Questions about HID bulbs?
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Questions about HID bulbs?
I want to replace the stock HIDs in my 2011 TL to 6000ks and had a few questions about the process.
Firstly, what kind of bulb do I require? As well as the fog light bulbs? I've only found 1 good source of this information but that's the only one so I thought I'd ask you folks for reassurance.
Second, what's the difficulty with the 4G TL? I've done this a few times before on my old 2004 Accord and that was easy but according to the How-To's, I need to access it from the wheel well? Most Acura TL tutorials are for the 3G TLs so yeah...
Third, since the stock lights are already HIDs, will I need to replace/add a ballast?
Thanks all!
Firstly, what kind of bulb do I require? As well as the fog light bulbs? I've only found 1 good source of this information but that's the only one so I thought I'd ask you folks for reassurance.
Second, what's the difficulty with the 4G TL? I've done this a few times before on my old 2004 Accord and that was easy but according to the How-To's, I need to access it from the wheel well? Most Acura TL tutorials are for the 3G TLs so yeah...
Third, since the stock lights are already HIDs, will I need to replace/add a ballast?
Thanks all!
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D2S bulbs are the low beams. No need to replace ballast
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i just replaced my stock d2s bulb with morimoto xb hid 5500k bulbs and i love them. installing wasn't really difficult its just the space was a lil tight since i didn't remove the wheels. theres a great write up somewhere on here with detailed instructions. i also got my fogs from them as well (plug n play). h11 xb led fogs from the retrofit source.
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I didn’t find it was any harder changing out headlights on this car than on my 2007 TL or on my old 2007 accord. It’s not difficult, just time consuming. Be aware though, that at 6000k you're getting into the realm of noticeably less light output than the stock 4300k.