HID/Xenon Conversion - Inside please!
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Staging Lane
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HID/Xenon Conversion - Inside please! Hi everyone,
I'm installing a set of HID's in my T/A. Has anyone installed HID's and retained the stock headlight wiring? In other words, remove the stock low beam bulb, and attach the HID ballast directly to the 2 stock wires that ran into the low beam.
As it has been stated, HID's use less juice than stock lights, except during the "startup" when they use a bit more. Will our wiring stand up to the "startup" phase? Lots of folks on other forums are using their stock wiring with good results, but what about an F-body? I'm expecting a lot of people to jump in and say "the stock wiring was not designed for HID's", but does anyone have first hand experience that we can go off of? Any info would be great, thanks!
I'm installing a set of HID's in my T/A. Has anyone installed HID's and retained the stock headlight wiring? In other words, remove the stock low beam bulb, and attach the HID ballast directly to the 2 stock wires that ran into the low beam.
As it has been stated, HID's use less juice than stock lights, except during the "startup" when they use a bit more. Will our wiring stand up to the "startup" phase? Lots of folks on other forums are using their stock wiring with good results, but what about an F-body? I'm expecting a lot of people to jump in and say "the stock wiring was not designed for HID's", but does anyone have first hand experience that we can go off of? Any info would be great, thanks!
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Staging Lane
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yep, stock lowbeam is 4703, stock high beam is 4701, but there are really no good replacement bulbs that will fit. you can convert to H7 with the conversion from eurolights, but still not fantastic, which is why I decided on the HID's. Anyone have any experience with this?
http://firehawk.jonbroomfield.com/hidinfo/
Above is a link someone off the site posted awhile back w/ a TA and HIDs. I dont remember who posted this, but there's an email hyperlink towards the bottom of the page.
Above is a link someone off the site posted awhile back w/ a TA and HIDs. I dont remember who posted this, but there's an email hyperlink towards the bottom of the page.
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Staging Lane
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He used a pair of relays and a wiring harness.... but people with other brands of cars are just "re-fusing" the stock headlight fuse to ~30amps (or 2 x 15amp, if they're fused separately), sticking with the stock headlight wiring, and reporting no problems. Any reason why we couldn't do that?
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Originally Posted by Ling_650vette
http://firehawk.jonbroomfield.com/hidinfo/
Above is a link someone off the site posted awhile back w/ a TA and HIDs. I dont remember who posted this, but there's an email hyperlink towards the bottom of the page.
Above is a link someone off the site posted awhile back w/ a TA and HIDs. I dont remember who posted this, but there's an email hyperlink towards the bottom of the page.
Originally Posted by tiresmokeLS1
yep, stock lowbeam is 4703, stock high beam is 4701, but there are really no good replacement bulbs that will fit. you can convert to H7 with the conversion from eurolights, but still not fantastic, which is why I decided on the HID's. Anyone have any experience with this?
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showpost....76&postcount=5
There is also a link there on how to make your own sealed-beam conversion units.
