Dustin Paugh Review of The Retrofit Source
I just recently got a new vehicle that had just th...
I just recently got a new vehicle that had just the regular halogen bulbs, and I really missed the bluish flash and fade up when I would turn on the headlights from my previous vehicle...so I started to look at HID kits for my new vehicle. TRS came up as a suggestion online, had good reviews and seemed like they sold a quality product, so I decided to give it a shot.
I got the Morimoto H11B Elite XB 5500K for my 2018 Mazda 3 hatchback, product arrived within 2 business days or so good customer service there. My thoughts on initial product quality - mostly everything in the kit looked nice and solid, from the ballasts to the bulbs to the relay kit. Maybe a plug or two that I thought was a little cheap, but it would really come down to the install and how everything fit together.
After prepping my vehicle to make the swap, I followed the instructions to hook up the relay harness to all the components. I was pleasantly surprised how everything fit together flawlessly, and super thankful that the kit came with the male to female adapter piece to go between the relay harness and the OEM battery side input - I thought I wasn't going to need it, but I did notice that the relay harness wasn't fitting the OEM connection plug 100%. I put the adapter in and it fit perfectly and gave me connectivity. Tested by turning on my headlight switch and boom...both bulbs fired up. Most time-consuming part wasn't putting the kit together, it was tying everything into my vehicle in a way that would preserve the kit and connections.
To be honest, I was a little nervous to tear into my fairly new vehicle and mess around with something as massively important to your safety as your primary lighting. The TRS website and support staff was great though, and made me feel better about really getting in there and doing the install. Really nice resources on there that explain all about the kits and the products they sell.
I would say that I'm fairly tech savvy but I'm not in the garage every weekend working - not an expert by any means. But what can I say TRS made me feel more of an expert than just going on forums and ebay looking around and trying to figure out what I need. TRS was a turnkey solution and made it easy for me to do this project, and the headlights really do look great now...awesome bluish-white hue that lights up the road way better than before.Let's see how they hold up over time - but for now, definitely a satisfied customer.

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