Hi guys!
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RPM Electronics has been in the HID business since 2010. Since then, we have gone through many different HID products. As previously stated, the cheap Chinese kits are cheap, but they don't last and are unreliable. You MAY get lucky and get one that works for years, but many other aren't so lucky. It is hit or miss.
As a vendor that values its reputation, we are not willing to take that kind of chance selling inferior products. We are proud to offer Hyperion HID systems. The ballasts are manufactured by the factory that makes the Philips XenDrive ballasts. We've gone through 5000 ballasts since their launch here and the defect rate is EXTREMELY low. The cheap HID kits we tried before had defective rates as high as 50% within 1 year. Imagine doing warranty work on that kind of statistic!
As far as Morimoto HID goes, we are their distributor locally. Morimoto has great reputation and their products are great. However, their HID kits are also made in China and we have found that they are not as reliable as our own Hyperion kits. Add the inconvenience of doing warranty work and shipping products back and forth. When you buy Hyperion HID from us, you will get local technical support, immediate warranty replacement, and our in-house guarantee!
We have priced these kits fairly. They are actually priced below market value. Here is another reputable online vendor selling the same kit under a different brand.
H1 Xtreme Digital HID Conversion Kits
Have a good look at the ballast and you will find that it is the same as Hyperion Elite ballasts.
http://www.rpmelectronics.com/auto-l...kit-elite-9007
We don't just sell these kits. We install them and use them for our HID projector retrofit projects. We highly recommend them!
Lastly, I want to clarify the misconception of HID colour temperatures. Many customers think that 6000K is suppose to have a blue tint to it. Yes, colour will vary depending on the manufacturer. However, the quality of the ballast will actually make a bigger difference. When a 6000K bulb is supplied full 35W AC power, it will output a nice pure white light. If you use a 55W ballast on the same 6000K bulb, the colour will drop down to a 4300K-5000K. Now, many of the cheaper kits are advertised as 35W, but realistically they output less due to cheap components. When the same 6000K bulb is supplied power less than 35W, the bulb will output blueish white. The lesser the wattage output, the bluer the bulb will become. A great example is the HID warm up process. The bulb always starts out blue and then gets whiter. The reason for that is it takes some time for the ballast to achieve the full 35W output. It will fire at a lower wattage and steadily increase until it reaches its stable state. The cheaper ballasts will stop before reaching 35W hence producing a blue light.
Now for some pictures. This a Ninja 250R we did a retrofit on. The first pic is with a cheap plug and play 6000K HID kit on factory halogen housing. The second pic is Morimoto Mini H1 projectors running Hyperion H1 HID kit with the same 6000K bulb. You can clearly see the difference in colour.
If you are still not convinced, come visit our store and we will be happy to show you comparisons in person!!