KAIXEN HID Kit Installation DIY!

[Excelerate]

This is part of a series of Do It Yourself threads for aftermarket parts on the 8th generation Civic Si. My company, Excelerate LLC, nor I, Joshua Lockwood, represent that any of the information forthwith is all inclusive or 100% accurate, although we will strive to be as accurate as possible. Proceed at your own risk and your own liability.

This is a DIY thread for the KAIXEN HID Kit for the 8th generation Civic. You can purchase this HID kit from us for $305 shipped to the continental US.

See here for pricing: KAIXEN HID Kits and D2C HID Upgrade Bulbs - 8th Generation Honda Civic Forum

Parts:

KAIXEN HID KIT



DIY Instructions:

1. Raise the front of the vehicle, and support it with safety stands in the proper locations.

2. Remove the front wheels.

3. Remover inner fender liner. There are about 5-6 clips.



4. Unclip the white connector for the low beam bulb by pushing in the tab and pulling down.



5. Turn the bulb housing counter clockwise and remove.

6. Insert new HID bulb and turn clockwise. Be careful not to touch the bulb b/c the oil from your fingers will rub off on the bulb. When the bulb becomes heated this oil will cause the bulb to burst. If you do touch it wipe it down with rubbing alcohol.

Here is a pic of how all the connectors mate up.

HID Kit connections



Car and HID Kit connections



7. After setting the bulb in the headlight housing correctly and mating up all the connectors in the HID kit and to the original connector check to make sure the HID kit is working by turning on the headlights. If the headlight does not come on you will need to check to make sure the wires are routed properly. Turn the headlights off and try the following. Here is how to confirm it.

Find the white connector from the car (the original connector that plugged into the stock halogen bulb) and the blue connector from the HID kit that plugs into it. Make sure the the black (negative/ground) wire from the blue connector matches up to the black (negative/ground) wire on the white connector and that the red (positive/power) wire from the blue connector goes to the green (positive/power) wire on the white connector. If they are not matched up correctly then you will put out the spade connectors and switch the two wires as shown in this picture. Notice how the blue connector red wire is now going to the black wire and the red wire to the black wire.



8. Now put the double sided tape on the back of the ballast and find a good location to stick the ballast to. Make sure that the ballast has room to aerate and that water won't be dumped on it. Although it is waterproof I wouldn't put it in a spot where tons of water would fall on it.



9. Put the fender liner back on and repeat for the opposite side.

10. Put the wheels back on and torque to 80 ft lbs in a star pattern.

11. Enjoy your HID's. These are my KAIXEN 5000K's (extreme white).



We also have:

6000k - extreme white w/ hint of blue
6500k - extreme white w/ hint of purple
8500k - extreme blue

[Excelerate]

If you have any questions feel free to PM me or IM me at Excelerate04 via AIM.

[treal512]

great DIY! i studied this one and a few others when i installed my 4300k HIDs

[camdens09]

did you experiance alot of glare with this kit???

[yourwebgod]

Nice, and these are so cheap.. i think im going to get some! Thanks for making it easy!

[si07irvin]

Freakin Awesome DIY
but one question...
do you have to unplug the battery or something before you go to town on installing the lights.

sorry if it sounds stupid
but im new to this kinda thing

[rcallaham]

Anyone have pictures of the 6500K bulbs in action? (hint of purple)

[Emerican]

Did you have to do this 2 times? One for each side

[treal512]

Originally Posted by Emerican

Did you have to do this 2 times? One for each side

yea, unless you want one side regular, the other HID :P

[Emerican]

lol yeah I figure'd you have to do it twice, but wasn't sure if it was different for each brand of hids lol

[marky :)]

Hey is it fairly obvious which wires plug into which. I'm assuming its what wires fit into the same size plugs becuase that is all I'm going to go by when installing my HID's. Or am I heading for disaster lol?

[Excelerate]

Originally Posted by camdens09

did you experiance alot of glare with this kit???

No, the light output is pretty concentrated.

Originally Posted by si07irvin

Freakin Awesome DIY
but one question...
do you have to unplug the battery or something before you go to town on installing the lights.

sorry if it sounds stupid
but im new to this kinda thing

You should.

Originally Posted by rcallaham

Anyone have pictures of the 6500K bulbs in action? (hint of purple)

We have a number of pictures in our threads on Acurazine. Search over there.

Originally Posted by Emerican

Did you have to do this 2 times? One for each side

Yes once for each side.

Originally Posted by marky :)

Hey is it fairly obvious which wires plug into which. I'm assuming its what wires fit into the same size plugs becuase that is all I'm going to go by when installing my HID's. Or am I heading for disaster lol?

Yes each plug only goes in to the other, at least on the KAIXEN kits.

[obert]

Thanks for the info.

[IceMurder]

awesome DIY

[mistahbond]

Thanks for the DIY, just ordered a set can't wait to install them.

[LPhomiej]

Anyone here have any incite on the cost/benefit of buying genuine stock bulbs vs eBay, cheap conversion kits?

It seems i can get Philips Ballasts and Bulbs, new, for about $250.

While kits on eBay run from about 75 to 200.

Has anyone had bad experiences with either of these types of HIDs? I really like the retrosolutions kit, especially the adjustable intensity kit... I just don't know!

[JBut1987]

Where did you place the ballast for the driver side hid bulb?

[wpattie]

I installed HIDs last night in my 2007 EX using this method. take about 35 minutes and was alot easier then I thought it was gonna be. Thanks for the post!

[wpattie]

Originally Posted by JBut1987

Where did you place the ballast for the driver side hid bulb?

I placed mine on a bracket. I only have pics of my passenger side. but I mounted them on the same bracket on both side of mine.

[wpattie]

Sorry its didn't work in my last post.