My how to: install HID for JDM Projectors, my experience installing HID Options

[LewFX]

Special thanks goes to first my gf (Becky) who bought these for my birthday..and everyones favorite: John aka Myzneyes and Chanh

Disconnect the positive terminal...

First was getting the bulbs in:
have the blue piece go in the side slot. bulb slides in easy.


save your plastic washer that comes with the bulb and this is why...without this your bulb isnt secure but i used the plastic washer and cut it into a C shape:


next put washer behind bulb harness like this:


should be nice and secure like this:


next hook up the connectors thats with the relay, use the existing H1 harness (pop off the exisitng rubber piece) and plug in the 2 connectors from relay...do this on the drivers side.

next mount the relay and the ballast somewhere...heres where i did mine. plug in rest of wires, negative and positive, etc etc



next is the passenger side: because i have abs, i wedged it between the abs and in the frame.


plug positive back on...should be easy from here..heres my finished results, night pics will be on later:


This post has been edited by LewFX: Oct 20, 2006 - 2:21 PM

[Chanh55]

Looking good!

[Mynzeyes]

w00t! good job man. I'll add some of the pictures I took when I get home. I need to step away from my desk and go out in the parking lot and try that washer idea...

[tomazws]

Nice! I didn't do it side ways because the 2 dots on the HID bulb doesn't match up with the original slot... so I took a different approach at it...

First I made the hole bigger with drills....




Now the bulb fits vertically in, with the 2 dots on the bulb matching the slot's...


Then I take this little rubber thingy from my work place...


And clamp on the bulb. Tight and secure.


With the rubber cover on.


The rest, just follow Lew's or CelicaGT04's instruction...



:-D

This post has been edited by tomazws: Oct 20, 2006 - 1:37 PM

[LewFX]

more pics!!!

[Chanh55]

Whoa sexy!

[Culpable04]

Nice !! I hope this helps others to install their H1 HIDs

very nice pictures !

[tomazws]

Lew you're funny... you actually went to a parking lot to take pics lololol I don't think there's any underground parking in Walnut, so I'll have to wait till nite time.

Anyway, thank you Culpable04 for this group buy. I have to say the shipping was very speedy, and the whole process was very professionally handled.

[azian_advanced]

whoa... i like this pic!

[kamax]

wont it be find if the white touch the plastic? because i slided my in, a very tight squeeze, but the two notch were in, it was a pretty good fit i guess.

[presure2]

good job man! added to the stickys!

[tangcla]

I wouldn't recommend putting the ballast on the ABS module... I put mine on the verical metal support between the two headlights. Looks much more stock

I'm oldschool HID. Been using HID for about three years now been there done that a lot of times.

Here is a photo of the HID cutoff. Notice the bleeding (aka alien lights) above the cutoff point.


I will be taking more pics of the cutoff soon, when I change my HID kit.

[celicume]

I wouldn't recommend putting the ballast on the ABS module... I put mine on the verical metal support between the two headlights. Looks much more stock

I'm oldschool HID. Been using HID for about three years now been there done that a lot of times.

Here is a photo of the HID cutoff. Notice the bleeding (aka alien lights) above the cutoff point.


I will be taking more pics of the cutoff soon, when I change my HID kit.

Very nice.........

Have You more photos of your car with HID??? I have some problems with xenon bulbs......... Probably they not fit very well............If i put the car in front of a wall, the left light seems good, the right light is less concetrate.............
Sorry for my english...........but, if you have more photos, probably you can help me..........

[tangcla]

The way I secured my globe was just to bend the retaining clip wire, so that it pushes against the globe. I recently changed HID kits (went from 35W 8000K to 50W 6000K = teh winnar!) and I tried the plastic clip method, but the biggest problem I see with that would be heat. With my method, the globe isn't going anywhere any time soon

celicume: Have you tried swapping the globes around? Sometimes the globes fail and you get light/dark spots. That's what I found with my old kit.

[celicume]

The way I secured my globe was just to bend the retaining clip wire, so that it pushes against the globe. I recently changed HID kits (went from 35W 8000K to 50W 6000K = teh winnar!) and I tried the plastic clip method, but the biggest problem I see with that would be heat. With my method, the globe isn't going anywhere any time soon

celicume: Have you tried swapping the globes around? Sometimes the globes fail and you get light/dark spots. That's what I found with my old kit.

The left globe ( how you said) i think fit good because if i touch it, its firm! The right instead, i secured in the same moods............the globe seems firm but the light reflects on a wall make another design compared to the left!!! Its normal??? Probably the globe have some problems? I will try to exchange left with right.............

