HIDs on non-HID evo

[BigEd925]

I know another thread about thoses damn HIDs. I have a non hid evo 9, I recently bought an OEM HID kit from evodave. Included in the kit are : Bulbs, ballast, harnesses, ETC. My questions are:

have any of you done this conversion using your non hid headlights?

do the bulbs fit?

should I just cough up an extra 600 $ and get the JDM ones :lol: ?

Im off to evom :x to see if I can answer any of these questions on my own....

[ZK]

OEM as in OEM from the Evo with HID? The bulbs won't fit in your headlights as the projector housing is different.

You would need a HID bulb with a 9006 base to put into your housings. The ballast and wiring you can use.

[BigEd925]

OEM as in OEM from the Evo with HID? The bulbs won't fit in your headlights as the projector housing is different.

You would need a HID bulb with a 9006 base to put into your housings. The ballast and wiring you can use.


yea OEM from evo HID. I figured it wouldnt work Phil ... damnit! to jdm or not to jdm???!!!

[Hot8Evo]

hey ed, im doing that right now and the only problem you will encounter is "not to have the fogs on your headlights. I just bought the JDM evo IX headlights to Evo 8 and i am putting a 6000k HID to *a non HID headlights. This is what you need to check first:

1. you need H1 bulbs (im sure you evo IX bulbs are H1 coz evo 8 has H4)
2. you need to disassemble your headlights and check for the fog location if its not sealed
3. or call me 408-674-9071 and i will explain it to you..

[ZK]

You can "adapt" it to work. They sell 9006-based HID bulbs:
http://www.hidexpert.com/producthtml/9006_rebased_bulbs.html
Those will go into your headlight housings.

Then get some 9006 plugs:
http://www.hidexpert.com/producthtml/9006plug.html
Splice that into the two wires going into the ballast and you're set.

[ZK]

Repost.

[BigEd925]

You can "adapt" it to work. They sell 9006-based HID bulbs:
http://www.hidexpert.com/producthtml/9006_rebased_bulbs.html
Those will go into your headlight housings.

Then get some 9006 plugs:
http://www.hidexpert.com/producthtml/9006plug.html
Splice that into the two wires going into the ballast and you're set.


I think Im going that route. I talked to evodave and he said the HID bulbs could be modded to fit by modding the plastic on the bulbs, I would rather not do that. So if anyone want an OEM hid kit with fogs, bulbs shoot me a PM.

thanks guys.

[drunk monkey]

but putting a hid blub in a non hid projector wont put out good results. why dont you try to get oem hid projectors so y ou can retrofit. thats the best possible solution. the projector in a hid is different in an non hid one.

Carlo

[rodw]

I did the non-HID to OEM HID switch. SO much better than the stock halogen!
I also got my OEM HID parts from evodave and found a pair of HID headlights locally. Very easy to splice and wire it up however I never got around to hooking up the fogs.