HID Conversion Help...
#1
![Unhappy](https://www.rx8club.com/images/icons/icon9.gif)
hey guys, Im here again for help... I have a question. I have an 04 with regular lights, not the nice white lights, I want to make the conversion but I dont know what's good and whats not... I want 6000k on the regular driving lights...I already have fog, side, and parking lights looking bright white.. I just dont know if i need just the bulbs, or do I need a whole kit to upgrade from my regular plain drving lights to the white 6000k.. thanks in advance..
Last edited by KillaPapi85; 02-04-2009 at 07:34 AM.
#2
Finally a MT
iTrader: (11)
Here is what you need.. I have the same thing as you and I bought these.. they are amazing and install is very easy.. and its pretty cheap compared to other kits..
http://www.therpmstore.com/product_i...products_id=38
http://www.therpmstore.com/product_i...products_id=38
#4
Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Florida
Posts: 81
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Here is what you need.. I have the same thing as you and I bought these.. they are amazing and install is very easy.. and its pretty cheap compared to other kits..
http://www.therpmstore.com/product_i...products_id=38
http://www.therpmstore.com/product_i...products_id=38
One last question, what bulb do I choose, and do I need a relay or not. I see there is 20 dollars more with a relay...
#6
ಠ_ಠ
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Under the Dumbarton Bridge
Posts: 2,228
Likes: 0
Received 6 Likes
on
5 Posts
20 bucks sounds like cheap insurance to make sure your wiring harness doesn't catch fire. If the HID's don't pull more current then the OEM bulbs you're replacing, you don't need it. If the HID's do require a larger fuse, I'd use the relay.
#7
Hi guys! My name is Tony.
Join Date: May 2008
Location: San Francisco Bay Area 94542, USA. Earth. Solar System. Milky Way
Posts: 490
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I don't have a relay kit and running it for years with no problem.
Unless someone already catch a fire, I will put relay in right now.![Eyecrazy](https://www.rx8club.com/images/smilies/Eyecrazy.gif)
From what I understand, 35w HID will eat more power when igniting. But to keep it shine will use less, 35w, compare to 55w incandescent bulb.
Unless someone already catch a fire, I will put relay in right now.
![Eyecrazy](https://www.rx8club.com/images/smilies/Eyecrazy.gif)
From what I understand, 35w HID will eat more power when igniting. But to keep it shine will use less, 35w, compare to 55w incandescent bulb.
Last edited by krijpipudht; 02-05-2009 at 03:50 PM.
#9
Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Florida
Posts: 81
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Ok, thanks about the relay, but i stil have a question, When I go to the bulb type, what do i Choose, There are so many that i dont know which one?
Last edited by SilverRenesis; 02-06-2009 at 08:52 AM.
#10
Mulligan User
iTrader: (1)
get 4500k if you want the 'whitest' and brightest light
probably don't want to go beyond 6000k for the 'blue tint' look, anything beyond 6000k and you're actually losing significant light to put down on the road, which kinda defeats the main purpose of having HID, to put down more light onto the road.
probably don't want to go beyond 6000k for the 'blue tint' look, anything beyond 6000k and you're actually losing significant light to put down on the road, which kinda defeats the main purpose of having HID, to put down more light onto the road.
#11
Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Florida
Posts: 81
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Yea but when you got to this link, "" http://www.therpmstore.com/product_i...products_id=38 """
in the bulb type section, I dodnt know which one to pick, I know I want 6000k, But the options that are giving to me in the "Bulb Type" I dont recognize...
in the bulb type section, I dodnt know which one to pick, I know I want 6000k, But the options that are giving to me in the "Bulb Type" I dont recognize...
![Squint](https://www.rx8club.com/images/smilies/squint.gif)
#12
Mulligan User
iTrader: (1)
Yea but when you got to this link, "" http://www.therpmstore.com/product_i...products_id=38 """
in the bulb type section, I dodnt know which one to pick, I know I want 6000k, But the options that are giving to me in the "Bulb Type" I dont recognize...![Squint](https://www.rx8club.com/images/smilies/squint.gif)
in the bulb type section, I dodnt know which one to pick, I know I want 6000k, But the options that are giving to me in the "Bulb Type" I dont recognize...
![Squint](https://www.rx8club.com/images/smilies/squint.gif)
you want the H7
#14
Rotary Powered
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Harker Heights, TX
Posts: 279
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
So let me get this straight because I am going to buy blues for my 8 as well. I want a H7 and 6000k HIDs. Now what exactly is the H7, I don't want to buy something that I dont understand.
#18
Rotary Powered
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Harker Heights, TX
Posts: 279
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Alright then H7 it is, thanks for the help, I read in a past topic that sport packages didn't come with HIDs which is weird, must have been an option that the previous owner of my 8 had put on or already in and didn't realize it. I am also reading that some people want a relay harness while others dont. Whats your opinion?
#19
X e p i A
iTrader: (1)
If you do have stock HID, then YOU DO NOT WANT H7! You also do not need to buy a whole kit, you already have balasts and all that jazz. All you need is bulbs. Look for bulb type D2S.
#20
Rotary Powered
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Harker Heights, TX
Posts: 279
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
see this is why i ask questions lol. Here is a better description. Bare with my I had a Mazda 6 a year ago that had regulars so I thought I had the Xenons.
Car has Foglights on the bottom
Car has a blueish tint that seems to charge up to a lighter blue
Has a cutoff all the way across on the top
Car has Foglights on the bottom
Car has a blueish tint that seems to charge up to a lighter blue
Has a cutoff all the way across on the top
#21
X e p i A
iTrader: (1)
Alright then H7 it is, thanks for the help, I read in a past topic that sport packages didn't come with HIDs which is weird, must have been an option that the previous owner of my 8 had put on or already in and didn't realize it. I am also reading that some people want a relay harness while others dont. Whats your opinion?
Again... do you have fogs? Yes? then you just need DS2 bulbs. No fogs? get the H7 kit.
#23
X e p i A
iTrader: (1)
If the Sunlight Silver car with the lights on is yours, then yes you already have HIDs. 05 sport models definitely had HIDs. I've got an 04 sport and I swapped to 6000k bulbs also. All you need is the D2S bulbs. I've swapped out just about every bulb on the car so just PM me if you have any other questions.