HID in stock Roadlamps
03-15-2009, 07:01 PM
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HID in stock Roadlamps
this thread is for people who are also curious in the HID mod into the stock roadlamps... my piaa hyper yellow roadlamp finally gave out on my drivers side..so now i have an extra hid kit laying around, hopefully ill get it in my cl-s...mrfluffy on this forum seems to have it working on his with no problems. would you care to show us how to do it along with photos? thanks!
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03-15-2009, 07:36 PM
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this thread is for people who are also curious in the HID mod into the stock roadlamps... my piaa hyper yellow roadlamp finally gave out on my drivers side..so now i have an extra hid kit laying around, hopefully ill get it in my cl-s...mrfluffy on this forum seems to have it working on his with no problems. would you care to show us how to do it along with photos? thanks!
Ok first before I tell everyone how I did this I want to say I kind of lied when I said it didn’t melt my road lamps.
Before I was a member here I wanted to install these on my car so thought I would by a se and put them in well they were too hot and started to melt so I took them out to figure out what was melting I discovered it was the top of the road lamp witch leads me to this write up
So what you have to do is take the road lamp out once you have it out you make two large holes in the top rite over the HID is used a drill that was 2” and made the two holes this depilates 90% of the heat I would assume
Next mounting them there is a circle where the old one went and the bulb would not fit so I drilled it out a little bit so it would fit. Next the lip that is on the hid bulb should sit flush with the lip on the road lamp you take a small drill bit being very careful drill a hole through the lip in the hid into the lip in the road lamp housing and put a small screw in it to hold it then wire it up I assume every one knows ho to do this.
Caution mine did smoke a little for a day but then went away (don’t really know where it came from) also it makes a small melting mark the size of the tip of a sharpie right in the middle of the lenses
03-15-2009, 10:04 PM
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Wiring
simple as pie start with the passenger side cut the old wiring out you should have 3 wires on this side I forget what colour they are so I hope this is right.
2 red
1 black
attach the two red wires to the positive input on your HID kit then attach the black wire to the negitive then your done that side .
Drivers side cut the old wiring out you should have 2 wires on this side I.
1 red
1 black
attach the one red wire to the positive input on your HID kit then attach the black wire to the negitive then your done.
I wired a plug in so when I took my bumper off I could just unplug them
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03-15-2009, 10:11 PM
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Seems pretty simple to me
Take the road lamps out, attach a piece of plastic where the old ones were, fasten it in mark where you want the projectors, drill the hole out, then stick the projector in a secure it
Obviously this very simplfied but thats how I would do it
I to really like the projectors if I had to choose between my HIDs and his projectors im not sure which one I would do after seeing his. I wounder how they stack up against mine for lighting up the road.
Take the road lamps out, attach a piece of plastic where the old ones were, fasten it in mark where you want the projectors, drill the hole out, then stick the projector in a secure it
Obviously this very simplfied but thats how I would do it
I to really like the projectors if I had to choose between my HIDs and his projectors im not sure which one I would do after seeing his. I wounder how they stack up against mine for lighting up the road.
03-16-2009, 12:08 AM
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I dont even know how big H7 are compared to H1 or H3 so cant tell you for sure but I would stick with H1 or H3 to be on the safe side because like I siad mine smoked a little when I installed them ( possibly shavings from the drill) but I wouldnt want to chance any of the specs that I have installed
But on the other hand it might be totally fine
But on the other hand it might be totally fine
03-16-2009, 01:27 AM
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If you look at the lip on the H7s your going to have a problem getting it to sit flush and far enough in but you could cut it or Ill show you a pic of what I mean you will get the idea once you go to install
03-16-2009, 01:51 AM
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who to say but I do believe it will melt around the hole because its not far enough in but the only way to know is to try.
this kind of thing is not an exact science but its not like it be fine and then melt right away so I would install the bulb but not the road lamp and turn it on and watch it for 10 min or so
this kind of thing is not an exact science but its not like it be fine and then melt right away so I would install the bulb but not the road lamp and turn it on and watch it for 10 min or so
03-16-2009, 03:13 AM
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yea, mrfluffy, can you take a good shot of the roadlamps without the light on..im curious as to where you drilled holes etc and how it looks exactly before i take apart my lights and start stripping wires etc...im really deciding between the accord fogs or just putting these hids in since i already have a set of h7 hids i bought for my benz.... im leaning for the faster install of course...and u mentioned you did it in like 20-30min ....
