Plug n play hid headlights - no wiring

[cardoc]

I know Subie owners like to see where they are going, so I thought I would post this up.

An employee at the shop I work in sells HID headlight kits. Now here's the kicker. They are plug and play lights. The bulb and ballast run AC and plug in series with the OE light harness. Made in Japan so they are not cheap knock offs. No splicing. No inline fuses. No large bulky ballast. No excess wires.

I installed these lights on my car inside 1 hour. And they made a huge difference. The fogs took 10 minutes. The low beams a little longer because of the tight space I now have in the engine compartment. The only modification I made was to cut a hole in the back of the lamp cover to allow the HID harness to come through.

See the pics. If you want to contact him, its an Austin area code and 5760134. He has different temperatures and all the kits are vehicle specific. Cost is low.

He also suggested leaving a message if you get voicemail or send txt. He will ship.

[cmill1154]

Where are the kits that aren't plug-n-play? That picture on your engine cover shows what they've been like for years.

Yay for one more car on the road using HID bulbs in stock halogen housings...

[dahoseman]

Awesome, I would love to have some HID's in my 2005 OBXT with the projector-style housing. Stock housing or not, WOW what a difference HID"s make on dark rural roads. I installed HID's on my old Dodge truck several years ago (that involved splicing wires) and I could see lane lines, deer waiting by the road, and all sorts of things that previously didn't show up until I rolled over them.

[cardoc]

I see a lot of cars that have HID kits that include a bulky ballast, poor fit lights and have to be spliced into the engine harness or lighting harness. About half the cars I see with HID lights end up needing to be reverted back to OE because the owner of the car can't get replacement parts and at times, the light assemblies need to be replaced due to modifications made to allow for the light to fit proper.

This is the second manufactured kit that I have seen that is easily installed, the lights fit, and there's no splicing. Vehicle specific kits so it plugs into the existing light harness. The difference is Sang is able to sell them cheap with a warranty.

I wouldn't have posted the thread unless I knew it was worth it.

[rockhopjohn]

These kits have been available for years and can be had for as little as $35 from ddmtuning. They are OK in a projector style housing, but work poorly in the reflector style housings.

[Samirr76]

Yeah I see these plug n play kits all over ebay for about $35 to $40. This is nothing new.

[mrz415]

These plug n play kits work okay-ish in projector lamps,
but in reflectors you might as well put HIGH beams on,
because you'll get alot of light everywhere but the floor.

[cardoc]

No. Proper adjustment of the headlight prevents blinding other drivers and puts the light where its supposed to be. With the HID in the fogs, that really lights up the road surface.

[AWDFTW]

Going to disagree there.

Adjusting them makes it better, but does nothing for the fact that HID is designed for a projector style lens and running them in the stock reflector style just is not the best bet.

[jogosub]

HID in fog lamps is an overkill, in my opinion not to mention the fact that HID are normally installed only in projector lenses, as mentioned by AWDFTW.