My Civics HID DIY Installation

[E. Honduh]

Originally Posted by E. Honduh

Just ordered my 5000k kit, thanks Gary.

Not sure if it's always like this but he's actually having a 20% off sale right now, so i got em for $71.99.

Originally Posted by tda1337

uh kassabain is selling for 71.99 plus shipping still

Yeah that's what I got them for...unless your post wasn't directed towards me... The total with shipping was $107.99 and that was overnight shipping with tracking number.

[tda1337]

"AWSOME DIY!!!!!!! i just did my install in less then an hour!!! and i got my resinatorBOX out too... all without removing the front bumper!!!!


mine was only 68$ shipped too"

his were 68? htf?

[E. Honduh]

Originally Posted by tda1337

"AWSOME DIY!!!!!!! i just did my install in less then an hour!!! and i got my resinatorBOX out too... all without removing the front bumper!!!!


mine was only 68$ shipped too"

his were 68? htf?

Oh damn I didn't even see that...lol.

I'd like to see pics of how those came out for such a steal of a price.

Was it free shipping or were the HIDs only like $35?

[Arcage]

Just ordered mine through same person as OP. $71.99 + shipping. I'm looking forward to installing them. Will post some pics after it's all done.

[tda1337]

yea ill be ordering mine in about 1 or 2 months :-D YAY!

[vietfella]

just finished installing and using my new HIDs from "kasssabian". so far installed it using OE's DIY using the OEM harness.

Driving home about every 5 mins i would get a flicker on my driver bulb and it would dim to a blue then turn back on again.

So from all the posts i read it is due to not using the relay harness.

will fix tomorrow and see what happens.

[E. Honduh]

Keep us posted!

[Orient Express]

Originally Posted by vietfella

just finished installing and using my new HIDs from "kasssabian". so far installed it using OE's DIY using the OEM harness.

Driving home about every 5 mins i would get a flicker on my driver bulb and it would dim to a blue then turn back on again.

So from all the posts i read it is due to not using the relay harness.

will fix tomorrow and see what happens.

This is a symptom of either a ballast, or a bulb with infant mortality. Drop your seller an email and describe the symptom and ask for a replacement bulb and ballast. He is very good about getting replacements out. Also make sure that your connections are secure on the bulb and ballast.

Installing a relay harness will probably not have any effect on this issue.

[plrbr533]

Originally Posted by Orient Express

This is a symptom of either a ballast, or a bulb with infant mortality. Drop your seller an email and describe the symptom and ask for a replacement bulb and ballast. He is very good about getting replacements out. Also make sure that your connections are secure on the bulb and ballast.

Installing a relay harness will probably not have any effect on this issue.

I would agree. I have no problems. The only issue with my install was that I was not pushing in the connections enough so that a "kaba" sound would be heard. Once I did that my lights turned on.

[greenroom1988]

looks great!! cant wait to do this on my si!

[deaodi]

Originally Posted by Orient Express

This is a symptom of either a ballast, or a bulb with infant mortality. Drop your seller an email and describe the symptom and ask for a replacement bulb and ballast. He is very good about getting replacements out. Also make sure that your connections are secure on the bulb and ballast.

Installing a relay harness will probably not have any effect on this issue.

OE is right. If connections are not the issue, then you have a bad unit.
Pnp save the time and space.

[fieryhill]

I've tried to find this Seller on eBay the OP originally posted and have been unsuccessful....can someone point me in the right direction???

[Arcage]

Originally Posted by fieryhill

I've tried to find this Seller on eBay the OP originally posted and have been unsuccessful....can someone point me in the right direction???

PM the OP and he'll point you in the right direction.

[Arcage]

Put my HID's in today. A couple bumps here and there, but overall not very bad, took about an hour to do both sides, about 45 min on one, 15 on the other (learned from my mistakes) Extremely pleased with the overall look thus far, although I need to go on a night drive now.

This is a shot of the difference between stock halogen, and the PnP kit the OP installed. I ordered 6000k. Will probably do a cutoff shot in the next day or two. PS, very dirty car, don't kill me, I clean her this next weekend.

[E. Honduh]

Looks great.

[Arcage]

Thank ya. Drove around these last couple of nights, extremely pleased with the brightness. I may adjust the beams down a little, although I haven't had anyone flash me yet.

[0720Steve]

why can't people just post the sellers name in here?

[Orient Express]

Originally Posted by 0720Steve

why can't people just post the sellers name in here?

Good question, you should ask the webmaster of this board that.

[tda1337]

its a stipulation of those that sponsor the website
same like the stipulation that u cant post to trade a computer item for a car item, its only civic to civic items allowed in the for sale/trade section... even tho other places allow u to post a computer for TRADE for a civic item lol not like i was selling it :-P

sometimes website practices make no sense
but because of the size of this site now, and the little choices of other websites to go to (honda-tech.com is a bunch of ricers and the other sites are too small to get answers)
this will be ur best choice for now :-P

[Orient Express]

Removing references to vendors would make sense if they were trying to sell their wares on this website, but in this case the site is censoring the comments of posters that are recommending this particular vendor and only this vendor. This targeted censorship is blatant, as recommendations of other vendors are allowed to be posted unmolested.

This is simply poor judgement by all involved with this decision. If a board sponsor has a superior product offering, they should not be afraid to have other products recommended even if they are paying for placement.

These actions simply raise questions of the integrity of boards sponsors like Xenon Depot, and the quality of their products and services.

Why are they so sensitive and afraid of competition? Are their products inferior, superior, or on par to the vendor whose name they demand be censored? These are valid questions that they need to answer.

While I have not had any experience with Xenon Depots products, and cannot provide them with a recommendation, If they would like to provide me with a sample of their products I would be happy to review them and provide a definitive review.