03-16-2009, 10:37 PM
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I have pics of the install I will try to get better pics this weekend but your not goin to be able to see the holes
but just so you know you can pretty muck take the whole top of the fog light off and you wont see it unless your head is on the ground
and like I siad it did melt at first a little and then I rethough and redesigned it so there my lights will never look as good as if you guys doit and im tellin right now if you have the H7s put them and please do a DIY because I suck at explaining stuff and
when it comes to cars people say im at bit OCD so if I get somthing in my head like putting HIDs in I will make it work but you guys may have difficulty doing but I suggest you try it and if you have any questions I will try my best to answer them
Pics r comming this weekend earliest
but just so you know you can pretty muck take the whole top of the fog light off and you wont see it unless your head is on the ground
and like I siad it did melt at first a little and then I rethough and redesigned it so there my lights will never look as good as if you guys doit and im tellin right now if you have the H7s put them and please do a DIY because I suck at explaining stuff and
when it comes to cars people say im at bit OCD so if I get somthing in my head like putting HIDs in I will make it work but you guys may have difficulty doing but I suggest you try it and if you have any questions I will try my best to answer them
Pics r comming this weekend earliest
03-16-2009, 11:37 PM
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ive decided to get the 03-05 accord coupe fog lights... today i tried the hid install, but i couldnt fit my h7's in there.... and i didnt want to cut the roadlamp covers. so i put the order in already for the accord fogs.... hope other people on here will post some pics if you get this done.
03-17-2009, 03:22 AM
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i use to have a prelude with hids...ive blinded sooooo many people ...specially when theyre facing directly at me... its funny, but after awhile it gets annoying bcuz everyone starts high beaming back or when you see cops you have to turn away...
noah, yea i ordered the accord fogs already, im going to try to fit them in perfectly somehow. the hids i have will not work for the roadlamps...
noah, yea i ordered the accord fogs already, im going to try to fit them in perfectly somehow. the hids i have will not work for the roadlamps...
03-17-2009, 01:52 PM
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the hids in the road lamps dont blind people there pretty much pointed at the ground but they are very bright on the highway for people that are a half a car length a head of you to the side
Im probably the only one thats going to have these but Ill just be unique althougt I really wish someone would try
Im from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Im probably the only one thats going to have these but Ill just be unique althougt I really wish someone would try
Im from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
i used h11 and put jb weld in da back i knoe its rigged by a it wroks
03-18-2009, 08:52 PM
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.... so youre saying they DONT melt... but "blur" up? ..then i dont get the rest of what youre typing out.... let me know tho, im interested in figuring how you got it working out... did you do any other stuff other then the "jb weld"?..maybe someone can help me interperate what drholiday is trying to say? thanks
03-18-2009, 09:33 PM
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I have no Idea what he is saying but finaly somone else who did this Mod
What he is saying is that where they typicaly melt is around where you insert them into the actual road lamp so I think he just used a shit load of JB weld which is like glue/goop crap where the go in ( I like my way better no offence but I hate that stuff)
I think the main 2 thing you have to worry about are
Is it in securely
and is the bulb close to plastic ( how far away it has to be, I couldnt tell you)
when I siad to drill holes in the top well it seems you dont have to do this by the looks of DRH but I did to be safe
What he is saying is that where they typicaly melt is around where you insert them into the actual road lamp so I think he just used a shit load of JB weld which is like glue/goop crap where the go in ( I like my way better no offence but I hate that stuff)
I think the main 2 thing you have to worry about are
Is it in securely
and is the bulb close to plastic ( how far away it has to be, I couldnt tell you)
when I siad to drill holes in the top well it seems you dont have to do this by the looks of DRH but I did to be safe
03-18-2009, 09:51 PM
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lmao sorry bout that guys yeah they get so hott the blur upin the middle which yeah it melts a lil but i have them on all day like i have them so when turn on the side lights they turn on u knoe when u go to trun on the lights but be4 u tuen on the acutall head lights just the sides and back but if u dont ride with them on all day u shouldnt have any pribs plus im in miami hot days and the hid on all day
but if u dont ride with them on all day u shouldnt have any pribs plus im in miami hot days and the hid on all day
03-18-2009, 10:05 PM
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Mine are on all the time I work at night so I always have my lights on I wouldnt even call it melting
the only reason I callit melting is someone asked "do they melt" and I replied "yeah I guess thats what you could call it" melting
03-18-2009, 10:20 PM
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all im saying is if you have the Hid s lying around why not try it
You can trade every week or so accord hids be a fog light whore instead of a rim whore LMAO