stock headlights with HIDs

[Keven]

ok so im going to buy hid for my headlights and im going to buy them on ddm.

but as i was shopping i saw this

http://www.ddmtuning.com/Products/Error-Code-Eliminator-3-PAIR

and also this

http://www.ddmtuning.com/Products/HID-Kit-Wiring-Harness

do i need both of those or maybe one to work?
also so i have use 1 of those or 2 of those ^^ for the fog lights

Also
i want to paint the inside of my lights black is there maybe a tutorial or can someone tell me how to do it or give me tips on how to open it. or is it common sense?

[Bloody Arro]

As for painting the insides black, do you mean the housing? You mght be able to go to a yard or something and make an even trade for 20-03 headlights for yours. (they come stock with black housings)

[Keven]

ok i got my answers for my hids but as for the painting
he said paint the chrome bezel black

[Corey2kG]

https://www.thegalantcenter.org/showthread.php?t=41313

https://www.thegalantcenter.org/showthread.php?t=41320

I did it n did again n color matched them. You need one ballist per bulb. I have 4 ballist.

[OMEGA PHX]

To open the headlights look here:
https://www.thegalantcenter.org/showthread.php?t=41075&highlight=open+headlight
Post #6 from member RAZ_76 says the instructions with pics.

Personally I like to use a heatgun since you can control the heat a lil more than with the oven method, Also many members recomend preheating the oven, turning it off and then place the heads inside, don't leave it on while the heads are inside.

[keith6110]

To open the headlights look here:
https://www.thegalantcenter.org/showthread.php?t=41075&highlight=open+headlight
Post #6 from member RAZ_76 says the instructions with pics.

Personally I like to use a heatgun since you can control the heat a lil more than with the oven method, Also many members recomend preheating the oven, turning it off and then place the heads inside, don't leave it on while the heads are inside.

I like this method the best ^^^

[Keven]

ok thanks guys appreciate it. ill do it tomorrow and take pic for everyone

[Keven]

ok so i open them up cleaned them,sanded them and wash them im about to go prime them and then paint them ill put it all back together tomorrow and try to make a tutorial tomorrow for everyone.

[Reelax]

ok so im going to buy hid for my headlights and im going to buy them on ddm.

but as i was shopping i saw this

http://www.ddmtuning.com/Products/Error-Code-Eliminator-3-PAIR

and also this

http://www.ddmtuning.com/Products/HID-Kit-Wiring-Harness

do i need both of those or maybe one to work?
also so i have use 1 of those or 2 of those ^^ for the fog lights

...

first item are code eliminators... don't need them on the 8G since the headlights are not computer cotrolled.

second item is a relay harness... i reccomend it because the stock wiring is not designed to give enough current at startup of the HID's, starving them during ignition... that is bad for the longevity of the ballasts. you only need one relay harness since it will connect to both ballasts and only be activated by one side of the stock wiring (trigger).

btw. in order to retain your high beams when upgrading to HID, make sure to get a hi/ow kit or a bi-xenon kit (preferred); regular H4 HID kits omit the high beam functionality.

[Keven]

thanks reelax. and yea i know i wil be getting the harness and the high/low kit

also i will be getting the hid for my fog lights thanks all

[Keven]

ok guys i put them back together today and taped them so it can stay put. ill be putting some black silicone so it can be better weather proof and dont fog up.

[Corey2kG]

pics pics pics pics lol

[Keven]

haha they will be up by the end up the night. sorry you have to wait

[OMEGA PHX]

I don't think the extra silicone is needed, I didn't used any additional glue just heat the glue and press I used a plier to press the edges and they don't fog up at all.

[Keven]

yea i did the same but had some silicone laying around. so why not right?

[Keven]

here are pics installed
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z96/keven3/CIMG3228.jpg
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z96/keven3/CIMG3222.jpg

[Corey2kG]

Looks just like the 02-03 heads. You should of took out the reflectors good work

[Keven]

idk i saw yours and was like ill just leave it

[Kouki]

I ordered mine through DDM, they sent you H4s, if you get Hi/lows they will come with the harness for that, everything is supplied with what you order. No error elim or anything is needed other than the kit itself.

