Okay, this is my first one of these, so take it easy on me. 
The kit:
4500k 35W DDM raptors, the $30 ones.
I didn't get pics of the radiator cover grille shell, or headlights coming off, as they should be pretty easy to figure out.
The first thing for me was to figure out where to mount the ballasts. I chose the pretty common place on each side of the radiator next to where the headlights are.
The DDM kit came with some cheap old zip ties, so I decided to use some of this metal banding that I had found awhile back. I think it came out great.
I decided to rivot the bottom of the bracket as seen here:
and then bolt the top, so that it left the ballast sturdy, but removable.
Above was the was the passenger side which I did 2nd and it turned out better than the driver's side as seen below.
Okay, so now the ballasts are mounted and out of the way.
Now on to the harness. Continued below.
---------- Post added at 08:16 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:01 PM ----------
So with the kit, I also purchased the harness because I've had some issues with my driver's side headlight burning out frequently. Not sure if it was a voltage issue, but I figured the harness wouldn't hurt.
I first tried to mount the relay to the fuse box.
But as I later found out, it didn't leave enough wire to make it to the passenger side headlight. So I decided to move it to the top of the fan shroud. Not the prettiest spot, but i figured it was a good spot that was easily accessible in case it needed to be changed out.
So with that mounted, I then loosened the fan shroud and ran the wire, which I wrapped in some old wire loom I had laying around, underneath the front frame and then tightened the fan shroud back up.
By switching the relay spot and running the wire here, I had just enough wire to reach the passenger side.
Now for the ground wire out of the relay, I just ran that around the brake cylinder up to the factory ground spot on the firewall.
And I hooked up the power wire, it's the one with the inline fuse, to the positive of the battery terminal. It wasn't sitting flush with the wire, so I notched out a little piece of the rubber grommet to allow it sit flat against the battery.
I was running out of time and forgot to get pics of the connections, but I didn't have to reverse any plugs. So either I got really lucky and picked the right way to hook them up or with this kit you don't have to reverse any wires. I hooked everything up and they fired right up.
I basically wired them like this
Factory headlight plug to female harness plug
Male harness plug to female ballast plug
Male ballast plug to HID bulb
There might be another connection in there, but that's what I remember right now. I'll double check and update this thread when I get my projectors.
Don't have any really good shots of them at night yet, but I did snap this one from about 5-8 ft away from the garage on an incline.
The difference was amazing. These are way brighter than stock and put out an almost pure white light which I wanted. Haven't had any drivers flash me and when I'm behind someone, the lights don't go above the trunk.
Hope this helps some of you out there wanting to do this install on your own. Feel free to ask any questions and I'll do my best to answer them.
The kit:
4500k 35W DDM raptors, the $30 ones.
I didn't get pics of the radiator cover grille shell, or headlights coming off, as they should be pretty easy to figure out.
The first thing for me was to figure out where to mount the ballasts. I chose the pretty common place on each side of the radiator next to where the headlights are.
The DDM kit came with some cheap old zip ties, so I decided to use some of this metal banding that I had found awhile back. I think it came out great.
I decided to rivot the bottom of the bracket as seen here:
and then bolt the top, so that it left the ballast sturdy, but removable.
Above was the was the passenger side which I did 2nd and it turned out better than the driver's side as seen below.
Okay, so now the ballasts are mounted and out of the way.
Now on to the harness. Continued below.
---------- Post added at 08:16 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:01 PM ----------
So with the kit, I also purchased the harness because I've had some issues with my driver's side headlight burning out frequently. Not sure if it was a voltage issue, but I figured the harness wouldn't hurt.
I first tried to mount the relay to the fuse box.
But as I later found out, it didn't leave enough wire to make it to the passenger side headlight. So I decided to move it to the top of the fan shroud. Not the prettiest spot, but i figured it was a good spot that was easily accessible in case it needed to be changed out.
So with that mounted, I then loosened the fan shroud and ran the wire, which I wrapped in some old wire loom I had laying around, underneath the front frame and then tightened the fan shroud back up.
By switching the relay spot and running the wire here, I had just enough wire to reach the passenger side.
Now for the ground wire out of the relay, I just ran that around the brake cylinder up to the factory ground spot on the firewall.
And I hooked up the power wire, it's the one with the inline fuse, to the positive of the battery terminal. It wasn't sitting flush with the wire, so I notched out a little piece of the rubber grommet to allow it sit flat against the battery.
I was running out of time and forgot to get pics of the connections, but I didn't have to reverse any plugs. So either I got really lucky and picked the right way to hook them up or with this kit you don't have to reverse any wires. I hooked everything up and they fired right up.
I basically wired them like this
Factory headlight plug to female harness plug
Male harness plug to female ballast plug
Male ballast plug to HID bulb
There might be another connection in there, but that's what I remember right now. I'll double check and update this thread when I get my projectors.
Don't have any really good shots of them at night yet, but I did snap this one from about 5-8 ft away from the garage on an incline.
The difference was amazing. These are way brighter than stock and put out an almost pure white light which I wanted. Haven't had any drivers flash me and when I'm behind someone, the lights don't go above the trunk.
Hope this helps some of you out there wanting to do this install on your own. Feel free to ask any questions and I'll do my best to answer them.
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