Does HID hardware fit into a non HID Headlight Housing for Evo VIII/IX?

[hye_evo_mr]

Hi All,

Can someone please help me out with this one. I want to fit JDM Headlights to my Evo VIII MR, however they are "non HID". My question is, will all of my stock HID hardware fit into the JDM non HID housing?

Appreciate your help,
Peter

[Massimo Power]

No it wont fit...

You will need the JDM HID headlights in order to make it work..

[fashionablevo]

^ not nescesarilly, you can buy a cheap "hid kit" with 9006 bulbs hook up the ballasts and have hid's. its more than doable but as stated you will need to buy at least a new set of ballast's. everything else can be retro fitted easilly

[HMatt]

hang on now... Does the non-hid JDM lights have a spot for the fog lights though?

[Massimo Power]

^ not nescesarilly, you can buy a cheap "hid kit" with 9006 bulbs hook up the ballasts and have hid's. its more than doable but as stated you will need to buy at least a new set of ballast's. everything else can be retro fitted easilly


My Response is in response to his question.



Hi All,

Can someone please help me out with this one. I want to fit JDM Headlights to my Evo VIII MR, however they are "non HID". My question is, will all of my stock HID hardware fit into the JDM non HID housing?

Appreciate your help,
Peter


Fitting a cheap set of HID's would be more of a hassle because it would all have to be rewired to accept the new ballast since its not easily plug and play because his car didnt come with halogens to begin with which is how HID kits are sold.


No, the JDM Halogens do not have a spot for the foglights, they are the same as the ones you get here only they have the yellow turn signal on the bottom instead of the top. And the projector is all screwed up just like the JDM HID headlights...

[HMatt]

^ So not only would he have to fuck with his lights to try and fit some aftermarket HID's into them, but because he has an MR, and therefore has foglights, he would loose those too?

Dude, seriously... get a heatgun and paint your stock lights.

[jdmcwestevo]

i can paint lights :) lol i have practice

[HMatt]

i can paint lights :) lol i have practice


Yeah, as long as the dreml doesn't get away from you and fuck up the lenses.

[Massimo Power]

Dremels have a paint feature?

Sweet...


LOL..

[HMatt]

Nah... he hasn't tried it yet, but he has a crazy idea to use a dreml to get the lenses off instead of heat. I think he is going to fuck up some shit.

[whitesnake]

This sounds bad! lol

[burtomr]

Not a good idea. Talk to Evodave on EvoM, he's been taking apart headlights for years as a business.

[HMatt]

^wow.... something relevent!

And I honestly wouldn't... I've had to fix quite a few of evodave's headlights for other people. I was not impressed. I'm cheaper, do better work, and can have them back to you in a day because I'm local.

[Azian]

LOL I just pmed him so that he won't get banned^^^

[HMatt]

^HAHAHA! Hopefully he reads it before he gets banned, and then creates another screenname and starts all over again!