[Da_Prodigy]

Clear corners look good on black housing IF you paint the corner reflector as well.

[Keven]

i seen some people just take out the reflectors and you can see the bulb, i dont like that.

and yea ddm sent out my hids (heads and fogs) yesterday so it should be here by late this week or early next week.

[OMEGA PHX]

Nice they came out great, and clear corners is getting old, sometimes I want to put them back, so good choice the car looks clean

[Keven]

thanks man im working on the interior for now. waiting for my hids to come. then going to drop the car .

[Keven]

ok guys my hid came in today. i wasn't expecting them to be here till late next week.

at first i was super confused since i got the hid for the fogs and the hids for the heads
and the extra harness.but i layed everything out on the floor and got it all(easy). so i know how everything goes now and will install tomorrow before and after pic will be up tomorrow night.

[G-spot]

i seen some people just take out the reflectors and you can see the bulb, i dont like that.




Nice they came out great, and clear corners is getting old, sometimes I want to put them back, so good choice the car looks clean

For those who didn't know, cars w/ "clear corners" are getting played out and many are flocking back to amber corners. I remember back then it used to be "mandatory" mod as it was to identify yourself from other G owners that you were a part of TGC etc. Rarely do I see cars with them now unless they were really old or it came like that factory. It's more of a personal preference now then how we used to think of them.

[Keven]

yea i think it a personal preference to

[Keven]

ok guys i installed the hids and i noticed my lows dont work....
only my highs work..?

keep in mind that i i got the extra harness and the high/low

anyhelp?????

[Reelax]

check that you wired it correctly. if so check for blown fuses.

[Keven]

everything looks ok and the fuse is new

[Reelax]

wait are you sure only your hi's work? explain further what is happening. also is the kit hi/lo or bixenon? there is a difference: hi/lo has an HID capsule for low and a seperate regular bulb for hi, while bixenon uses a single HID capsule for both low and hi by either moving a shield orthe actual capsule to change beam pattern.

[Keven]

yea when you turn the low on nothing happens. but when you put it on high it lights up.

i got the hi/low

i got it from ddm with the harness

also i didnt use the relay harness i used the other harness that comes with it.. idk if that why..

also i connected the ground to the ground on the batter and the positive on the batterie maybe it has to be ground on the chassie and not batterie?

[Corey2kG]

Make sure your switch isnt on when you are wiring them up

[Keven]

ok sorry guys i made a mistake i dont have highs...

im not used to on how to put the highs on the galant im used to ford and it diffrent.

ok so my highs dont work...

[Corey2kG]

Then you only have lows then. If you have the hi/low beam you should have 3 connections 2 round ones n a retanglar type connection at least thats how mine are

[Keven]

your talking about from the ballast right??

yea it has 1 round cable and 1 rectangular one

[Corey2kG]

Then its only lows there should be 3 con.

[Keven]

so ddm sent me the wrong ballasts?

[Reelax]

no not necessarily... how many wires are coming out of the bulbs?

[Keven]

no not necessarily... how many wires are coming out of the bulbs?

3

[Reelax]

3 or 4 i dont remember it connected

if there r more than 2 from each bulb assembly, you have a hi/lo or bixenon kit. when you say your hi beam don't work, do mean the lights shut off completely or you can't tell if the high beam comes on?

[Keven]

i cant tell when they come on.. it stays lit but there no diffrence and nothing happens just stays as if it still on low

[Reelax]

try it at night or in a dark garage etc. if the lights are bixenon, there actually is no additional light that turns on when you switch from low to high; the beam pattern will simply change from being low to high. you have to point the car at a wall or something similar to see this happening. the beam pattern change is accomplished by either the capsule light source moving or a shield moving to allow the light to shine on parts of the reflector that would let it appear to be aimed higher than the low beam.

now if they are hi/lo, there will be an extra halogen hi beam bulb... this bulb will turn on when you activate the high beam. the problem is HID is so much brighter than halogen, it will be hard to see this bulb turn on. again check the funtion against a wall or at night (or both).

