The $53.50 eBay HID Kit Installed & Working

[The Architect]

So I made myself a guinea pig, plus my buddy had a $70 set from ebay with great results so I went for it.

The kit is a 35W H1 8000K

Heres the pictures and a video as well.

The video was taken with a point n shoot camera so dont be too hasty to call the light output bad because its actually very good.



Half & Half

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SAME AS ABOVE EXCEPT SPED UP TO SHOW WARM-UP PERIOD
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[thebarber]

i wouldnt go w/ 8000k personally...poorer visibility than other colours...

did you end up losing your high beams?

[The Architect]

that i did, i thought i ordered the 6000k but i guess i forgot. either way theyre drastically brighter than the 6000k bulbs i had in before, im very happy.

[jinxor]

is that a 35W kit or a 55W kit?

[The Architect]

35w

55w jumps up to i think $159 on ebay, idk about anywhere else.

[jinxor]

can you post a link to the hid page mate... thanks

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Looks a tad bit high. Can you aim them down a bit?

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q29/thenixonyouth/DSCF2162.jpg

Unless the driveway is inclined.

[The Architect]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/XENON-HID-CONVERSION-KIT-H1-H3-H4-H7-H13-9005-9006-9007_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trkparmsZ66Q3a2Q7c65Q3a15Q 7c39Q3a1Q7c240Q3a1309QQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQh ashZitem110327371554QQitemZ110327371554QQptZMotors Q5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories


thats what ive thought since the day i got the projectors.

im sure i can, ive heard you have to adjust the screws inside the headlight near where the bulbs go in.

anyone wanna fill me in?

[Kaotic Lazagna]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/XENON-HID-CONVERSION-KIT-H1-H3-H4-H7-H13-9005-9006-9007_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trkparmsZ66Q3a2Q7c65Q3a15Q 7c39Q3a1Q7c240Q3a1309QQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQh ashZitem110327371554QQitemZ110327371554QQptZMotors Q5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories


thats what ive thought since the day i got the projectors.

im sure i can, ive heard you have to adjust the screws inside the headlight near where the bulbs go in.

anyone wanna fill me in?

hmmmm...

[The Architect]

the difference is drastic, i dont even need my fogs anymore. id recommend them to everyone so far.

Ill give an update should anything change in stability/functionality etc.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Yeah, my HID's are a huge upgrade from the stocks, the Luminics, and the Sylvannia's I had prior to it. Although, since I don't have projectors, it's a bit glar-ie, so I had to aim them waaaay down.

[GreenSpeed]

I just picked up a set of the depo lights like yours. I'm sure there's a thread about it somewhere, but was the install simply mounting the ballast, connecting wires and replacing the stock bulb with the Xenon bulb?

Well done on the videos and pics!

[The Architect]

keep in mind i no longer have my high beams, then again it should also be noted that the projectors reach pretty high up while also not blinding any oncoming traffic.

the install was very straight forward, swab the bulbs, plug in the power and ground to the stock harness...and your golden.

[Yaris Palme]

i don´t like this HID Kits..... This kits are flashing the other drivers in front of you so much...... for the other driver it looks like he is looking direct into the sunlinght.

[The Architect]

not with the projectors, the cutoff is great and ive never been high beamed/flashed/etc. for any stray light.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

To prove non-believers wrong, I've seen people take pics of their lights behind another car (parked) to show where the cutoff is at.

[89GLH]

theres the reason aftermarket HID kits are illegal in some states. For $1 I bet the stock lights light better.

[The Architect]

lol

haha

[33OH]

theres the reason aftermarket HID kits are illegal in some states. For $1 I bet the stock lights light better.

I have an 8000K HID kit as well and it's a million times brighter.

The stock lights are so dim; I got SilverStar Ultras and they still weren't bright.

The HID Kit not only looks cool, but is definitely brighter than stock. Why wouldn't it be?

And also, you just aim them at the ground and nobody gets blinded.

Glad to see yours worked out for you Architect. :thumbsup:

[The Architect]

gracias senor, my thoughts exactly.

(thats my highscool spanish in full effect)

[bearda]

theres the reason aftermarket HID kits are illegal in some states. For $1 I bet the stock lights light better.

They aren't illegal in some states, they're illegal in all states.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

I have an 8000K HID kit as well and it's a million times brighter.

The stock lights are so dim; I got SilverStar Ultras and they still weren't bright.

The HID Kit not only looks cool, but is definitely brighter than stock. Why wouldn't it be?

And also, you just aim them at the ground and nobody gets blinded.

Glad to see yours worked out for you Architect. :thumbsup:

+1. I have a 6000k set on my sedan.

[GreenSpeed]

I think I'm gonna take the plunge and add this kit to my depot lights. Just to be sure, I need to order the 9300 Hi/Lo Bulb(Hi-Halogen/Lo-HID) kit, correct?

