Last year I bought a set of HIDS from http://www.hids4u.co.uk. I paid £279 for them and at the time they had free delivery.
The kit came with very simple to follow instructions. Not really that much harder than changing a bulb really.
In the kit you get:
2xballasts
2xmounting brackets and screws for ballasts
2xXENON bulbs
2xHarness.
The bulbs are basically a direct replacement for H4's (in our case). They provide low and high beam as a normal bulb would.
Remove the plug on the end of the bulb at the back of the headlight and then the rubber that fits over the back of the headlamp and then undu the clips and remove the bulb itself. I would reccomend not touching the glass of the bulb, put it in a box and keep it as a spare.
The instructions do tell you to insert all the bulb assembly and then fit over the modified rubber surround afterwards. I didnt do it like this. You can unclip the bulb away from the shield. I put the shield alone back into the headlamp unit, this secures with the same clips that the original bulb secures with. You need to make a big enough hole in the rubber cover for the back of the bulb to sit in. I just did this with a stanley knife. It will still have to be waterproof so make it a tight fit. You will see that the back of the bulb is quite wide and not perfectly round and has a cable running from the back of it. I put the bulb into the rubber by putting the cable through the hole we have just made and pulling through. This was so the bulb didnt touch the rubber and get damaged. The rubber should be a tight fit around the plastic of the bulb. I then put this assembly (bulb and rubber) back into the now in-situ shield. It is tight but can be done. It will only fit into the shield one way (its like half a baynet cap bulb). Lock it in place by twisting it in. You will see from the picture above that the harness that comes with the kit isnt that long so you will need to place the bracket for the ballast within this distance. I fixed the ballast to the bracket first and then found a place for it. On the right side I chose to affix it using a headlamp securing screw and on the other side I could only find a screw and space on the rear side of the battery. It is tight, especially on the right. If I need to change any of the bulbs I have to move the ballast first. Not a big deal for me as I always have tools with me but a better place should be found.
Connect the original plug that powered the old bulb to the harness, this then connects to the ballast to power it. The supply to the bulb is already wired to the ballast.Connect this to the cable that comes from the bulb and then one last cable to connect up from both harnesses (see pic above). No mistakes can be made cabling up, all plugs have only one place to go.
You will see from one of the pics that back of the bulb protruding through the rubber of the headlight. I have never had a problem with the lamps misting up inside but I would guess its important to get this as tight as you can. I used the rubbers from the X-trail and put the D40 ones on the X-trail when I sold it just so I didnt have to cut a second set out. I will at some point buy 2 of these rubbers for when I put the original H4's back in.
Use cable ties or tape (or whatever you prefer) to keep all cables tidy and out of the way of any moving parts. Where the power feed to the old bulb (the 3 pin plug) connects to the kit, I taped this up to minimise water ingress to the connection.
Test the system and away you go.
You will probably find that the sidelight bulbs are now yellow compared to the headlight bulbs. I have replaced mine with LED replacements which are bright white.
I did have this kit in the X-trail but removed it for sale. Not cos I thought it was a bad for a buyer but cos they are brilliant. Much more light on the road and gives the car more of an individual look.
Steve
The kit came with very simple to follow instructions. Not really that much harder than changing a bulb really.
In the kit you get:
2xballasts
2xmounting brackets and screws for ballasts
2xXENON bulbs
2xHarness.
The bulbs are basically a direct replacement for H4's (in our case). They provide low and high beam as a normal bulb would.
Remove the plug on the end of the bulb at the back of the headlight and then the rubber that fits over the back of the headlamp and then undu the clips and remove the bulb itself. I would reccomend not touching the glass of the bulb, put it in a box and keep it as a spare.
The instructions do tell you to insert all the bulb assembly and then fit over the modified rubber surround afterwards. I didnt do it like this. You can unclip the bulb away from the shield. I put the shield alone back into the headlamp unit, this secures with the same clips that the original bulb secures with. You need to make a big enough hole in the rubber cover for the back of the bulb to sit in. I just did this with a stanley knife. It will still have to be waterproof so make it a tight fit. You will see that the back of the bulb is quite wide and not perfectly round and has a cable running from the back of it. I put the bulb into the rubber by putting the cable through the hole we have just made and pulling through. This was so the bulb didnt touch the rubber and get damaged. The rubber should be a tight fit around the plastic of the bulb. I then put this assembly (bulb and rubber) back into the now in-situ shield. It is tight but can be done. It will only fit into the shield one way (its like half a baynet cap bulb). Lock it in place by twisting it in. You will see from the picture above that the harness that comes with the kit isnt that long so you will need to place the bracket for the ballast within this distance. I fixed the ballast to the bracket first and then found a place for it. On the right side I chose to affix it using a headlamp securing screw and on the other side I could only find a screw and space on the rear side of the battery. It is tight, especially on the right. If I need to change any of the bulbs I have to move the ballast first. Not a big deal for me as I always have tools with me but a better place should be found.
Connect the original plug that powered the old bulb to the harness, this then connects to the ballast to power it. The supply to the bulb is already wired to the ballast.Connect this to the cable that comes from the bulb and then one last cable to connect up from both harnesses (see pic above). No mistakes can be made cabling up, all plugs have only one place to go.
You will see from one of the pics that back of the bulb protruding through the rubber of the headlight. I have never had a problem with the lamps misting up inside but I would guess its important to get this as tight as you can. I used the rubbers from the X-trail and put the D40 ones on the X-trail when I sold it just so I didnt have to cut a second set out. I will at some point buy 2 of these rubbers for when I put the original H4's back in.
Use cable ties or tape (or whatever you prefer) to keep all cables tidy and out of the way of any moving parts. Where the power feed to the old bulb (the 3 pin plug) connects to the kit, I taped this up to minimise water ingress to the connection.
Test the system and away you go.
You will probably find that the sidelight bulbs are now yellow compared to the headlight bulbs. I have replaced mine with LED replacements which are bright white.
I did have this kit in the X-trail but removed it for sale. Not cos I thought it was a bad for a buyer but cos they are brilliant. Much more light on the road and gives the car more of an individual look.
Steve