waste of money..
I expect to be flamed for my reply but in all honesty, I import H.I.D. retrofit kits for resale and wholesaling to local tuner shops, and I must say the
value which an H.I.D. kit provides on your car is worth nowhere near the $500+ some people are spending to get a retrofit.
The conversions first of all are technically illegal to use for anything but show and will NEVER ever be as good as a factory H.I.D. system where the housing is built around a bulb spec.. it shouldn't be done the other way around as in the case of a retrofit.. and except in the case of say a p5 which has a separate halogen high beam, it is not a worthwhile compromise to spend $500+ on a kit which still does not give you a high beam.. intensity is not a replacement for distance.. if you want the distance of your high beam you would have to improperly aim your H.I.D. retrofits and it will make it look like a big Ford Truck flickering inside the interior of the car in front of you.. people will hate you.. you will hate you
I personally use a 6,000K Korean packaged kit which consists of Korean made bulbs and (either Hella or Osram, haven't peeled off the stupid sticker to check which the setup I'm running a.t.m.) ballasts.. and on the way back from both Carlisle and MAPP3 I must say on unfamiliar highways, not having a high beam is an absolute curse.. you cant see the staties on the side of the road plus you don't know the curves you haven't seen before.. basically slowing my trip down over conventional halogens..
Now of course.. I have my kit properly aimed, both horizontally and vertically.. not blinding anybody.. looks great but the beam doesn't go too far.. not creeping up into people's interiors.. ymmv.. but take a long hard look and consider getting some high quality halogen bulbs (like Philips or G.E's high end, not hyperwhites) with a high quality relay kit.. you'll be impressed how much of an improvement it is over stock.
In the high end market for H.I.D's I'd second, mccullochhid kits and the newly released high and low beam catz kits should be the best of the best for now..
btw the kits I buy cost a tad below $300 each wholesale and as the technology improves.. the price isn't going up for the newest technology.. the product gets better.. don't pay top dollar for something that will be cheap when summer is over.. I'm looking at some nice purpleish white 7,000K kits in my next order and it just keeps getting cheaper..
I do like H.I.D. lighting around town though.. gets lotsa looks.. really nice on backroads.. really nice that I'll probably never, ever, need to buy replacement bulbs.. (I used to run the first generation Catz Zeta system and I was going through bulbs every 3 months or so.. THAT's the way to go if they've fixed sudden bulb consumption problems).
Never buy a kit thats pieced together.. make sure the harnesses are thick and weatherproof, and make sure you don't have to compromise the seal of your headlights housing in the installation process like some crappy APC 1st generation kits that came out a year ago where the wiring that powers the bulb goes into your headlight housing at a non-adjustable 90 degree angle .. you don't want to deal with condensation in your newer car..
Good luck!