Appreciated!

[The Architect]

im not sure how it would work if you have the depo projectors and you bought the bi-xenon kit, since theres seperates bulbs for high and low beam on the depo projectors I would think that 2 sets of HIDs would be need, one for highs and one for lows....

please correct me if im wrong and i very well may be.

[taKuto]

do not bother with a 'bixenon kit' if you have projectors. Projectors use a fixed focal length, and the design of a projector does not allow you to make use of any sort of high beam bulb. Bixenon projectors will be what you'll want, but these require retrofitting of a bixenon HID projector (TL, E46, FX45,E55,RS6, etc)

hid kits into projector headlights will not produce glare, this is just by design. A metal shield prevents light from passing a certain point (aka the cutoff). Glare kits in a reflector housing is what everyone hates on. Don't mix these two up. As long as it's a projector, it's much more respectable over a glare kit in your stock reflector headlights.

Only downfalls with most ebay/depo projector headlights is their lack of width. This is why halogen bulbs in those projectors offer poor performance. But with an HID kit, you boost the intensity and suddenly the concern for width doesn't matter to you because you'll be satisfied with the upgraded light intensity.

The Architect, from your pictures it does not look like you got 8000k. This is normal for most companies to give you different color temperature bulbs as china kits are a hit-or-miss on color temperature. It's good you didn't get 8000k as they are terrible. Your pictures look more in the 5000-6000k range.

[The Architect]

yeai was pretty sure i ordered 6000k and they look to even be 6000k but the box said 8000k so i went with it.

thanks for clearing it all up.

one last question in case you know.

on our headlight harnesses which are of course female, there are three slots ot be filled, left, right and then one on top between the two. (as shown below)

DISREGARD THE WORDS AND LINES

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What is the purpose of each slot?

Is one for low beam and one for high and one for ground or what.

I want to know what needs to be done or what needs to be plugged in for the second set of HIDs (when i get them) to be able to be used as high beams.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

I can't remember (and Thomas helped me out on this), but I think one is positive, one is negative, and one is a ground.

[Violin]

You've got power (always on), low ground and high ground. If you add a second set to use as high beams, your lows will turn off when the highs turn on. You'll be blind while they strike and warm up. Switching the ballasts on and off will kill them and the bulbs.

A better way would be to keep the halogens in and build this harness which will keep the HID lows on when you turn on the halogen high beams. It also allows you to flash the highs without turning on the lows.

[89GLH]

for the record, DO NOT PUT HIDs IN A REFLECTOR HOUSING. Thats what I'm referring to. If they're in a projector housing (what they're made for) they dont bling you (as much) as if they were in a reflector housing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVuSSdZNsZw

[GreenSpeed]

I'm terrible at reading schematics and even worse at electrical work...are the R1, R2 and R3 boxes meant to be connectors and where could I pick them up? Do the repeated ovals in each box represent a fuse? Sorry to be such a nuisance, but I want to do this properly when the HID kit and projectors show up. A shopping list for the harness would be very helpful.

[taKuto]

those three are relays. That circuit seems to just allow HID's to be turned on only when parking light is on. I can't see a use for R2.

[eTiMaGo]

just read through this thread, a few observations...

1) It looks like the car is on an incline, which is why the cutoff seems so high?
2) As these projector lights have separate bulbs for high and low beam, there's no reason why you'd have to lose the high beam?

[The Architect]

well there is a slight incline yes, but not enough so to justify it being as high as it is, during normal driving it is noticeable although not a problem.

And the high beams are gone because the headlights harness isnt being used anymore, the HIDs "harness" if you can call it that is being used, I suppose one could just snip off the harness and add a tiny ring terminal to the proper wire and reinsert it into the female harness.

[ChinoCharles]

89GLH - You missed one point. All projectors aren't made for HID's! IMHO, the only way to go is HID bulbs in HID REFLECTOR housings! I wish they made the blacked out headlights in this format, but they don't. However, depoautolights does make a set of headlights with HID projectors in them. cali yaris is one of the few to have them, and they're fantastic.

GreenSpeed - those are relays. Violin has a fantastic thread about his retrofit here: http://yarisworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3594. THAT is the way to put HID projectors in your car. His were from a BMW E46 if I'm not mistaken.

[GreenSpeed]

GreenSpeed - those are relays. Violin has a fantastic thread about his retrofit here: http://yarisworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3594. THAT is the way to put HID projectors in your car. His were from a BMW E46 if I'm not mistaken.

Great article Charles. Thanks!

[SilverBack]

That's insanely bright! I would personally drop it down to 5000K to get a more optimal white projection without the excessive brightness. That's just me though

On the bright side (no pun intended), maybe now we won't find anymore threads about LBs hitting deers :laugh:

[ChinoCharles]

Great article Charles. Thanks!

