LED Headlight Conversion

I've always had an interest in headlights and did several hid retros back when hidforum was still around (before hidplanet).

I purchased a base PIP back in March cause I couldn't justify the higher premium of the advanced model. As one of my first mods, I purchase a hid kit however found that the beam pattern and colors were very disappointing. I ordered 4100k but looks more like 6k. Also, with the kit, the OEM projector's beam pattern had a weird step to the sides and the throw of the lights were splotchy. I guess it was my fault for going cheap with the kit to begin with.

Right after this, I decided to no longer spend money on kits and upgrade my headlights; Either do a hid retro or LED conversion. I got a great deal on one of my LED headlights and for the next couple months, I slowly gathered all the parts required to make it all happen.

Below is my completed project... I do lack auto leveling however, if I went with a retro I wouldn't have it either. In addition I live in California and don't have a need for the headlight washers. I tried to take progress pics however didn't get as many as I liked. I have a couple more.. But these are the best..! Enjoy.

 

peterjmc: thanks! Couldn't have done it without you. You helped provide the last piece of the project.

F8L: it was pretty straight forward. Ill look through my pictures but I don't think I have any good shots of which wires to splice into. Maybe I can draw arrows to point it out easier.

Plus IV: I patiently sourced my items mainly on eBay over the last 5 months. My last piece I got on here from Peter. Well worth it!

 

Sean hit it right on the head. I have the left over harness still, and can take closeups of that. Basically on the stock LED harness you only need to tap into the black (-) and red (+) wires. I cut up a H11 harness left over from my HID kit to make this connection. The side parking light from the LED light (I guess they changed it for the 2012) was a little larger, so I trimmed it down with my dremel. Overall, these are the only 2 mods I had to do to mount this baby.

bino like I said earlier... The JDM's look sweet! The harness should make installation basically PnP. What a difference a little orange (or lack of) can do.

Jonny Zero I'm still at work (and charging). I'll take a picture in front of a flat wall when I leave tonight and upload it.

 

Couldn't find a flat wall so I just took I'm front of my garage...

 

Thanks Winston. The headlights were a huge range in price. On average I paid 185 each. The ballast I got for about 100 each. Throwing in misc parts to repair the lights and wires, the total came out to ~600.

Goodluck with ebay! I was closely monitoring it for months for my last headlight. I finally though about placing a wanted ad on here. A couple weeks later... They are mounted on the car!

 

I think it's even. I was up on my driveway alittle crooked. Ill double check it in a flat surface in the next couple of days.