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I did a search and if I missed a thread please let me know. I have a non hid headlights car and I want to use OEM HID headlights. Can you help me identify all the plugs in the back I know which ones I need.
Last edited by harshybar; Oct 5, 2021 at 04:33 PM.
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The factory halogen plug is kinda a big oval and it goes to the outside bulb, I believe you’ll find it is behind a cover on the back of the housing. You can of course go with the factory HID swap, but that requires replacing the entire composite housing. Instead it’s pretty straight forward to add an aftermarket LED or HID system that comes with a bulb that will plug directly into your current housing and then they’ll come with a ballast that the standard headlight plug can plug right into. They are also very affordable. As long as everything goes together as designed and you add any necessary harnesses to correct the wiring, they can be extremely trouble free.
In response to the above post, no, don't put HID or LED bulbs into halogen housings.
In response to OP, have you accounted for the fact that the OEM HID system is auto-leveling? Have you acquired all the parts of the HID system or just the headlights?
If you are fine having them operate as fixed lights, then just buy an aftermarket HID kit with a D2R plug for the low beam.
Last edited by firelizard; Oct 7, 2021 at 09:13 AM.
The factory halogen plug is kinda a big oval and it goes to the outside bulb, I believe you’ll find it is behind a cover on the back of the housing. You can of course go with the factory HID swap, but that requires replacing the entire composite housing. Instead it’s pretty straight forward to add an aftermarket LED or HID system that comes with a bulb that will plug directly into your current housing and then they’ll come with a ballast that the standard headlight plug can plug right into. They are also very affordable. As long as everything goes together as designed and you add any necessary harnesses to correct the wiring, they can be extremely trouble free.
I have LEDs now but the pattern is horrible, los of scatter and blinds oncoming traffic.
In response to the above post, no, don't put HID or LED bulbs into halogen housings.
In response to OP, have you accounted for the fact that the OEM HID system is auto-leveling? Have you acquired all the parts of the HID system or just the headlights?
If you are fine having them operate as fixed lights, then just buy an aftermarket HID kit with a D2R plug for the low beam.
I got just the houseing which has the ballast in there. So what you are saying is get a D2RHID bulb kit and replace the HID ballast in the houseing?
Yeah. So you know how they make those HID kits with a ballast that plugs into your original headlight connector, and outputs to an HID bulb made to fit a halogen-style headlight?
You just need to find a kit like that, but that outputs to a D2R socket. Basically, treat this like you were doing a projector retrofit in a non-HID car, but with D2R bulbs instead of D2S. That's the simplest way to do it.
As Firelizard pointed out, the factory HID headlights also have an auto-leveling system built in. You can run these headlights without the system, as I believe the HID ballasts are built into the headlight assembly, so you just plug them in.
Note: If you get a hold of a factory HID headlight assembly, you will see extra plug receptacles which are for the auto-leveling. If your car did not come with HID's, you will probably not have these auto-leveling plugs to plug into the receptacles. That is fine. I would, however, squirt RTV over the auto-leveling plug receptacles.
I recently removed my factory auto-leveling HID headlight assemblies, and installed Spec-D projector headlights. "They" say you can't put these aftermarket headlights in GS's that came with factory auto-leveling HID headlights, but you can. There is nothing you need to do, other than to plug them in, and squirt RTV in the auto-leveling plug ends that you won't use. You won't have auto-leveling in these new aftermarket headlights, but why in the world do you need that?!
If you installed aftermarket projector headlights, and installed the correct bulb, and installed the bulb correctly, you shouldn't have glare. You should have a crisp horizontal line, with a slight "Z" jog in it. You should also aim this crisp horizontal line slightly down from horizontal.
If your aftermarket headlights have glare, you likely installed the wrong bulb type, or you need to rotate it, or install it correctly.