Hey, no problem. If you have any further questions PM me. I probably won't know the answers, but I will know where/who to direct you to.

[Lafiro]

Is there a depo projector kit for the yaris sedan?
And if not, maybe I should get the bixenon kit the same ebay seller has?(I need a new HID kit ASAP!!!)

[The Architect]

No there is not a depo projector set for the sedan.

Ill let the others chime in about whether you should get what if any HIDs to put in the regular reflective housing.

[taKuto]

bixenon glare kits are utter fail. HID low beam, mini halogen high beam. Definitely grabs attention with the big difference in light intensity.
When I went with a glare kit, I decided to lose the high beams. I hardly use high beams in city anyways, who needs them when your glare lights up the sky.

[Lafiro]

The way I have the ones I have now are in the regular hosuing, but there is an adapter that is suppose to have a cutoff of light, and then the bulb(H4 I believe) then goes inside that normally, and when I set the lights down enough, I must say it does a good job at lighting, and I dont get highbeamed, but the cutoff light is smeered and not exact like projectors obviously. I was just wondering if it was a good idea to do the bixenon light just to get my hi-beams back.

I wish they made the depo projectors for the sedan, I do not understand the reason why no company has done so yet.

[window_lee]

i am having the projector headlight too,. i am wondering how to fit the H1 HID for the H4?

[The Architect]

canada huh, sounds a bit off but uhh lets see.

if youve got the depo projectors like everyone else then you just need an H1 HID Kit, they slide right and your good to go....pretty much.

[GreenSpeed]

^^^^Uh, oh. I picked up the 9300 HID kit because that's the headlight bulb size listed on the sticky in this forum. I hope that's not gonna create a major problem.

[Lafiro]

Yeah I was going to ask, whats the difference between H4 and 9003? Stock bulbs are listed as 9003, but the ones already installed are H4.

[GreenSpeed]

^^^yup...meant to say 9003.

[Lafiro]

What do you guys think about the bi-xenon kits with the moving bulb instead. Is this better then having a single bulb with 2 light sources inside?

[nsmitchell]

So these "Swift Retrofits" drop right in? $307.00? That sounds interesting... I like the black projectors. I think it would look sweet with my red LB.

[The Architect]

yes they do, ive seen some on ebay for less than that.

[GreenSpeed]

I got the 9003 kit in and sure enough, it's significantly larger than the opening of the depot projectors. If anyone has the depot style projectors and plans to add this HID kit, be sure to follow Architect's advice and get the H1 kit!!!

I ended up re-ordering the H1 and am going to try and work out a refund for the 9003 set with the vendor.

Architect, you said that the H1 kit fits almost perfectly. The stock depot projector bulbs are so freakin tiny (no wonder people complain about the output). What type of modification did you need to do to get the H1 bulbs to fit and secure in place?

This has been a great thread BTW.

[taKuto]

usually the kit bulbs are shortened to fit, it's just a matter of putting them in and firing them up. I think you should've just bought H1 HID kit bulbs and reused the ballasts, but hopefully that refund works out.

[Split]

my IS300 came with 4100k 35w HIDs in a REFLECTOR HOUSING.
In the girlfriend's yaris I put in a high-low moving type dual bi-xenon h4 55w 5000k kit. It has one of those shields that's supposed to make the cut-off better and make it less blinding. It still glared up a tiny bit, so we aimed it down about 1*degree and now its just fine. Its not blinding at all. She can drive right behind me and it just looks like the car probably came with HIDs, or they're one of those blue-tinted halogens. raised trucks with halogens is way more blinding.

that said since its aimed down a degree, it isn't really that much brighter than stock, even though its a 55w kit. it is definitely brighter, don't get me wrong, its just not as bright as i would have hoped for.

[bayou blue Yuri]

So I'm putting in my H4 kit (thats what the stock bulbs are) and I'm having issues.

The harness for my kit only has 2 prongs and not 3 like a regular H4 bulb.
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f287/BLK2KTIB/IMG_2435.jpg

So when I installed the kit and turned them on...nothing. So I turned the harness around 180 deg. and still nothing on LOW beam but if I turn on highs they turn on.

Ideas on what I'm doing wrong?

[taKuto]

you'll have to move one of the pins to the top, the negative should be at the top

[bayou blue Yuri]

Is there no ground?

[GuySmily]

These guys are far cheaper and have a great reputation. DDM is the seller - Apexcone is the manufacturer.

My dad bought the bixenon h4/9003 kit from DDM:
http://ddmtuning.com/hidkihidbuhi.html

The high/lo feature works like a charm. The headlights look like any other rice-mobile HID-kitted car now, but the cutoff is surprisingly clean on the CRV. Newer cars (like the Yaris) are even sharper.

