Sorry to bring up an old thread.

I have projectors with HID bulbs. Came like this used from Japan.

Now having issues with the left side not always coming on. Probably ballast going.

Want to ditch HID setup and put regular H1. I have the stock connectors for the projectors with the 2 pin plug. The H1 bulbs have one pin.

I'm obviously missing something in between to make them work. I believe it's called a socket. Can I get this part locally? Possibly from another car or aftermarket?

Appreciate any information. .

cheers,

Martin

http://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/191159045518

Honda has a ton of them. Surely they can be found cheaper than this but it was a quick search.

Thanks man !!

Thats a great write u! Thanks a lot!

What I did though when I installed my Jdm projectors is that I cut the original connectors and soldered the
connectors of the donnor car since removed them from the car so I cut the connectors as well. I pushed the protecting
boot and use a clamp to hold it in place. Then I removed it and the heat shring tube is not visible since it is hidden in the
black tube.

Does having the plug exposed like this mater? It terms of the rain? or washing the car etc.


Also, because of the plug design its quite easy for someone to reverse the polarity ( positive to negative) if the bulbs need to be replace. Dumb question but does that mater???

It matters. Your headlights can easily get condensation. And thats something you do not want.

Also it is always a good idea to properly solder & shrink tube all electrical connections. The butt clips will allow moisture to get to the connection and cause oxidation, which will lead to the headlight not functioning properly. These are by far the best upgrade I have done to my car to date and I have done quite a bit of modifying

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They also sell heat shrinkable butt connectors like that. If you dont feel like soldering then at least get heatshrinkable connecters to keep that moisture out.

Ugh this is whole mod is driving me mad - I've since gotten the rubber boots at the back of the headlights. The plastic plugs I bought were beginning to get hot and melt at the closest point to the headlight - not majorly but still melting. I put it down to cheap plastic connectors. So I've temporarily removed the plastic and just left the terminals exposed (yes I know not great lol)

Are the h1 bulbs supposed to get this hot ? There is no damage to the wiring from the heat... I can't figure out if the brand of bulbs are putting out too much heat, whether my wiring is the culprit (which doesn't appear to have any unexpected voltage drop) or whether the headlights themselves are missing some sort of heat sink

I'm tempted to just put the originals back in

This post has been edited by Liam_c: Dec 29, 2015 - 5:07 AM