Hid Install

[N1GTR]

Hey guys

Ive just bought a set of HID's for my supra, and have no idea how to install them

Here's a pic of the kit and a pic of the clips/plugs supplied

If anyone can help me with the basic wiring id really appreciate it - cause stock supra lights are quite shitty. If this set are ok ill get another set for my GTR

Cheers

Oh btw, yes it came with a wiring diagram - but that was translates from chinese or something to english and makes zero sense

[skybarge]

Um you probably won't be able to see at night with them installed either if it's a plug and play kit in a halogen housing?

Sorry to say dude, but you'll be blinding almost everyone on the road

Also if someone hits you you won't get any insurance because you'll have illegal lights :S

hmmm

Solution to the problem, get the GTR running from the other thread

Or get one fo the newer supra HID projectors off Ebay and retrofit it :sorcerer:

[skybarge]

did it come with another wiring harness as well?

usually the kits come with a plug from ballast to harness, comes with two plugs black and red

plug them into your low beam and ground plugs and away you blind

[skybarge]

Damn i should've done all this in one post

Here's me testing some in the stock housing with projector style round headlights:

12000k purple - so not bright, best is 4300 or so, but that'll be a lot brighter than these

These are what it looks like to oncoming drivers, after I'd angled them downwards to stop it:

I reckon sell them on another forum, maybe NS.com to someone that doesn't know about HID kits

Edited August 15, 2007 by skybarge

[adam-__-]

It should go from the original power cable to the ballast which then goes into the new hid globes.

I agree with skybarge though, I've got a hid kit installed myself and it's an improvement, but it's also blinding on coming traffic. If I were to upgrade my lights again, I would go retrofit for sure.

[N1GTR]

Um you probably won't be able to see at night with them installed either if it's a plug and play kit in a halogen housing?

Sorry to say dude, but you'll be blinding almost everyone on the road

Also if someone hits you you won't get any insurance because you'll have illegal lights :S

hmmm

Solution to the problem, get the GTR running from the other thread

Or get one fo the newer supra HID projectors off Ebay and retrofit it :sorcerer:

did it come with another wiring harness as well?

usually the kits come with a plug from ballast to harness, comes with two plugs black and red

plug them into your low beam and ground plugs and away you blind

Hahaha yeah dont worry, im well and truly over the GTR.....for now

It came with everything in the pic - no additional wiring?!

It should go from the original power cable to the ballast which then goes into the new hid globes.

I agree with skybarge though, I've got a hid kit installed myself and it's an improvement, but it's also blinding on coming traffic. If I were to upgrade my lights again, I would go retrofit for sure.

How do you mean exactly? What is the first part you mean?

[adam-__-]

Sorry if that didn't make any sense.

Here's what I was trying to explain.

[adam-__-]

If that doesn't work then I'm not sure.

Sorry if that f**ks your ballast or globes up

[MANWHORE]

Um you probably won't be able to see at night with them installed either if it's a plug and play kit in a halogen housing?

Sorry to say dude, but you'll be blinding almost everyone on the road

Also if someone hits you you won't get any insurance because you'll have illegal lights :S

hmmm

Solution to the problem, get the GTR running from the other thread

Or get one fo the newer supra HID projectors off Ebay and retrofit it :sorcerer:

Bingo!

Finally, people are saying the same thing that I am. I've done a lot of research in this area guys.

I used to regularly post how bad these aftermarket kits are. People would post bad stuff about me like - you don't know what you're talking about, etc.

Return the kits. Either get yourself a set of decent bulbs, or do a retrofit. Only possible option.

[skybarge]

damn, you're over the GTR? I've read all the posts in that section, but didn't think I should comment, because i've had a GTS-t off the road for 2.5 years and a GTS4 off the road for 6 months

send the GTR over here to NZ and I'll get it up and running

On another note, what sort of bulbs does the Supra have?

because where the harness is circled above, I had a connector plugging into that plug that turned it into H4 and H1 for my skyline

[N1GTR]

If that doesn't work then I'm not sure.

Sorry if that f**ks your ballast or globes up

Thanks for the help

The one you have circled to go to the ballast is the size of the current globe, so thats strange?!

damn, you're over the GTR? I've read all the posts in that section, but didn't think I should comment, because i've had a GTS-t off the road for 2.5 years and a GTS4 off the road for 6 months

send the GTR over here to NZ and I'll get it up and running

On another note, what sort of bulbs does the Supra have?

because where the harness is circled above, I had a connector plugging into that plug that turned it into H4 and H1 for my skyline

Its a money pit with no bottom, ive spent heaps on it and i just miss driving it, when you think its all going along well something comes along and takes more money and time from you

H3C is what ive been told, im really not good at this stuff

[skybarge]

damn it should've come with this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HID-fuse-re...bayphotohosting

Or you could cut that big plug off the HID harness, and put two spade terminals on it, then plug those directly into the H3, just make sure you have the polarity right or you'll fry the ballasts :S

[adam-__-]

I'm not too sure N1GTR. The way my kit was installed is the same as what I put in that pic.

I think what you have there skybarge is the cables if you want to power your ballast from the battery (as in straight from the battery). Those plugs were provided with my kit, but it wasn't needed.

[N1GTR]

Oh crap!

Ill have to get that!

Thanks guys

[N1GTR]

Ok im over trying this!

Anyone in Sydney who knows how to do this please PM me ill pay you in beer if you can get it working

[siddr20]

Sorry to be a noob..

what what exactly is a retrofit?

What does it involve on an r33?

I hate my yellow lights sometimes..

Can someone give me an insight to whats involved?

might as well do it correct first time round..(rather than buying a cheap set of hids and just making it plug n play)

Edit: you know i have seen some r33s with just plug and play hids and they arent bad at all.. (mtec was the brand) didnt blind ppl etc.. looked really nice..

[Wink]

Retrofit = taking the projector/HID unit of an existing car and fitting it to your old headlight housing.

This includes not only the HID system (eg the bulbs + ballast) but also the projector lens - this way you know that the HID system was meant for that particular projector lens.

It is the most costly, but gives the best results. For R33, it really is the only way as the reflectors on the R33 are way too poor (i.e not focussed enough) for HID lights.

[swanny180]

Hey Sidd, a retrofit is basically using a stock HID from one car in another one - ie making it fit somewhere it wasnt originally designed for.

Pretty sure theres a DIY on an R32 with BMW angel eyes?

[arep3]

I would like to say to anybody that wants to improve their lighting with hid, DO SOME RESEARCH! From what I have found out with my RESEARCH is that the only hid kit worth buying is anything Phillips makes and nothing bigger then 4200k. anything over that and you will have bad lighting, blinding the oncoming traffic, eye fatigue etc.

Retrofit so what you would do if your headlights are NOT designed for hids.

R32GTR projectors are not designed for hids. yet Marcus here has retrofitted Honda Euro projecters into his headlights because they are designed for hid.

Retrofitting is the term used to describe the install of lets say for example a projector from 1 cars headlight to another cars headlight assembly so you can then install hids properly.

heres 8 pages of reading goodness. Xenon Hid Lights Conversion For R32GTR

[siddr20]

Thanks for that info everyone.. makes sense now!!

So for those who did this on an r33; from what car and model did you use to your car?

Cheers