DIY: HID Retrofit in an EK

[chocolate_bear]

Hello all, I decided to do a HID retrofit because besides the cool look I also do a lot of backroad driving and I hate my shitty aftermarket headlights. I had bought them because I wanted projectors (stock output blows). The output on those headlights were OK, but the housing was way too flashy. Anyways, hope you guys find this helpful. What you'll need: - D2S bulbs - D2S projectors (I used a pair from a TL) - Wiring harness - ZKW lens or replica clear lens (optional) - Shrouds (or you can make your own) - Ballasts (I used a pair from a TL) - LED rings (optional) - Flat head and philips screwdrivers and 10mm socket wrench - Primer and paint (optional) - Adhesive/glue - About 7 hours 1) I had to start off with some splicing so my TL projectors can plug into the ballasts without any trouble. 2) I took my stock headlights apart (by putting them in the oven at 375 degrees for 4min each). I had to cut the stock housing to fit the projectors. I used a jigsaw to cut the housing and a drill press to drill a 3.25" hold in the reflector. 3) Then I tested the projectors in my basement 4) As you can see in this pic, the projectors stuck out too much and wouldn't fit into the car. 5) To fix this, I had to cut into the reflector more which kinda sucked because I didn't want to make a shroud. No, biggie though. Eventually I got it to fit, then I mounted the reflector back to the headlight housing. 6) Now to cover the projector, I had to make a shroud. I used a top piece from those lawn lamps that you can put infront of your house. 7) I used a drill press to drill a hole into it

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[chocolate_bear]

8) After some more cutting, it fit nicely into the reflector





9) Here's what it'll look like with the LED ring around it





10) I primed the shroud and painted it with chrome spray paint to match with the reflector










11) For fun, I also decided to mount these red LED's into the shroud. I quickly drilled some holes into the shorud and mounted them. I ended up applying another layer of paint after I drilled the holes.











12) Next I mounted the LED ring to the shroud





13) Then I mounted the shourd to the headlight reflector







14) Next you have to disassemble your front bumper. There is a screw in each wheel well, 7 plastic screws around the grill and 2 bolts under the bumper.





15) Remove the headlights. Each headlight has 4 bolts holding it.





16) I mounted the HID's to make sure they fit okay (and they did)





17) Then I took my aftermarket headlights apart by putting them in the oven for 375 degrees for 4 min. My reason for doing so was because I wanted to use their cover since it was cleaner and more clear than my stock ones. So I just swapped them from the aftermarket headlights to my stock headlights.











18) Here you can see the difference between both covers.





19) Mounting it is easy, there's only 1 secrew required for the aftermarket cover






20) Then I mounted it on to the headlights. Use any strong adhesive/glue to do this.





21) After I mounted the retrofitted headlights I had to do all the wiring which took a bit of time. I wired the red LEDs and the LED rings to the ignition wire that way they light up as soon as I start the car instead of the day time running lights (which are required in Canada)

[chocolate_bear]

22) Put the bumper back on and then you're all done! This DIY might make this project seem easy, but its quite time consuming. It took me a little over 6 hours.
















Hope you guys enjoyed this! I really like the way it turned out because the stock headlights are so much nice than the POS ones I had on.



Before:





After:




Here are some more pics of the finished product:

[Civic2Scooby]

pictures don't work.

[chocolate_bear]

yeah, it appears i've exceeded my monthly bandwidth traffic on my photobucket account. You'll have to wait until the 18th until it resets.

[chocolate_bear]

pics should be working again.

[chocolate_bear]

Turned off the LED rings/angel eyes the other day:





Here's a day time pic for those interested:



... and cutoff (sorry, pavement was a little uneven):

[kylea24]

this is a awsome diy man, where did you get those covers?

[chocolate_bear]

Originally Posted by kylea24

this is a awsome diy man, where did you get those covers?

Thanks... which cover are you referring to?

[ENFORCER]

Could you give us an update on how these lights are doing? I feel like they might fog up. Just curious.

[chocolate_bear]

Originally Posted by ENFORCER

Could you give us an update on how these lights are doing? I feel like they might fog up. Just curious.

Sure... I forgot to update this post. The HID are working perfectly and I've never had a problem. They never fog up when it rains or anything, but sometimes after I wash my car they fog up for literally about 5-10min.

I did change the shroud and ccfl rings (from blue to white) since I created this thread.

[pslsnakes]

Looks good man, bit none of the new pics work. I was going to do that with my Civic.

Unfortunetly, this was as far as I got before the car was crashed litterally two days after..

[chocolate_bear]

Originally Posted by pslsnakes

Looks good man, bit none of the new pics work. I was going to do that with my Civic.

Unfortunetly, this was as far as I got before the car was crashed litterally two days after..

really? pics seem to be working for me... anyone else have that problem?

[Omie]

looks good i can see both sets of pics just fine