New replacement HID's lights for my 4.6 complete

[MADDMOE]

Well to begin i must warn you if your not good with tools or working on cars DONT even think of doing this job leave it for the dealer, i have years of experience working on cars & motorcycles so this was a breeze for me & the website HMASERVICE.COM did start me off in the right direction but it did not FULLY show me how to remove the front bumper shell , you see that front bumper shell HAS to be removed (not completely, can be just lowered) in order for you to remove the headlight unit completely , there is NO way u can get those HID's out without removing the headlight unit (the bulbs are locked in with a bracket by 2 screws) & as for the passenger side headlight unit you MUST REMOVE the air filter box (there are 3 screws holding the headlight unit in place) . I providing some pictures & my replacement consisted of putting in new 8000K HID's i wanted a more blueish look to match the 8000K HID's i installed in my fog lights

 

[itsme4g63]

nice job, , did you just switch out bulbs?

 

[MADDMOE]

oh yes all i did was switch out the bulbs not the ballast ( bulb #Xetronic™HID Xenon D1S/D1R Replacement Bulb 8000K Deep Blue )

 

[itsme4g63]

does it provide any more viewing distance or did you do it for the look? Reason I ask I have 4500k stock in the evo and I can see plenty but people with a higher output tell me that they don't have as much viewing distance.

 

[Mr2Envi]

does it provide any more viewing distance or did you do it for the look? Reason I ask I have 4500k stock in the evo and I can see plenty but people with a higher output tell me that they don't have as much viewing distance.

Higher the kelvin color, the less visibility you are going to get. 4300k is stock d2s in standard factory hid cars, same as your evo case. It is proven to be the most visible lighting on the road. 8000k is very blue and harder to see on the road. This mod is only for color. I never recomend to go higher than 6000k for road safety purposes.

 

[MADDMOE]

mr2envi is correct but as i drive only in NYC i can see clearly & far , in my motorcycle ( 2005 Honda Goldwing i have a set of 12000k HID's ) & when i ride out of state on my bike at night believe me it lights up the road & everyone in front of me moves out of the way due to the light blasting them in thier rear view mirror, my replacement on my genesis was more for look its bright enough for me

 

[GS300rich]

to me thats not a great design that you have to remove the bumper to change the bulb. Granted HID lights will last for a good amount of years but eventually they will need to be changed, and for those of us that like to do things ourselves this takes significantly more time to do.

Can you post a pic of the goldwing headlights on the road? I was told 12000k is barely even visible on the road

 

[Mr2Envi]

mr2envi is correct but as i drive only in NYC i can see clearly & far , in my motorcycle ( 2005 Honda Goldwing i have a set of 12000k HID's ) & when i ride out of state on my bike at night believe me it lights up the road & everyone in front of me moves out of the way due to the light blasting them in thier rear view mirror, my replacement on my genesis was more for look its bright enough for me

Haha people getting out of your way maybe due to the massive purple glare from your headlights reflector . Projector are the only way minimize/elimitate unwanted glare that blind motorists. Yeah if you like the looks, it is fine. There was a reason why hid was introduced for vehicles and why 4300k-4500k colors were chosen. HID was introduced for road safety purposes and 4300k-4500k maximized the most visibility you can get for your eyes. I have seen newer, the key word is newer designed, halogen headlights gives better output than those crazy 10000k+ colors hid

 

[MADDMOE]

true i feel sorry for anyone who has to have a blown out HID replaced because im sure the labor cost alone will be alot (at least 2.5 to 3.5 hours , if your near NYC ill do it for half the cost) & all i know is when im in upstate NY at night on my goldwing & im looking out for deers i turn on my HID's (12000K ) i see everything & its a beautiful thing believe me being on 2 wheels going at least 80 mph if i couldnt see with them they wouldnt be on my bike & the same goes for my genesis if i couldnt see with those 8000k's i would have gotten 6000k or stayed with what was on there but im very happy with them (key word "IM") lmao

 

[Mr2Envi]

Maddmoe, what type of hid bulbs is the genesis uses? Is it D2s or D4s?

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[Mr2Envi]

I didnt realized you already posted, umm strange no one really use d1s anymore

 

[jonah]

I am providing some pictures & my replacement consisted of putting in new 8000K HID's i wanted a more blueish look to match the 8000K HID's i installed in my fog lights

wow, nice job. i have been thinking about doing mine but I'm not sure i'm ready to dive into bumper cover removal yet... how long did it take you? what parts of the process were different or more involved than what hmaservice.com showed?

how hard was it to change the fog lights to HIDs? was it hard to find a place to mount the ballast? i take it you have a jack/lift to raise the front of the car, what kind did you use? i'm wondering if the flimsy jack that came with the car could be good enough to make some room to get the job done.

i know that's a lot of questions but there aren't many other resources to get this kind of information

congrats on nice looking headlights!

 

[USMA84]

Higher the kelvin color, the less visibility you are going to get. 4300k is stock d2s in standard factory hid cars, same as your evo case. It is proven to be the most visible lighting on the road. 8000k is very blue and harder to see on the road. This mod is only for color. I never recomend to go higher than 6000k for road safety purposes.

So, all that work for decreased visibility at night! But hey, at least you look cool and your headlights now match your fog lights!

Things that make you go hmmmm!

 

[MADDMOE]

if you want to just change your fog lights then all you need to do is remove about 3 plastic screws underneath the fog light & reach under there to remove the bulb but if you want to install HID's in the fog light than i would suggest you jact up your car with the jack that came with the car or any other jack & remove the tire to give you more room to install the ballast , remove the 3 plastic screws that i mentioned & a couple more plastic pop in screws from the inner wheel well , then remove the inner wheel well to the side (you dont have to completely remove it) now you should be able to see the FOG light housing & wire, all you would have to do then is find a place to mount your ballast & install your HID & you will be set, good luck

 

[MADDMOE]

as far as removing the front bumper cover, its really simple (well i guess for me since i did it about 4 times now) it would take about an hour to remove it basically theres just some plastic screws holding it & 4 metal screws. once you remove all of them all you do is just pull the cover off & make sure you have some blankets or pillows on the floor underneath the bumper so that it doesnt get scratched, oh & to get to the passenger side HID you have to remove the air box so that you can remove the screw (1 of 3 ) that holds the headlight assy in place.

 

[jonah]

when you changed your fog lights over to HIDs, did you notice that the light shined in a different pattern than the stock lights? since the HID "bulbs" don't have an opaque end cap on the like all other H8 bulbs, I'm wondering if the new HIDs would blind oncoming traffic.

how have the new main low beam HIDs worked? do you think the longevity/quality of the replacement bulbs is similar to stock?

i just changed my fogs over to luminics titanium. they're ok but not exactly what i was looking for. now that i've gotten in there and done it i can see that it's not hard at all and there's plenty of room for HIDs.

thanks for the info!

 

[jonah]

as far as removing the front bumper cover, its really simple (well i guess for me since i did it about 4 times now) it would take about an hour to remove it basically theres just some plastic screws holding it & 4 metal screws. once you remove all of them all you do is just pull the cover off & make sure you have some blankets or pillows on the floor underneath the bumper so that it doesnt get scratched, oh & to get to the passenger side HID you have to remove the air box so that you can remove the screw (1 of 3 ) that holds the headlight assy in place.

i'm about to do it and i just want to make sure, are you certain that it can't be done with a short phillips screwdriver to remove the bracket and the bulbs without taking the bumper off? it looks to me like there is enough room to possibly get in there with a small screwdriver and avoid the whole mess. We'll see. Thanks for any info!