which are the true and correct way to direct the HID lighting rather than using reflector style housings like the Escalade has. I bought a new 4100k (not that blue in color) from another distributor www.xenonfactory.com after several people I know recommended their products and said they stand behind their stuff 100%. DON'T even think about wasting your money with MISTERJUNG, he is a crook !!!

[denalio34ceo]

Nice! I'm looking to do the same in my 'nali and I came across suvlights.com. Did you do the high beams and fogs? I'm looking to do all of them.

[copout221]

I only did the low beams but the fogs are next on my list if I can find a kit that has 880 bulbs. The high beams are not something I will be doing because the HID kits take up to 15 seconds to warm up and produce decent light and IMO the high beams need to be instant. SUVlights have good quality products that you should have not problems with. They are just a bit more money than some other vendors.

[denalio34ceo]

SUVlights will convert the 880's. You have to send them the housing and they'll convert it to a D1.

[zutoo]

Originally Posted by denalio34ceo

Nice! I'm looking to do the same in my 'nali and I came across suvlights.com. Did you do the high beams and fogs? I'm looking to do all of them.

Did you get your HIDs yet? I just did HIDs in my low beams and fogs, it is crazy bright! I'm considering doing my high beams, but I was concerned about the warm up delay. Let me know how yours turn out if you do it. Thanks.

[copout221]

I just installed the 4100k kit fron xenonfactory.com and love it. The 9005 base they are supplying is the wrong size and had to be modified a bit to fit but otherwise I really love the kit. WARNING -- DO NOT buy a kit that does not have starter relays for the ballasts that have direct 12v connection to the battery. Cheap kits are directing people to use the factory headlamp harnesses as power for the ballasts. As the ballasts get a bit older they WILL draw more current and WILL melt the factory wiring due to excessive heat or simply blow fuses when powering up. The MisterJung kit is garbage and DO NOT buy one of these kits unless you want to possibly start your vehicle on fire.

[denalio34ceo]

I was considering xenonfactory or xenondepot. Does XF know they're supplying the wrong size 9005? I'm not going to modify the highs because I want the high beam passing feature which the HID's can't provide plus the lows in HID will be sufficient. The highs will be the standard philips or maybe the Silverstars or the PIAA's. I'd like to modify the 880's too.

[denalio34ceo]

Zutoo, how did you modify your fogs? Do you have a 'nali?

[zutoo]

Originally Posted by denalio34ceo

Zutoo, how did you modify your fogs? Do you have a 'nali?

I have an '03 Denali... I had the HIDs done at an install shop. I'm not sure exactly what they did, but they did take out the fog housings and had them for about a day before they installed everything on the truck. The said they had to 'set' the HIDs in and let it sit to avoid future problems.

[copout221]

Originally Posted by denalio34ceo

I was considering xenonfactory or xenondepot. Does XF know they're supplying the wrong size 9005? I'm not going to modify the highs because I want the high beam passing feature which the HID's can't provide plus the lows in HID will be sufficient. The highs will be the standard philips or maybe the Silverstars or the PIAA's. I'd like to modify the 880's too.

I e-mailed Alex Hsu from XenonFactory.com and he told me that the problem is being corrected and that the first batch of 9005 bulbs from his supplier were not measured correctly. I DO NOT recommend to anyone to modify the bases like I did because there is too much to lose and it should not be necessary in the first place. Alex told me that a new batch of the 9005 bulbs should be in this week or early next and the problem will be corrected. In addition, he told me that he will still honor the three year warranty on the kit even though I had to modify the bases a bit. That IMO is pretty nice. I would not recommend installing HID's as high beams because of the warm up delay that can be a problem when you need the light ASAP. That is like installing an alternating headlight kit on HID lamps, it is just and will not work correctly. I was thinking about doing the 880's but decided that there is more than enough light with the lows installed and I really don't want to have four ballasts installed on my truck. Also, the Denali headlamp housings are projector style which drastically cut down on glare for other motorists. The fogs are reflector style which were designed for halogen bulbs, not HID's. They WILL be extremely bright for other motorists and could cause problems with law enforcment if they believe the lights are a hazard. HID lighting may be outlawed very soon because of the issue of blinding other motorists that have led to numerous accidents in the U.S. The NTSB is currently doing research on this subject that could lead to making HID lighting illegal on motor vehicles.

[denalio34ceo]

Thanks for your input. I see you've done your homework. I'll go with HID's in the low beam and upgrade the highs and 880's to Silverstars.

[denalio34ceo]

Removing the housing is pretty simple right? You just turn and pull the two pins and the housing comes right off.

[copout221]

Yep, there is a vertical rod that is attached for aiming the headlamps that you have to be careful of. Otherwise it takes a matter of minutes to pull the housings and replace bulbs.

[denalio34ceo]

So I turn and pull the black pin on top and turn and pull the black pin on the side???

[copout221]

Yes, they pull all the way out. Don't lose them !!! I don't think the hardware store sells them.