INSTALL GUIDE: European headlight installation with LED headlight bulbs and LED running light wiring

[FistSt215]

Want a set so bad

 

[OffTheWall503]

HID kit ordered. Will share results soon.

 

[Chris G]

Sent Wendy an email for a quote... we will see.

Only part that makes me nervous is switching the wires around. Someone walk me down from the cliff... [emoji23]

 

[SFP]

Oh I will be soon! The halogen bulbs kinda suck but the LED strip looks awesome!

 

[Chris G]

Looks so good.

 

[OffTheWall503]

Did you install HIDs in yours or are you still waiting on them?

 

[SFP]

Waiting for the credit to post on the retrofit source then I'm going to order the HID kit and some demon eyes for em. Have a bracket in mind to make them work and have some badass accent colors when I want em lol

 

[SFP]

Make sure when you get HID that's it's a 35 watt kit! 55 will burn the reflector bowls on these projectors

 

[OffTheWall503]

I ordered the 35w slim ballasts.

 

[SFP]

Sweet! Yea I def need them soon as the laminx tinted film def cut down the light a little but made it blend well with the all chrome housing.

This is the next mod to them.

 

[Chris G]

Where do you guys plan to mount the ballasts?

 

[OffTheWall503]

Inside the headlight if there's room, if not, then I will cut a small slice into the headlight boot so I can feed the wires to a ballast on the outside of the housing.

 

[Chris G]

Would love to see how that turns out! Wendy got back to me... looks like they have one shipper that is specifically packing headlights now to avoid damage.

 

[parapraxis24]

Where do you guys plan to mount the ballasts?

I Mounted the ballasts below the headlight on the crash beam, there's plenty of room and they clear the headlights easily.

 

[OffTheWall503]

That is good news!

 

[Chris G]

That is good news!

TBD on how it actually works out...

 

[Chris G]

One last Q before I decide to place my order. I do plan on hooking up the LEDs eventually but maybe not right away due to time constraints. Will this pose any issues?

 

[OffTheWall503]

Nope, you just won't have any running lights since the wire won't be connected to the LED strip.

 

[OffTheWall503]

After doing some research, based on how the H7 bulb sits in the projector, we will need a modified version of the traditional H7 bulb, because the return wire will be pointing upwards and create a shadow. This picture explains it:

The bulbs can be bought here, it's only a kit on the website but I'm working to see if the bulbs can be purchased separately. It looks like these Hyundai Sonata cars have the same issue so they had these bulbs modified for them.

https://www.xenonsupply.com/collect...its/products/hyundai-sonata-hid-xenon-package

 

[Chris G]

Wow. How'd you figure that out? Applies to HID only or both halogen and HID?