Jeep, Ride XJ

how can a man go about puttin hids' in a xj. i am starting to see them more and more. an i love how they looked. ive done some researchin, and we all know an xj has a whole housing thats a head light. cant replace bulbs. hids' are abulb that and they got relays or wat ever and all different kinds of wiring and etc etc. do they make housings that go in these jeeps that have bulb inserts in them. then hook the wiring up and everything. do any of yall have them, if so. how did u go about it?

99WhiteLightning

http://motionoffroad.com/catalog/ind...roducts_id=165

Check these out i dont know too much about i hear they are good, looking to get them when i get a little bit of play money

Jeep, Ride XJ

me too just tryin to figure it all out before hand so i kno wats goin on

DieselTech

if your talking about the sealed beam headlights 6054's there are replacements you can get that convert it to a drop in type that uses the 9003 bulbs I just recently installed hid's on my 97 cherokee sport and man what a difference you can find the new housings on ebay and i would say to get the ones with the projector lenses in them you will see what i am talking about and it helps distribute the light more evenly also hid kits range from 100-150 and you will need to modd the housings a little because of the transformers that have to be installed i just cut some slots out on the fiberglass core support area and ran them behind the grill ill see if i can get some pictures of everything for you i dont know if it will be tonight though. HID on jeeps really helps out alot due to the fact its hard to see with the stock headlights also find out the legal limit of wattages for your state befor you buy your lights and make sure you get the dual beam hid 9003's so you will still have a highbeam function, but to be honest highbeam sucks compared to the hid lowbeam when its on but it will let you pass safety inspections if you have them in your state by giving you both options

all in all if you do this your self it shouldnt cost more than 200 dollars all together unless you have some hook ups on hid bulbs

like i said ill try to get pictures posted of mine

Jeep, Ride XJ

cool. yeah post some pics, i hear all the time of people havin to do some mods to get them to fit. and ya i plan to get the 9003's. i want high beams

DieselTech

ok will do ill even see if i can get some night shots of them

housings
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/89-90...Q5fAccessories

HID kit
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HB2-9...item5d240017e5

Jeep, Ride XJ

so according to the links.. the housings are actually for a nissan 240sx?.. and thats what u use?

jgrimm466

i installed my hids and they are super bright, i got them off of ebay, just the only thing is when i turn the truck off the lights stay then flicker off after cool down.

Jeep, Ride XJ

well thats something new to me. i know alot of people thats runnin hids now. and they always turn right off..

jgrimm466

yea same with me all i did was plug in the ballast and then plugged in the light, so idk

SVTADAM

HIDs need to be in a projector style headlamp to be truly affective. Tossing HIDs in a sealed beam or reflector style headlamp do not throw off the intended beam of light. You have more deflection in the output, therefore blinding oncoming traffic.

Why do you think some of those civic rice-boys purple/blue headlights blind everyone?

Now it would be cool to take these:


and modify them to accept a projector housing and use them as the low beam. Then use a set of auxiliary lights as the high beam with the lows on at the same time.

Jeep, Ride XJ

i gotta get new housings anyhow, cause most all jeeps are all sealed, and cant just replace the bulb, its all one light. so im gonna buy the projector style, and a hid kit.

CodeXJ

Projectors are the way to go.

Lots of people put HID bulbs in non-projector housings, it's illegal, blinds everyone, and doesn't work as well as projectors. You'll love them once you get them aimed.

Jeep, Ride XJ

awesome to know. thanks

Cherockee

so exactly what "projector" housing should we be buying?