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I was looking into these Ace V12 wheels, 20" and the ebay page below said that they wouldn't fit?? They are 20 x 8.5 w/ a 45mm offset. Does anyone know why this says they won't fit? http://www.ebay.com/itm/20-ACE-V12-5x114-3-20x8-5-45-Black-Machined-FACE-/370752474278?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item565291cca6&vxp=mtr#vi-ilComp

I was sure this time that they were in properly, I shaved down the tabs and the bulb seemingly went in with no problems. Either way I've already ordered the DDM 55w 5k kit and it just shipped today. I'm going to put that kit in with the morimoto harness and see if this fixes my problems. I'll post once that's installed and hopefully without any of these issues......... Thanks again all for your help! -Russ

Bump, just wanted to see if anyone had any input on what is causing this:

So I finally got around to adjusting the lights and when I pulled up against a building I noticed that my beam pattern from the drivers side light looks a little off. There seems to be a section where both lights are aimed and then about 3 feet to the left of the drivers side concentration point is another hot spot. You can see what I'm talking about in the attached picture. I know that the wire return on the bulb is not facing downward, but not sure what is causing this additional hot spot and / or if this is normal. I don't think this could be something caused by the crappy HID kit I bought, but let me know what you all think. Thanks again, -Russ

So I got the bulb to seat properly thanks to some love from the dremel, but I'm still not impressed. The 5k color is soooooo much better than the 6k, but the intensity still isn't there. Could it be cheap ballasts? I got them from HIDGEEKS.com and am starting to think that was a horrible Idea. I did buy the relay harness as well so it shouldn't be a power supply issue. The ballasts didn't have a brand name on them and I'm thinking they just aren't putting out enough power. Tonight in the rain, granted it was a dark rain, if there was any other street light or oncoming cars I could barely tell that my headlights were even on. Barely better than stock I would say. Now on a dark street by myself they were better, but still not as bright as I expected. I'm pretty sure I'm going to pick up a 55w 5k set from DDM and I just bought a Morimoto relay harness.

Works for me! You take paypal? PM me your info and I'll send it over asap!

How about $25 shipped to NJ (07442)??

I don't know about this sub in particular, but JL in general is exceptional! I had two 12" W3D2's in my other car and they sounded phenomenal! I would expect nothing less from this sub. I'm actually considering this one myself as well, but the price is a little steap for me now. -Russ

I heard back from V-Led's today and they said I might have the wrong style bulb (Standard vs. CK). What do you think about that? I should have the resistors on Friday so will be able to install these over the weekend, but wanted to check about the different connections. Thanks, -Russ

And just to confirm, the return wire should be anywhere but down correct?

The weird thing is that I didn't have any problems with the passenger side, just the drivers. I don't have a dremel but I assume I can just cut them with an exacto knife. Do you know which tab I should dremel or is it all of them? I understand your front to back too, haha.

I thought it was, I had a hard time getting it to turn into place but I guess I'll have to check it again tomorrow. I feel like putting the bulbs in shouldn't be this difficult.

Hello again, so I just installed my 5k bulbs and can notice a difference from the 6k already. I made sure that both bulbs were in correctly and that the return wire was not on the bottom but when I turned on the lights I saw a little half circle shape in the light pattern. Attached is a picture, any idea of what it might be? I don't think it looks normal. Thanks, -Russ

Awesome, thanks for the info! Looks like v-led's resistors are back-ordered until Feb some time, but I found some on Amazon. Where did you mount yours? From what I read they tend to get hot and it says not to mount them near plastic. -Russ

I didn't think I had to, in the video at the beginning of this section Cellbine has the same 2011 and they didn't mention anything about resistors. Where to do you install them and where can I buy them?

I just received the my type 2 switchbacks and the white does not work when the bulb is fully inserted. If I put the bulb in partially the white will light up, but once all the way in it turns off. The amber still works with the blinkers and hazards but that's it. Kind of a let down I was excited for these. Any ideas? I think they might just be defective and have emailed V-LED's customer support but since it's Saturday I'll have to wait for a response. Thanks, -Russ

Hey MikeyDubs, sorry I just saw your post now. I don't have a pic yet, but I'll post one in the next day or so. I went with 35w for now, think the 55w would have a better output for the 6k bulbs. I should have my 5k bulbs in the next few days and I'll let you know how it works out. If I still don't like it I'm gonna go with a DDM 55w 5k kit since that's what a lot of people here seem more than happy with.

I'm not an expert but going from 18" wheels with a 60 series tire to 20" wheels and 50 series tire shouldn't make it quieter or softer. Maybe the tires themselves might make a difference. I think the 18's might be paired with Michelin's where the 20's have Pirellis which are probably softer in general. -Russ

As soemone who just installed a HID kit, I wouldn't recommend the 6000k color either. Mine is an '11 with the projectors, but I'm not happy with the output and it is too blue for my liking. Not like the picures I saw online. I just installed yeterday and have already ordered new 5000k bulbs! If that doesn't work I'm going to switch to DDM.

So I just ordered a set of 5000k bulbs, figured since the bulbs are the same for the 35w and 55w I would start with the cheaper option. If that still doesn't work I'll order the DDM 55w kit and see how that looks. Thanks all for your help, I'll keep you posted. PS: If there is a North NJ meet or rendezvous let me know!!

Sounds like I should go with a different bulb than 6k. I did also get the relay harness from HIDGEEKS, is that all I would need to safely run a 55k kit? Are the bulbs different between the 35w and the 55w systems? If not maybe I'll give a set of 5k bulbs a shot since I have a 3 year warranty with the HIDGEEKS's ballasts, before ordering a whole new 55w kit.

The color make that much difference with the brightness? Would 5k be better? I definitely didn't want them to be as blue as they are, which is why I was thinking of changing to 55w. Someone stated that the 6k would be whiter with the 55w kit. I wanted them to be a little different than some OEM HID's which are 4300 I believe. Where in Northern NJ are you located? I'm in Pompton Lakes.

I just installed a 35w 9006 6000k HID system with the relay harness from HIDGEEKS.com in my '11 SEL and I have to say that I'm not that impressed with the light output. I'm not positive that the driver side bulb is in correctly after reading some of the other posts on here, so that is one thing that I will need to double check. I also haven't adjusted my lights yet since I was waiting till dark to see how they were, but not sure if that will really make a huge difference though? So far it looks almost just like the stock light output, just a little whiter / blueish. Particularly the light from the driver side seems scattered, might be due to the bulb not being set right. Any suggestions other that checking the driver side bulb? The reason I chose the 35w over the 55w was that I read the 55 might overload the stock wiring. Is that still true if you use the relay harness? Maybe switching to a 55w will give me the output I was anticipating? This is my first HID install and seemed to go well, but just not happy with the light results yet. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, -Russ

Kinda ridiculous that we had to resort to this!! :shades: But it works!!

I just ordered my card. How do you perform a master reset just incase I need it? -Russ