HID conversion

[nvycrmn]

okay, i am tired of having dim ass lights. how do i upgrade my current housing to handle HID lights. i want to do the same for my fogs as well.

 

[toms89]

+1

I would just like to swap my headlights out for better ones....any recommendations?

 

[jjbusa]

Do it i have them on all my cars n trucks n bikes

 

[tallsville]

nvy you dont need to upgrade the housing. just get the HIDs that are the same bulb type as what your headlights are. you can get bi-xenon since you have hi lo together. id say go to http://ddmtuning.com/ since it is right by you.

 

[panda24619]

go bixenon. its a little extra $$. like $5-10 i think per light, but then you can have the hi beams. which you need for cali anyways. my friend has hids in his lightning style lights and they are nice and bright. i think if you call up ddm it MIGHT be plug and play, but dont take my word on that.

 

[alaskanexpy]

love mine!

ebay, i use vvme bi-xeons in the heads and single beam 9145s in the fogs.

 

[nvycrmn]

can you send me the seller alaskan? and did this just consist of replacing the bulbs with the new HID bixenons or do i need any kind of harnesses as well?

 

[panda24619]

if its plug and play then you have your connector for the stock lights. plug in the new harness, mount the ballast somewhere. install light. plug in light. turn switch. good to go. if its a custom set up, idk...? google and youtube are your friends there.

 

[ELVATO]

At least you don't have the fresnel housings. Those things suck.

I've also had success with VVME. The only issue on my sister's (9007) bi-xenon is the harness was wired differently. A quick google search fixed the issue. If you order the bi-xenon, it should already come with the relay harness, ready to plug in.

If you want to mod the housings, you can get projector retrofits (not the ebay crap). This would give the the best output, but this involves different bulbs (depends on projector, though probably D2S). This involves taking apart your headlight.

 

[Canadian Expy]

I just orderd HID for mine can't wait the company's LUMENS HID I got them through my local shop $145 http://www.lumenshid.com/

 

[walnuts4x4]

I dont have bixeons... just single beam in heads and fogs... all from HIDgate from ebay... but just tried to find them on ebay and nothing for sale under their name right now... I know I broke a bulb about a year after I installed them and they gave me a new one for free....

 

[Expeditionary]

do you have to install a ballast and all that other sh*t or is it just changing the bulbs

 

[Expeditionary]

http://www.carid.com/1997-ford-expedition-xenon-hid/notto-hid-kit-77434.html

 

[Canadian Expy]

do you have to install a ballast and all that other sh*t or is it just changing the bulbs

Good ones are kits that included all that, but there still pretty easy to install basically plug&play

 

[TheGuyWho]

DANG! Half you guys are missing out! Sometimes I forget that other forums are not privey to another forums insight and knowledge. HID threads are a dime a dozen on my Lightning website...

Anyways, eBay is ok, but I wouldn't recommend them for longevity reasons. You get what you pay for...

Here's a reputable companies to buy from:

www.DDMtuning.com (this is the one that most of the Lightning guys are using)



Here is a great read, if you need an education on HID's:
http://www.lightningrodder.com/forum/showthread.php?t=54332

 

[panda24619]

ddm is local for us SD boys. haha i might give them a call when i do all my off road lights.

 

[Thermo]

Expeditionary, to do true HID bulbs, you need both a ballast and the HID bulb. There are some halogen bulbs that "claim" to be HID bulbs. THEY ARE NOT!!!!!!! A true HID bulb will have both a ballast and a bulb to do the lighting. If you need more info, let me know. I will give you more detailed information than you will care to admit to knowing.

 

[TheGuyWho]

ddm is local for us SD boys. haha i might give them a call when i do all my off road lights.

Cool. Go pick me up some! Hahaha

 

[Expeditionary]

Expeditionary, to do true HID bulbs, you need both a ballast and the HID bulb. There are some halogen bulbs that "claim" to be HID bulbs. THEY ARE NOT!!!!!!! A true HID bulb will have both a ballast and a bulb to do the lighting. If you need more info, let me know. I will give you more detailed information than you will care to admit to knowing.

thanks I read up on it a little and seems pretty simple, Im looking to get 10000k fogs, 8000k low beams, and 10000k H3 projectors that are inside my head lights, because I can turn them all on independently of each other except fogs I think the heads have to be on

 

[nvycrmn]

there is a mod that you can do so you are able to turn on fogs without the headlights. cant remember where i found it but pretty much it just involves taking the switch apart, filing down some of the switch with a dremel, and putting it all back together.