chutster

Greetings from a noob!

Has anyone installed HID on the new civic?

I found the stock headlights on mine are soooo dim. I figured that all these white/blue halogen bulbs won't actually increase the brightness of the lights (in contrats to their ads), so I'm actually considering putting HID on it.....

Does anyone have recommendation? Or if you disagree with my statement about the halogen bulbs above, feel free to jump in!

Thanks in advance

e46ci

I'm actually interested in this conversion also!!!
I currently have an S2k which I'll be trading and I'd like to keep the projectors on the new civic I'm picking up on Tuesday.

Any input would be appreciated!

imported_CivicEX

Asie of the HID's how the hell are you suppose to change the halogens when they burn out? It seems impossible. Do you have to take it in and have themn remove a quarter of the engine compartment? 15 bucks for headlights and then 80 dollars an hour for labor?!

jhwee

I think that's a lot of cars now a days, especially here at Lexus. They charge 0.5 hours / $52 to replace a taillight bulb. Some are nice and only flag 0.3 / $31.20. The noise kits on the engine bay are ridiculous in the Lexus vehicles.

The engine bay seems soo tight in the new Civic, I haven't had a chance to look at how to change a light bulb either. I'm sure you'd have to unscrew/unbolt everything just to get to the light bulb. Take a look at the trunk... You can't even access any of it. Isn't it one-piece?

StickShiftDrifter

I work in a shop and I have done lightbulb changes on civic. I don't know how much we charge but it takes no tools and barely 5 minutes per lightbulb. There is a ring around the wire connecting to the bulb. get that off and you should have no problems.

Tazz2000

Check out this post: https://www.civicforums.com/forums/1...eadlights.html

jzz

that is a side pic of my HID's installed on my car

easyrhino

I would love to know what HID package you used to upgrade your lights, please. It looks fantastic.

firmhonda

iTrader: (1)

There have been countless people that have done a true HID retrofit on the new civics.

Here's one for reference:
hope that helps a little bit.

easyrhino

Pardon my ignorance, but how can I use these pictures to assist me?

firmhonda

iTrader: (1)

Well, if nothing else you can decide what kind of HID's you want to go with.. a full retrofit or more of a pnp kind of kit.

Plus, I thought you were simply asking if it had been done so I provided a picture of an alternative to the pnp kit. It's pricey, but looks so nice (if done properly).

athfrocks

Has anyone gotten HID from www.xenonlink.com ? They are listed on there for $135 with free shipping, but the engine compartment looks so tight is it difficult to find a place for the ballasts to go? I've always wanted HID lights and this looks really affordable and is pnp. Anyone have suggestions on ballast placement?

firmhonda

iTrader: (1)

my only suggestion is to check out 8thcivic.com and look through all the threads on it.. That white si is a mods car over there, and about half the fg2 owners there (it seems) have done retro's.

athfrocks

thanks!

SLICK_SI

well try this site. www.cqlight.ca
it pretty good cuz i order 2 set of HID kit for 07 si and 06 type-s. they both work fine just plug and play.

SLICK_SI

hey whrere can i buy those projector? can u give me some info on it

KaotiK TrendZ

i have them on mine now. I sale them too for 135 shipped. i placed the ballast on the little arm that runs from the fender to the engine bay frame. go in through the wheel well, its the easiest way. it took me maybe 45 minutes to remove both front tires and install. my kits are plug in play. Xenon Eyes, check em out.

KaotiK TrendZ

by the way, the ones i have are not the retro's. they are HID kits. I am also assuming you are talking about the projectors like BMW's and S2000's when you say retro.