Thread: My 2006 Grand Prix HID headlights review - video and pics

Originally Posted by 01GTP

Where did you get it and how much?

Amazon.com - 57.99 + shipping look for "9006 hid".

Originally Posted by 03GTPLE

how do you like your HID's after it's been several months? Would you still recommend them?

03GTPLE, The first kit I got was defective, so I had to send it back and get a refund (one of the power packs died). However the second kit I bought from a different distributor works perfectly. It's the same JLM kit as the first one except this one is 6000k instead of 4300k.

Couple quick notes. 6K HID is noticeably more blue than the 4300. It's not to the point of being unusable or "ghetto" looking, but still, does not look like OEM anymore (at least to me). When on the highway side by side with the 4300 you can definitely tell the difference.

The vendor I bought the kits from is HID Outlet on Amazon.com. The person I had to work with when I had some issues with another kit I bought for my other car was very helpful. You don't have to send anything back, they just send you the new parts. So even though you might have some issues in the beginning they will fix it and make it right. Warranty on the kit is one year. If you going with cheaper kits, I recommend getting 2 in case of "failures", so you dont have to switch back to halogen until the parts arrive.

My next kit is going to be from the same distributor, but I will try a different brand - "MaxLux" - it supposed to be a much better quality kit from what the HID Outlet told me. I will get either 4300 or 5000, but no higher than that to keep it as OEM looking as possible. Also, even though it doesn't apply to this car, the 9003 kits from MaxLux have proper light shield around them that only allows light to be reflected up in the headlight preventing the blinding effect of the cheaper kits that lack the proper light shielding. I had to make my own light shield out of foil to keep the light from getting into the "high beam" area of the headlight.

Another thing.. to get around the DRL issues, if you keep your parking lights on all the time, the DRLs will not come on. The parking lights have a 5 minute time out, so they will shut off automatically and will not run your battery down.

Hope this helps.

I installed the hid kit for my 2006 gp se. Was happy with it until the dtr lights went on. So I figured out i couldn't have the dtr lights on. After two weeks the one side started to shut off on me. it goes back on after i hit the switch off and on. Any idea why its doing that?????? I even put capacitors on and its still doing it. Just the one side is doing it. the other works great!!!

REALLY??

7 months??? Look at the fking post date bro and stop bumping old ****. PLEASE.

Originally Posted by jmdm1981

I installed the hid kit for my 2006 gp se. Was happy with it until the dtr lights went on. So I figured out i couldn't have the dtr lights on. After two weeks the one side started to shut off on me. it goes back on after i hit the switch off and on. Any idea why its doing that?????? I even put capacitors on and its still doing it. Just the one side is doing it. the other works great!!!

its because of the lack of current to the ballast as you turn on the key. install a relay and do a separate wiring for the kit and you will be good.

Originally Posted by daiadvisor

03GTPLE, The first kit I got was defective, so I had to send it back and get a refund (one of the power packs died). However the second kit I bought from a different distributor works perfectly. It's the same JLM kit as the first one except this one is 6000k instead of 4300k.

Couple quick notes. 6K HID is noticeably more blue than the 4300. It's not to the point of being unusable or "ghetto" looking, but still, does not look like OEM anymore (at least to me). When on the highway side by side with the 4300 you can definitely tell the difference.

The vendor I bought the kits from is HID Outlet on Amazon.com. The person I had to work with when I had some issues with another kit I bought for my other car was very helpful. You don't have to send anything back, they just send you the new parts. So even though you might have some issues in the beginning they will fix it and make it right. Warranty on the kit is one year. If you going with cheaper kits, I recommend getting 2 in case of "failures", so you dont have to switch back to halogen until the parts arrive.

My next kit is going to be from the same distributor, but I will try a different brand - "MaxLux" - it supposed to be a much better quality kit from what the HID Outlet told me. I will get either 4300 or 5000, but no higher than that to keep it as OEM looking as possible. Also, even though it doesn't apply to this car, the 9003 kits from MaxLux have proper light shield around them that only allows light to be reflected up in the headlight preventing the blinding effect of the cheaper kits that lack the proper light shielding. I had to make my own light shield out of foil to keep the light from getting into the "high beam" area of the headlight.

Another thing.. to get around the DRL issues, if you keep your parking lights on all the time, the DRLs will not come on. The parking lights have a 5 minute time out, so they will shut off automatically and will not run your battery down.

Hope this helps.

The OEM hid's manufactures use are 5000k's(the "super whites") so the closest after market kit u can get is 6000k's it has a very slight bluish tint to it but not noticeable. buy xentec brand HID kits. i have been using em for like 3years now on my eclipse. one ballast started failing around 20months but it had 3year warranty and was covered for a full replacement. last summer i installed a set of 6k's on my GP and works like a champ.

Update! Still working fine. Once you get the kit that works, it works for a long time!