6000K low beam HID conversion

Time: 1-2 hours

Tools: 10mm socket, 12mm socket, flathead screwdriver, wire ties, 3M emblem/side molding double sided tape, electrical tape.
Optional: Soldering iron and solder

Here is the complete HID kit: on the right you see the two 9006 HID bulbs next to the two ballasts, and to the left of that is all the wiring. Circled in blue is the relay, circled in green is the factory plug connector, the black wire on the far left is the ground wire, the red wire is the fused positive wire from the battery, and the connectors circled in red are the ballast power wires.



In this kit, the factory plug harness was just one black and one white wire. Instead of cutting the factory harness, I bought a cheap 9006 halogen bulb at Wal Mart:



The only thing I need is the plastic connector, so I wrapped the bulb in paper towels and used pliers break it and then tear off all the metal parts, be VERY careful when you do this, here’s the result:



Next I soldered the white and black wires from the harness attached to the relay to the two wires from the halogen bulb socket.



Then covered in electrical tape:



First park your car, remove that plastic cover over the radiator and headlights, disconnect the negative and positive battery terminals, and remove the battery. Then remove the plastic battery tray, then the metal battery tray (4 12mm bolts, 1 10mm bolt for negative battery wire harness), and its metal support bracket underneath it (2 12mm bolts). Now remove the old halogen bulbs on both sides of the car. The new HID bulb fits right into the low beam side of the headlight, slide it in and twist clockwise to tighten just like the halogen bulbs.



After you put the driver and passenger bulbs in, you need to mount the ballasts. I used 3M emblem/side molding double sided tape, its very strong and works well for this, my ballasts were pretty heavy. For the driver side, I mounted the ballast right under the battery tray support bracket. Be sure to clean and dry the surface before trying to mount the ballast, then connect the wires from the ballast to the HID bulb; the connection is circled in blue.



On the passenger side there isn’t much room to mount the ballast. The place I used is about a foot behind the headlight but worked out well. I forgot to take a pic before I mounted this ballast, there is just a plastic cover and a wire harness you need to move out of the way; further down the page in another picture you can see what I'm talking about. Once again, clean and dry the surface, and then connect the ballast wires to the HID bulb. The blue arrows just show where I ran the wires to the headlight.



With the ballasts mounted, you need to mount the relay and start the wiring. I used the ground bolt for the negative battery wire directly in front of the battery to mount it, the relay is circled in red. I attached the black cable directly to the negative battery terminal ring, and ran the positive wire with the fuse under the battery tray, and up to the positive terminal ring. The ballast power wire for the driver side from the relay goes straight down to the ballast under the battery tray and plugs right in, and the factory plug adaptor plugs right in to the factory plug that was used for the low beam halogen bulb.



Since I mounted the ballast so far back on the passenger side, the ballast power wire from the relay was barely long enough and I had to run it along the top of the radiator/condenser fans. I was going to run it somewhere lower but this seems to work fine, I just used wire ties to hold it onto the fan mounting brackets.



This shows everything put back together on the passenger side, the blue arrow points to the ballast power wire, and the red arrows point to the wire harness and plastic cover I mentioned above that you have to move to mount the ballast.



This is everything put back together on the driver side:



Check all your wiring and use wire ties to keep everything neat and out of the way, when you turn on the HID’s for the first time, leave them on with the car running for about 10 minutes to break them in. I don’t know if it actually helps, but it was recommended in the instructions that came with my kit.

And the results…

Before: (These are actually my high beams, Silverstar 9005’s "HID replica” halogen bulbs, they are just a bit brighter than my old Silverstar 9006's)



After:



PM me if you have any questions and good luck!

 

very nice. doesnt seem that hard to do

 

nice write up

 

Very helpful for those looking to go HID.

Nicely done.

 

Do you have a link to where i can buy the same HID kit that you used in this DIY?

 

can u change color or temp? where can i get the same kit?

 

carlo has a group buy going in the group buy section for some nice HID kits. Check there, or pm him.

 

could anyone take a pix or tell me where's a good place to mount the ballast on a 2.3 engine bay?

 

do it for me?

 

ghetto...

go with a retrofit, or stick with halogen.