[Keven]

try it at night or in a dark garage etc. if the lights are bixenon, there actually is no additional light that turns on when you switch from low to high; the beam pattern will simply change from being low to high. you have to point the car at a wall or something similar to see this happening. the beam pattern change is accomplished by either the capsule light source moving or a shield moving to allow the light to shine on parts of the reflector that would let it appear to be aimed higher than the low beam.

now if they are hi/lo, there will be an extra hi beam bulb... this bulb will turn on when you activate the high beam. the problem is HID is so much brighter than halogen, it will be hard to see this bulb turn on. again check the funtion against a wall or at night (or both).

yea i did that an hour ago against a wall and you cant see it change

[Corey2kG]

Pictures in this case will help...

[Keven]

Pictures in this case will help...

pic of what?

[Corey2kG]

The setup, of how you have everything wired up

[Keven]

well it kinda hard to show pic now it night over here in fl but i went on ddm and saw there and did what it said on the instructions.

only one thing i did different was wire the negative to the battery terminal and not to the body.

[Reelax]

yea i did that an hour ago against a wall and you cant see it change

something is not connected or wired correctly. it sounds like the harness is not being triggered by the stock high beam output or the selenoids that either move the capsule or move the shield are not connected correctly. double check you did everything the instructions said to do.

[Keven]

something is not connected or wired correctly. it sounds like the harness is not being triggered by the stock high beam output or the selenoids that either move the capsule or move the shield are not connected correctly. double check you did everything the instructions said to do.

ok ill do it tomorrow and get back to you guys

[keith6110]

Glad to see you went ahead with the HID kits. Play around with your wires and make sure your "harness adapter" is wired to the hid's correctly. You may want to switch the wire setup from the hi beam to the low beam to make sure both hi and low boxes are working and you didn't receive a bad hid box or something. Just something to help troubleshoot a bit.

[Keven]

yea im do that tomorrow. make sure everything all connected and switch couple things around

[Keven]

ok guys today i made sure that everything connected right.

nothing changed when you flick the high on in the beginning it looks like it brights up a lil but dosent move up...?

but once the car is on for like 5 min and u flick high on it dosent look like it brights up anymore.

[Reelax]

turn on your low beams. leave it on for a minute to let the HID warm up; it will appear bright then dim down a little then will steadily get brighter until it is warm. now turn on your hi beams... it won't actually get brighter but if you have it shining on something it should change where it shines, moving the pattern up. if that is not happening then either something is not connected correctly or something is not installed corectly (bulbs/sheild) or maybe a selenoid that moves the light source or sheild is bad (but i doubt both sides would go bad at the same time).

[Keven]

Yea I had it shining on the wall and it doent move so ima take the bulbs out and see if I installed wrong

[Reelax]

take pictures for us. it's hard to diagnose w/o knowing what u have exactly.

[Corey2kG]

Yeah its confusing just writing about it lol.

[Keven]

ok i got my new fogs today and i installed the hids for them to ill post a pic later when it gets night over here

[Corey2kG]

Any luck??

[Keven]

nah im not really in a hurry since there fucken bright already


http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z96/keven3/CIMG3287.jpg
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z96/keven3/CIMG3286.jpg
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z96/keven3/CIMG3285.jpg

[Roamingrican]

nah im not really in a hurry since there fucken bright already


http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z96/keven3/CIMG3287.jpg
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z96/keven3/CIMG3286.jpg
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z96/keven3/CIMG3285.jpg

The lights look great, where did you mount the ballast for the drivers side foglight? I had to 3m double sided tape it to the fender (not a good idea)
It fell off last night taking the bulb with it. :-(

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[finald8ta]

looks sweet i just got done with mine 35w all the way around but i need to get anti flicker devices for the fogs, the headlights have it built in the harness

[finald8ta]

The lights look great, where did you mount the ballast for the drivers side foglight? I had to 3m double sided tape it to the fender (not a good idea)
It fell off last night taking the bulb with it. :-(

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great i mounted mine under the fog light with 3m tap gona have to bust out the zip ties

[mtgraves2005]

Looks great..just install my HIDs for my headlights and fogs as well (8000K).