As for cost, I eBayed an H4 hi/lo 6000K HID kit for $180 to my door - which was fine and dandy and all - but I forgot to ensure the bulbs were shielded (don’t get unshielded in our H4 housing - BAD :lol: ). After buying replacement bulbs (only) for $120-130 (better shielded 6000K bulbs), all was well. So in total around $300-310.
Don’t forget the H4 conversion first though, the Bosch one was $92.99 at the Canadian Tire I went to.
I’d say go with a kit with a good price & proper bulbs or go the projector route.
No underhood pics at the moment, i’ll try and get some. It’s basically a nest of wiring tucked under the flip-up light and the ballasts are tucked under the rad support/bracing or whatever it’s called…not a work of art but it’s endured rain & snow so far.
With proper H4 bulbs, wiring conversion (came with my kit), and the housings (lenses, which I did replace) it really is plug & play.
Here is what the original kit and unshielded bulbs looked like:
GLARE (as expected)!
Note the wiring is included, even the 3-prong adaptor to plug into your factory harness:
hey, did u use a relay harness to draw initial power from the battery rather than thru the car’s electricals directly? I’m gonna get a projector H4 conversion housing off of ebay since the HID kit i got off my civic is not shielded…
The wiring came completed, so it got power from the factory harness through the 3-prong plug.
I’m not sure those “projector” housings will actually prevent glare or shield the lighting in and of themselves, so beware if your bulbs are still unshielded. You might be better off just changing the bulbs maybe…
a buddy of mine who is on here actually purchased those ebay H4 conversion housings, to put it in simple terms, they suck and are cheap and cheap for the price too.
hey jonathan.
i suggest you goto the dollar store and grab 2 tiny lunch box and use it cover up the ballast. thats if you’re going to leave the ballast there. unless you’re going to relocated them someplace where water won’t get to.
hmm…yea i’d be alil worried leaving them there…but yea, i’m gonna grab a set ofthe ebay H4 projector housings and see how they look with my HID kit, if there’s too much glare i’ll get shielded bulbs
They’re actually not blinding at all, there is practically no glare (although yes, with the housings there is a tiny bit), but granted one of my headlights is slightly out of aim at the moment - but even that one isn’t “blinding”.
Don’t you or didn’t you have a similar set up? Did it work out?
good job jon
