Just put HID reverse lights in my car. No wiring needed no need to splice factory wiring. Took us maybe 1 hour to do, the kit had weird connectors so it took a while. It looks good, I had CREE LED bulbs before and HIDS are much brighter and looks better. I don't like the color of the bulb it almost looks like 8k, wish it was a pure white 5k. Oh well.

Some pictures.

First removed the cover a big spider fell on my face LOL. Then I saw that .
http://www.flickr.com/photos/54027258@N07/7062370475/
Here is the ballast. Its a smaller 15W so it does not melt the wiring. There is adapter included for the T10 socket which one end goes into the ballast and the other end goes into the T10 socket.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/54027258@N07/6916339674/
HID on the right CREE LED on the left.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/54027258@N07/7062434929/
HIDS installed.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/54027258@N07/7062432697/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/54027258@N07/7062430621/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/54027258@N07/6916348076/
Output in a dark place. Brighter compared to CREE. Have to see at night. Installed these in a friends Lexus IS and his is bright at night. I brighter output since the TL has a bigger reverse bulb housing.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/54027258@N07/6916291878/
Left the HIDS on for about 10 min, housing was somewhat warm but not enough to cause concern. I am going to wire the switch up so I can flash the tailgaiters. But here you go.

Cost me around $120.

 

Looks great! I was thinking the same thing about putting it on a switch so you can blind people that tailgate and piss you off!

 

Do it man, you will love them!

 

nice!....................were did you purchase everything from?.........what number of bulb you used,did you have to modify or cut in to fit the bulb?............

 

Where did you get this kit? Adding this to my list of summer mods !

 

Best part is it's plug and play!

Nicely done =)

 

Oh and here you go folks:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/15-Watt-Reve...#ht_614wt_1396

 

I got these from the KC electronics in NJ. The bulbs are very small HID bulbs they come with a rubber mount and just fit in snugly. They give you extra mounts in case you ever need them again.

 

A nice solution at a good price. I've had HIDs in my reverse lights for a while now---installed the "old skool" method. Love them.
Subscribed for long term results on these PnP units.

 

I wanted to see how the output is at night so I got in the car and did not start it and it looked great. So bright. I got out to see how it looks from the back and realized only one light is on. I started the car and the other light came on.

I am thinking our cars don't have enough power for these to turn on when the engine is not on. Sometimes this would happen with my CREE LEDS as well. I "ghettoed" the install, I duck tape the ballasts, I would suggest 3M tape for a cleaner look.

 

Ok first thing I saw was 'fap nation'. What does fap mean in this respect?

 

fap? beating of the meat? j/k

nice install on the HID, do you think it's over kill though?

 

that ebay link doesnt say what bulb socket it comes with. is the kit really plug and play?

 

Not to play devils advocate, but what about the warm up time?

 

Actually, this is more likely a function of a poor HID kit, the ballast igniter assy. Next time you do notice this, take it out of reverse and put it back in reverse (car off). No different than your headlights on power draw (assuming you got 35watt kits). That being the case, get an exchange on the kit.

To further illustrate the point, go sit in your car, turn on the rear defroster (Huge draw) the cabin fan full blast and stereo, and then fire up your headlights. They will both fire. If they don't, then you need to get your battery tested.

Otherwise get that kit exchanged. I found this with an old honda I did a conversion on. When I noticed it, i simply had to turn HLs off and back on, then the other bulb would fire.

 

wow, good job. Its look real tough

 

you really have 'fap nation' on your trunk lid?

anywho...when you wire up your tailgater switch, make sure you get a momentary switch and the timer relay module.

in fact, i would get the timer relay now so that you don't burn out your HID's early by having them come on everytime you switch from PARK to DRIVE. set the timer to 2 seconds or thereabouts.

 

subscribed to see how this all goes.

 

Good work.

That said - I must be getting too old for this shit because I just don't see the need.

 

HID's are stupid bright...easer to see what you're doing when backing up (reverse cam)

tailgater switch is hillarious. gives you the ability to turn on your HID reverse lights when driving to blind the person behind you that's tailgating you. they will back off almost immediatley. i do it for the lulz.

 

there you go asking questions like you dont know the answer....

 

Suppose if you have dark tint it would help out at night!

 

You have tailgaters?

 

Kit came with lifetime warranty. The issue is not a bad kit its the battery not giving enough power. I know the headlights work....but my HIDS fogs did the same thing until I wired them to the battery.

I might wire it up to that switch but I have a lifetime warranty so......lol.

 

Another picture. I still have no seen at night yet, hopefully tomorrow.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/54027258@N07/7065909855/

 

Lol, serious overkill. I like it.

 

Got a picture of how it looks on the navigation display when in Reverse at night?

 

Nevermind... just realized you don't even have a back-up camera. Was hoping to see how these compare to my current setup.

 

Not a TL but its a backup cam showing the same HIDS. This is a Lexus IS. I tested these out last night at a dark parking lot, results were beyond belief. During the day I thought they would just be "bright", these were blinding. Can't wait to wire my switch.

 

Thanks, looks really nice. And it definitely does look blinding during the day.

 

has anyone tried the ebay kit guitarplayer16's link above? thinking of getting it if it truly is plug and play for our cars.

 

ummm what about warmup time on the HIDs?

also, HIDs are not meant to me turned on/off on/off...burns out the bulb or ballast i believe...

did you wire up a time delay relay for when shifting into DRIVE?

I just ordered CREE LED bulbs....HIDS are too overkill IMHO.

 

I think you meant for when shifting into reverse

 

The ballast looks exactly the same so I'm assuming it's the same kit lol

 

yeah i thought the same thing, hopefully OP can chime in on this

 

Same guys. I just know them in person and they have different names lol. Go for it. They offer a warranty and support is nice.

 

This is exactly what i need! 5% tint makes it damn near impossible to reverse at night , i've literally "blind reversed" a few times ... definitely getting it in the near future.

 

NOPE.


When you shift into drive, you have to go trough the Reverse gear, which flickers your reverse lights...

This fast on and off can burnout HID ballasts/bulbs...

So my statement of shifting into Drive was spot on.

 

already covered that a bunch of posts up...

 

well, you mentioned it, yes...

I asked the OP if he did it...Did he do it? Can you tell me?