Advanced HID Install: Write-up

[IAmTodd]

How did you wire them up?

If they're from CQLight, the stock works ok, but I really don't trust it and recomend something similar to the way I did. Back roads with no light is very dangerious if in fact you were to bump the hi/lo beam stalk.

 

[FexplorerV8]

well my kit came with a wire that lets u run them on hi/lo and it does not affect anything, they just stay on =]

 

[sor118]

Guys, there are some 9007 kits that have a halogen bulb for the highs incorporated into the same base right beside the Xenon HID bulbs. I haven't heard how well these work though. For those of us who have daytime running lights, this set up would work otherwise you have to disable your DRL's.

You can also buy telescopic HID kits which I believe are like or are the same as bi-xenon set ups where bulbs have a blinder type mechanism that moves to open up more light when switched to the highs. DRL's would still have to be disabled for this set up.

 

[uchi]

that looks great. do you actually notice a difference with the fog lights on whiel using the hid's? ive got a kit from my car ill be installing on my explorer soon, maybe this weekend if i find the time. and id like to upgrade the bulb in my fogs but if its not gonna produce a noticable amount of light then why waste the money

 

[parad1mg]

Looks awesome!couple of questions thou..how did you take care of the glare? aimed the headlights low? any encounters with the local police yet? how 'bout when you get an inspection? swap them out back to regular bulbs? my major concern is too much glare that it draws uneccessary attention & i dont know if its ok to install HID kits here in VA.

 

[rmccullough]

Sorry to reply to an old thread. FexplorerV8, were they easy to install?

I live in Montana. I don't do a lot of driving at night, but night driving is somewhat dangerous because of the deer. It seems my headlights on my '96 explorer just aren't bright enough, even on high beams.

My lenses are fogged quite a bit. Is my best bet to replace the lenses and bulbs? Or to do an HID + bumper lights (on high beams) like this thread details?

The biggest concern is having enough light to see deer at night.

 

[5.0 POWER]

hey todd i got a question for yah. I just ordered a pair of the projector/reflector 1 piece lights that just had a group buy on and was wanting to make it into a quad beam. Could i just use your same harness but have the output that you had set to the daylighters go to the reflectors?

 

[BWilliams]

hey todd i got a question for yah. I just ordered a pair of the projector/reflector 1 piece lights that just had a group buy on and was wanting to make it into a quad beam. Could i just use your same harness but have the output that you had set to the daylighters go to the reflectors?

Well, I'm not Todd, but I can help ya' anyways.

Yes, if you use his setup and, instead of wiring the relay to power a pair of Daylighters, you would just run those wires to the sockets for the high beam bulbs, and you'd be golden.

HTH.

 

[IAmTodd]

This thread doesn't cover the daylighters. If you wire up the HIDs like I have in the first post you will plug the connector from the housings into the stock connector. It will pull power for high beams only then. I have mine set up this exact way.

HID low beams- custom harness with relay from battery as in post 1
Halogen high beams- connected to factory connector using all existing harnesses from the light housing and vehicle wiring.

I had the daylighters wired through a similar system but pulled the turn on signal from the high beam lead on the vehicle harness. You can do the high beams like that as well. Some say you get more light, I don't think there will be much of a difference once the vehicle is running.

 

[5.0 POWER]

I need some help guys . I made the seperate harness and I hooked it all up, but I just realized that none of my dash lights light up anymore. It is also telling me that I should check my headlights . I need help

 

[IAmTodd]

I'd check the fuses for the dash lights. If you made up a separate harness you are no longer utilising the factory connectors so the computer thinks the bulbs are burnt out. Some resistors should fix that. That is out of my area of expertise though.

 

[5.0 POWER]

it turns out i didn't have my dimmer plugged in all the way ..... just took me 3 hours to figure that out. Well now my truck is finally back to looking like a truck after having no grille for 4 weeks.