How To Install An Hid Conversion Kit Repair Guide

Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

7

Time Required

                          1 - 2 hours            

Sections

1

• Headlights
• 7 steps

Flags

Member-Contributed Guide

An awesome member of our community made this guide. It is not managed by iFixit staff.

• BackCar and Truck

• Full Screen

• Options

• History

• Save to Favorites

• Download PDF

• Edit

• Translate

• Get Shareable Link

• Embed This Guide

• Notify Me of Changes

• Stop Notifications

Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Headlights               

• Open the hood.
• Locate the back of the headlights and remove the bolts holding the headlight housing.

Open the hood.

Locate the back of the headlights and remove the bolts holding the headlight housing.

1024

Step 2

• Unplug the stock harness and remove the headlights.

Unplug the stock harness and remove the headlights.

Step 3

• Remove battery negative terminal.
• Remove headlight cover and remove factory halogen bulb.

Remove battery negative terminal.

Remove headlight cover and remove factory halogen bulb.

Step 4

• Take out the HID bulb from the plastic shell and remove the circular plastic piece.
• Remember not to touch the HID bulb glass!
• If you accidentally touch it, you can clean it with some rubbing alcohol.

Take out the HID bulb from the plastic shell and remove the circular plastic piece.

Remember not to touch the HID bulb glass!

If you accidentally touch it, you can clean it with some rubbing alcohol.

Step 5

• Screw in the HID bulb back into the headlight housing.
• Connect the wires of the HID bulb to the ballast and then connect the HID ballast back to the stock harness.

Screw in the HID bulb back into the headlight housing.

Connect the wires of the HID bulb to the ballast and then connect the HID ballast back to the stock harness.

Step 6

• Before you mount the ballast, test the HID light to make sure it lights up.
• If not, turn the adapter wire 180 degrees.
• Mount the HID ballast with zip ties.

Before you mount the ballast, test the HID light to make sure it lights up.

If not, turn the adapter wire 180 degrees.

Mount the HID ballast with zip ties.

Step 7

• Put everything (like the headlight housing) back.
• Enjoy!

Put everything (like the headlight housing) back.

Enjoy!

Enjoy your new HID Conversion Kit and upgraded headlights or fog lights.

Cancel: I did not complete this guide.

                                                                                      5 other people completed this guide.                                             

Author

                                      with 1 other contributor 

                    Eric Wu                     

Member since: 01/21/2015

3,267 Reputation

                                      23 Guides authored                  



                       Badges:
                       14







                                                        +11 more badges