hid install on 06+ grand prix

[Fcukit33]

im looking for a stand alone hid kit for my 07 gp gt....something with decent quality but most importantly i want it to work the right way any info would be great

[FriboRage]

Diode Dynamics does a kit, look down in the Vendor section of the forum.

[tod1d]

also DDMtuning.com

[Eddie298]

I recently bought a 2006 grand prix base and the light is pretty bad. i honestly know nothing of cars but i am a fast learner so i was hoping on getting some brighter lights that aren't so yellowy or i guess you guys call them hid and install them myself. I was actually looking at those spyder headlights but after searching through this forum noticed that they are crap, i'll probably just buy some stock headlights at some point anyways. I looked through the doide hid kits and saw that they were only for the low beam? is the high beam not important? i looked through the ddm website as well and saw that their stuff was pretty cheap. anyways which ones should i get? it'd be awesome if someone who has tried both of them reply! or if you've even had one of them, please and thanks guys!

oh and i heard people talk about their headlights melting because of the heat? which light would you guys recommend for the stock headlight casing?

[acidrayne280]

I recently bought a 2006 grand prix base and the light is pretty bad. i honestly know nothing of cars but i am a fast learner so i was hoping on getting some brighter lights that aren't so yellowy or i guess you guys call them hid and install them myself. I was actually looking at those spyder headlights but after searching through this forum noticed that they are crap, i'll probably just buy some stock headlights at some point anyways. I looked through the doide hid kits and saw that they were only for the low beam? is the high beam not important? i looked through the ddm website as well and saw that their stuff was pretty cheap. anyways which ones should i get? it'd be awesome if someone who has tried both of them reply! or if you've even had one of them, please and thanks guys!

oh and i heard people talk about their headlights melting because of the heat? which light would you guys recommend for the stock headlight casing?

I got mine from VVME and love them! I wouldn't get the kit for highs unless you leave them on a lot. Turning the bulbs on and off like you do with flash to pass will kill bulbs or ballasts. You can get a 35w kit or a 55w kit. 35w is bright enough and personally, I think the 55w kit is overkill. Before you install them, you will want to disable your daytime running lights. The DRLs on our cars use some sort of crazy pulsed voltage that makes the headlights dimmer. This will kill your HID kit too. There are a few ways to do this. A few people have said to cover the daylight sensor on the dash with tape, but I wanted something that looks better, so i used some of the touch up paint and painted it black. This will trick the car into thinking that it's night all the time, so when your headlights come on, they do so at full power. Here's a pic of what the 35w 8000k kit that I used looks like:

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I would go with a kit from VVME.

[Eddie298]

I got mine from VVME and love them! I wouldn't get the kit for highs unless you leave them on a lot. Turning the bulbs on and off like you do with flash to pass will kill bulbs or ballasts. You can get a 35w kit or a 55w kit. 35w is bright enough and personally, I think the 55w kit is overkill. Before you install them, you will want to disable your daytime running lights. The DRLs on our cars use some sort of crazy pulsed voltage that makes the headlights dimmer. This will kill your HID kit too. There are a few ways to do this. A few people have said to cover the daylight sensor on the dash with tape, but I wanted something that looks better, so i used some of the touch up paint and painted it black. This will trick the car into thinking that it's night all the time, so when your headlights come on, they do so at full power. Here's a pic of what the 35w 8000k kit that I used looks like:

thanks for the information but i have two questions.

is it illegal to have hid without a projector? i've read that it is and people get very angry becuase they get blinded. Do you have projectors and if you do could you let me know where you got yours? i read about making a retro kit but thats honestly too complicated for me and i think i'd rather buy some good headlights with projectors.

Second is if i disable the DRL's by making the car think its always night, this means i won't be able to have my lights on auto since the car will always think its night and have them on all the time?

Again, THANKS for this information. really am looking forward to upgrading these yellow old lights.

Edit:Oh and what year is your car?
Edit:Edit: Gah, theres so many different options! which bulbtype, voltage, and ballast size do you recommend?

[acidrayne280]

I'm not sure if its illegal or not, but it's so commonplace that I feel like it doesn't even matter. I don't have any projectors in there. You can get the parts to do it and theres a great write-up here http://www.grandprixforums.net/how-r...hts-59210.html

If you disable your DRLs the car will automatically turn the lights on all the time, but you can still turn them off either by turning the switch to parking lamps or just turning them off like normal. What I like to do is run with just the parking lamps and fogs on during the day.

My car is an 07, but its the GXP model, that's why the front fascia looks different.

I am by no means an expert on the topic, but you will need the 9006 kit for the low beams. If you are worried about legality issues, don't go with the 55w. 35w is plenty bright enough. I got the digital slim ballasts so that they wouldn't take up as much space in the engine compartment, mine is already cramped enough.

[tod1d]

To avoid the problems with the DRL I just put my HID in the high beam. There is no way to turn off the lows during the day, its hard programmed into the BCM computer. So now if I need more light I use my highs, if there is a oncoming vehicle they get turned off until its pass me.
I put in 4500K 55w HID and did the fog+high mod so my 50w fog bulbs also come on.

[acidrayne280]

what year is yours? that's wierd, cause I have always been able to turn off my lows in my wife's 06 base model and also in my 07 GXP.

[tod1d]

the car in my sig, I believe its a Canadian setting to meet the mandatory DRL requirement.

[acidrayne280]

oh, that's lame. i checked the cardomain out though and it looks sick. I have always been a fan of the black/red theme.

[Eddie298]

I'm not sure if its illegal or not, but it's so commonplace that I feel like it doesn't even matter. I don't have any projectors in there. You can get the parts to do it and theres a great write-up here http://www.grandprixforums.net/how-r...hts-59210.html

If you disable your DRLs the car will automatically turn the lights on all the time, but you can still turn them off either by turning the switch to parking lamps or just turning them off like normal. What I like to do is run with just the parking lamps and fogs on during the day.

My car is an 07, but its the GXP model, that's why the front fascia looks different.

I am by no means an expert on the topic, but you will need the 9006 kit for the low beams. If you are worried about legality issues, don't go with the 55w. 35w is plenty bright enough. I got the digital slim ballasts so that they wouldn't take up as much space in the engine compartment, mine is already cramped enough.

Parking lights and fog seem like a great idea during the day but the base i bought didn't come with fogs, only the parking lights. ah jeez, I'll make up my mind eventually. Thanks for the information.

and is this the kit you bought? http://www.vvme.com/hid-headlights/s...conversion-kit

[acidrayne280]

Yeah, it is. Make sure to get the relay harness with it.