[tangcla]

Park it close to a wall, you see the circle mark on the glass? YOu should be able to see that, it should be on the cutoff horizon.

[tim86]

wow those are bright... can hardly tell theyre the projectors when theyre on good work

[Valo666]

Jeff, your gf bought em for u for ur b-day?...can i have ur gf??

[DeW_H0e_GT]

bringing this back....

so u guys didnt use the h1 bulb harness from the projectors?...the h1 bulb jus pops out from the connector.....like this here:



from the pics ive seen above i dont see u guys using the "cross" shaped connector, any pics u guys can share that has the wiring of teh h1 HIDs?

This post has been edited by DeW_H0e_GT: Oct 24, 2007 - 12:07 AM

[LewFX]

i got the h1 harness from my seller

[Projek_01]

new cutoff pictures please!! what if you guys played with the focal point on the D2S bulb? match up the part that glows with the part that glows on the H1 bulb. the cutoff should be nicer because the light is emitted at the same angle. i want projectors!!!!

[Rayme]

Did you fix the cut-off / beam direction?

This post has been edited by Rayme: Mar 15, 2008 - 2:03 PM

[azian_advanced]

just to add...

it was difficult find a good spot to mount the ballasts. i had AC lines, ABS lines, etc. that were all in the way.
the manual says to install them in an area away from intense heat (engine).

then i found the ideal spot on the frame rail bracket without having to drill new holes.





they mount right onto the headlight bracket on the frame rail adapter.

[azian_advanced]

[richee3]

I've been running HID's in my projectors for a couple of years now. Per this thread, I've always used the plastic ring that came with my HID bulbs but at any given point in time, one bulb will sit properly and the other wants to sit crooked in the housing. I've decided to give these a try.



They're adapters that hold the H1 HID bulb for a Honda, and make it sit properly like a regular H1 bulb. For only $7, it's not a huge loss if they don't work, but I suspect they'll work better than trimming the plastic ring that came with the HID bulbs. I should have them next week and I'll get them fitted ASAP.

[ILoveMySilly97]

I've been running HID's in my projectors for a couple of years now. Per this thread, I've always used the plastic ring that came with my HID bulbs but at any given point in time, one bulb will sit properly and the other wants to sit crooked in the housing. I've decided to give these a try.



They're adapters that hold the H1 HID bulb for a Honda, and make it sit properly like a regular H1 bulb. For only $7, it's not a huge loss if they don't work, but I suspect they'll work better than trimming the plastic ring that came with the HID bulbs. I should have them next week and I'll get them fitted ASAP.

They look promising. Please let us know how it works out.

[richee3]

Will do. Turns out the Honda guys have been having the same issue as us, mounting H1 HID's into place of regular HID bulbs. So they came up with these which are now mass produced and readily available all over eBay for anywhere between $4-10. I have my questions on exactly how the bulb fits into these securely, but they look like they'll center the bulb up and emulate a halogen H1 well enough.

[richee3]

I received the adapters today. Test fitted with a broken old H1 HID bulb that I have sitting around, and I think that these will be a much more elegant solution to fitting HID's into our projectors. I took some comparison pictures of a regular halogen H1 bulb with the OEM bulb adapter so you guys can see what the OEM solution was compared to these adapters with an HID bulb.








Unfortunately I did not get a chance to install them today, since it's 4 degrees F outside and I have to leave for work in 8 minutes. I'll do my best to get them installed in the next few days and get pictures for you guys. So far, pending installation of course, I would highly recommend these over the plastic ring for HID installation.

Link to Ebay HID Adapters

[richee3]

Got these installed today. Still waiting for my fingers to thaw out but hey, it's done and over with.

Verdict: They will work but require slight modification to the HID bulb. H1 bulbs have small tabs on them to align the bulb. H1 HID bulbs have these too, but the design of our headlight housing allow the bulb to only go in one way, meaning the tab on the HID bulb won't line up where it's supposed to.

Note the tab at the base of the bulb. There's one on each side. These must be removed.





I had to continue working to take the tabs off after I took that picture. They need to be completely flat.

After you have removed those tabs, the X tabs need to be aligned vertically on the bulb. It's a tight working space but after some careful maneuvering, you can get the bulb and adapter fitted into place and get everything put back together.

Crappy picture but if you stare at it long enough, you can start to see everything.



I actually found this install easier than trying to hold the plastic C rings in place as the original how-to shows. Well worth the $7 I spent, and these can be found for as little as $4 shipped.

[ILoveMySilly97]

Nice find. Ima have to do this too.