Since they were so swamped and the order was delayed, DDM upgraded him to the slim ballast for free and gave him a free wiring harness. Actually, he didn't even want the slim ballast since it has an external igniter. No biggie - I'll probably order a normal sized one for my bike and swap electronics.

Anyway, he's pretty happy with the kit since it's just for now (he's about to buy a new car). It's a good as any other kit will be, anyway - the components aren't exactly at the same level as OEM stuff, but it works just fine, and it's a huge help with his poor vision. The 4500k bulbs are rather bluish, almost like somewhere between 5000k and 6000k, so I wouldn't opt for anything bluer than 5000k.

In fact, I'm happy enough with the kit that I'm going to order a 55w set for my car. (My '05 MR2 has projector headlights from the factory)

[taKuto]

Is there no ground?

the yaris works with a positive ground setup, so there is one wire which is fed a 12V at all times (positive), and then the negative/ground is switched. So your harness is currently plugged into the high-beam's negative switch which is why it only works when you turn on the high beams. By moving the negative wire to the other side, the light should then work with the low beams.

The 4500k bulbs are rather bluish, almost like somewhere between 5000k and 6000k, so I wouldn't opt for anything bluer than 5000k.
In fact, I'm happy enough with the kit that I'm going to order a 55w set for my car. (My '05 MR2 has projector headlights from the factory)

you are most likely right about the different color. DDM tuning has had a LOT of issues with giving out the right color temperature bulbs for their glare kits from what i've heard from many who have ordered from them and received the wrong color. They all just assume it's because their china supplier cant cope with demands so quality check has gone downhill.

You might want to note how most 55W glare kits use the same 35W bulbs and just run them boosted. This leads to a faster drop to the already dismal lumens maintenance, which has been estimated to reach about 70% brightness after 100-250 hours from new. Compare that to a boosted OEM philips 85122 bulb which drops to about 75% after about 500-750 hours running at 50W.

This is usually is not of a concern because you'll still be outputting a good chunk more light compared to halogens even after that timeframe. But for those who are hellbent on maximum brightness, it's food for thought.

[Lafiro]

When these kits say Hi/LO what do they mean? Do they mean low is HID and high and halogen, or they mean 1 bulb has two xenon bulbs to it(if im saying it right), or does it mean its a single HID with a moving bulb?

And which of these would be better!!??

No one answered me ealier question and Im still waiting because I dont know which is better for me sedan, and I need a new kit ASAP. Also kits range wildly in price range on ebay for any of the three types I mentioned as well.

[bayou blue Yuri]

you'll have to move one of the pins to the top, the negative should be at the top

Didn't work :(

[taKuto]

When these kits say Hi/LO what do they mean? Do they mean low is HID and high and halogen, or they mean 1 bulb has two xenon bulbs to it(if im saying it right), or does it mean its a single HID with a moving bulb?

And which of these would be better!!??

No one answered me ealier question and Im still waiting because I dont know which is better for me sedan, and I need a new kit ASAP. Also kits range wildly in price range on ebay for any of the three types I mentioned as well.

both are garbage, but if you MUST have something like that, go for the moving solenoid bulbs.

Most hi/lo glare kits are just an HID bulb for low beam with a halogen bulb for high beam. This is trash because the high beam halogen is small and outputs just so weak that you're better off turning on/off your headlights if you wanted to get peoples attentions.

Didn't work :(
so when you highbeam or turn on headlights, the lights don't function? If you switch the pin back, does it still function when you flip the high beam? Have you tried switching the other pin; maybe you swapped the positive wire?

[Lafiro]

Ok, thank you taKuto, but honestly, I like HID's because of the light output and visibility at night. I only wanted to know about getting a hi/lo kit because I rather get my highbeams back since Im chnaging out the kit I have now.

I know its all garbage, but it still works.

I just wish I could buy new headlights with projectors!!!! WHY hasn't a company done this yet? I don't get it!!!!!

[taKuto]

depo projector lights have been out for a while for the yaris

[Lafiro]

depo projector lights have been out for a while for the yaris

No, I meant for my Sedan though! :frown:

[taKuto]

:frown:
maybe you should start sending out emails to get depo interested in developing one.

[Lafiro]

Me only? :(
I did.
Now I hope they listen.
I suggest everyone with a sedan do the same, please!

[jouslee]

Getting back on the topic... I just purchased this particular projector headlight from Maurino on this forum (It's the same as the ones you find on ebay). I found myself messing with them and searching for a solution to the problem of the projector beam lighting up the whole sky. As I was fiddling with this unit i found two screws (On the left and right of a single projector) that adjust both vertical and lateral angle.

This particular kit requires the H1 bulb and I accidentally purchased the H4 stock-sized bulb. Hopefully I can get it soon and do a comprehensive right up and review on these.