 

ghetto? so you think 2nd gen HID's are ghetto too? these look identical, ghetto is 10000K walmart superhyperwhitebluepurple bulbs that last for 2 weeks

 

2nd gen HIDs are completly different. The reflector is designed to properly distribute the light and not blind people. Plus the ballasts and bulbs are real quality, 80% of HID "kits" use crappy components.

 

the beam pattern with my HIDs is the same as it was with my halogens, just brighter all around. the 9006 size HID bulbs are made so that the part with the gas that gets ignited and generates the light is in the exact same place in the headlight housing where a filament would be on a 9006 halogen bulb.

 

Ghetto...? Most people would not spend over $700 + to go retrofited neither do they have the time. HID conversion are a great improvement to the stock halogen bulbs; they are simple to install and low costed. I got a 4300K HID and it looks much brighter than halogen. I don't consider HID conversion ghetto at all...Halogen bulbs are ghetto because you can't see nothing at night. My kit also comes with a 3 year warranty, so if the components are "crappy" im sure I can exchange them for a new one.

 

dang, every thread people argue here and there

 

no shit..

welcome to acurazine... "we know drama"

 

haha so true

 

are the plug and play one as simple as they say they are then?
or is this whole process also necessary?

 

Step 6:

Drink a beer!

 

The plug and play ones are simple, just plug and play. The retrofitting projectors is the one that's a pain, that's what I'm working on right now

 

 

Is it necessary to retrofit in our headlights? I saw some posts with a clean cut off line, and it looks like they are not retrofitted with projectors..
I reall wanna know bec im really close to buying a 9006 6000k set
i'll buy if i can get a clean cut off line and no "light show" for oncoming traffic

 

You need projectors then - they are what distribute the light and give you that clean defination of light (line) you are talking about. I imagine this way will give you light just like last generation TL's beause they dont have projectors.

 

so, where can u get this kit? what is the whole shebang gonna set you back?

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...e=STRK:MEWA:IT

That is the kit i bought... Im buyin to test it out. It was pretty cheap, has a decent warranty, and seems thoroughly tested.

I'll let u know how it turns out..
btw excellent write up on the HIDs Mulk!! very nice pics and details for the upgrade

 

ya please do let us know, seems fairly well priced

 

Aiight the seller sent it out on Fridayand I got it today (Monday)
I installed them (took about an hour)
Came out pretty nice very similar setup to Mulk's kit so i used the same mounting point for the ballast on the passesnger side on the drivers side te battery tray would not come out so i mounted on the side. Also i ran the wires along the top just like in Mulks pics
Everything works fine and seems solid in the kit itself, but I cannot wait till night fall to truly see what it looks like!!

~raz

 

so are these the ones that i think they call projector HIDs? I was in an RX-8 and it had HIDs that projected light up to a horizontal line where it stopped, really cool looking

 

This diy is not for projectors, projectors need to be custom fit into our headlights, then you must get ballasts specifically for projector headlights d2r or d2s bulbs, and custom wire wiring harnesses with relays to draw power from our 9006 sockets or cut the wires to accomodate. I'm in the process of retrofitting projectors, I will post a diy guide with some pics when I'm done.

 

how soon will you write it? I just bought a set of proj's and am trying to figure which route to take.

 

OMG the car looks absolutley sikkkk with the HIDs and the clear corners LED conversion!
The light output from the HIDs is brilliant, and I have experienced absolutley no problems. Well-Done turned out to be a pretty good company to buy.

 

One thing I absolutley forgot to mention is that the kit is very similar to Mulk's interms of the wiring set up, but it IS plug and play. I took an hour so i could conceal all or most of the wiring. No fabrications, No connections wires and soldering, Just Plug to the factory harness, and connect wires to the battery and you are set

 

the thing about the brand of hid is mostly about the ballast (but also the bulb quality/life), wait and see how long it lasts and also whether or not it flickers often.

 

Just installed my HID kit today. I went with 5000K. It's a little too light out to really get a good look but the install was damn easy. removing the battery was the hardest part. Plug and Play are the shit. Mine even came with the 9006 housing...so easy. Can't wait til night fall

 

Did you do the high beams too??

 

nope that pic is just the low beams

lol that pic is old, amber corners, still had the gold grill

 

Well night fell and the HID's look great. Lovin the output

 

bump for black

 

Only took me a year to complete.

 

good write up. my kit literally took less then 10 min to install and 8 of those minutes were trying to find a place to place the ballast, plug ang play