I prefer to deal with Amazon than eBay just my personal preference for those rare instances when I run into problems and/or need to return an item. I bought through Amazon for $86.49 total cost (including shipping and tax). Apparently you can haggle with the guy and buy Kensun on e-Bay for $65 plus shipping. The Kensuns are supposed to arrive on Tuesday. I am replacing my DDM HIDs with Kensun 35W 4300K ( I decided I wanted a matched white look ) I will still use the relay harness and capacitive discharge I installed. When the DRLs are on by themselves they look white. You can do a google search or search Ebay for H11 HID conversion kits. The install is fairly straight forward, but its a bit difficult to get access to the area you have to work in. The 6000k also makes my ultra-white Sylvania fog lights look white with a yellow tinge. They come in kits, from 300 to 400 usually. The 6000k makes the DRLs look white with a yellow tinge. Keep in mind, not all aftermarket lamps are equal, such is demonstrated in the difference in price. Keep in mind that this is a brand name bulb, not some cheap aftermarket replacement. ![]() I also installed a capacitive discharge system. The part number for the lamp from lexus is 90981-20001 318.21 List EACH. I installed a relay wiring harness which provides a relay that provides direct connection to the 12 volt battery. That should count for something, I'd say.I have DDM HID 55W 6000K and they are bright white with a hint of blue. Oh, I am an European living in the US, and out of my eleven new cars purchased here to date, 9 were American (1x Ford, 4x GM, 4x Jeep). Fwiw, the converted HID are actually nicer (light beam pattern) than the genuine (Porsche) HID, from a driver's perspective - and are not at all blinding to oncoming traffic. If GM offers an upgrade HID solution, I'd happily switch to that. It in fact was the Luxury price point, and trim, that made me make my decision. Now I am keeping that as my weekend car (only 40k miles). I haven't owned a car without HID during the past decade.īTW, at the Premium price I would not have gone for the ATS, but would rather have upgraded my Porsche instead. Most cars, that are $10k less than the Luxury, already have them. Maybe both were overstated, but I still can't imagine that HIDs are not standard nor are offered as an option. The sales guy had me believe that the car had HID (projectors) and that the Premium was another $10k - I bought the car off the lot. So much for believing and buying into an American luxury product for 2013 (my 3rd Cadillac). I seriously hope that this will be addressed in the 2014 model lineup. Halogen bulbs typically give off more heat while using halogen gas which filters through a tungsten filament creating a chemical reaction that produces yellow or white light at 3200 K. ![]() European cars with projector headlights (Audi) do it this way nowadays. Converting to HID, option or afterwards, would then be trivial. As we pointed out in another thread, GM can factory install an HID projector (instead of a Halogen projector), and populate it with a Halogen bulb, if Halogen is required (fleet?) or preferred. I find it unbelievable that the HID option cannot be ordered on these pricey (Standard & Luxury) cars. This could make it cost prohibitive, and I wonder if dealers (or GM) would support this. ![]() I guess that upgrading to OEM HID & LED lighting requires installing additional wire harnasses, and possibly controls. Also, the DRL is solved very different between the two cars, meaning there is no wiring provided for the LED at all. It is unclear if you just lose the adaptive forward lighting control, or whether you simply do not have the proper grounding for the HID ballasts. However the wire harnass in the Standard & Luxury does not have all the same signals connected that the Performance and Premium have. Tot the best of my knowledge, the connectors in all cars are identical, as are the light housings, so fitting is not an issue. The upper portion LED/HID is more tricky - see the rest of my answer. This should be doable - the lower LED lights are plug and play compatible, and you would need a relay harnass (ebay-$30) that wires to and controls the LED signals. To your first part of your question: Just adding the lower LED lights.
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