HID H11 INSTALL for VY Calais / Berlina / HSV adsl only!

[sp001in]

Bought some HID lights off ebay for my ute yesterday.

Link: H11 8000K HID Philips PL Kit - MALOO/MONARO/VY/VZ/HSV - eBay Headlights, Lights, Indicators, Car Parts, Accessories, Cars, Bikes, Boats. (end time 26-Jun-10 06:30:14 AEST)

8000k are The whitest white you can get with the slightest tint of blue, anything higher starts going purple which may look good, but actually gives less light.



As the instruction manual is rather vague, I thought I put a walkthrough up.


Complete HID H11 kit. low beam only


Normall H11 55k bulbs, with blue vision bright parkers.


Remove the front bar so you can acces all the bolts holding the lights in.


Vy Calais headlight with projector beams.


One I prepared earlier. this is with the blue vision parker, which I replaced with the SMD parker.


8000k headlight with SMD parker. very similar in spectrum colour


comparison, Left is standard H11 55k with blue vision parker. right is HID 8000k with SMD parker


Now back to the walkthrough, remove your headlight from the vehicle.


We are going to work on the low beam light (which is closest to the indicator)


Remove the access panel


Standard light 55k H11 phillips light


remove the connection harness, squeeze the tabs


pull away from the globe


clear away from the globe


remove the globe, grab a hold of globe firmly


turn anti clockwise


pull out of unit


ready for installation of HID globes.


mark the centre point of the hole for the globe on the cover ready to drill the hole.


Using a 25-29mm hole saw to cut the hole for the wires.


cover with 28mm hole cut out.


see how the hole lines up with the hole for the globe (THIS IS CRUCIAL!)


HID lights and ballast, remove from box


remove the globes protective packaging


HID globe ready for installation, DO NOT TOUCH THE GLOBE if you do accidently, use metho to clean.


Close up.


insert globe into unit, without touching the edges (remember the game Operation?).


turn clockwise to lock the globe into place.


globe installed.


insert the + HID wire (blue) into the + wire in the unit (red with white stripe)


insert the - HID wire (black) in the - wire in the unit (red with blue stripe)


thread HID wires through the hole in the cover


pull the wires through up to the gromet


Pull the top of the gromet through the hole


make sure there a no folds in the gromet, and it is flush with the cover


HID light fully installed, replace the cover making sure all wires inside are clear or the cover


Remove Ballast from box


Connect the ballast to the HID wiring.


Mount the ballast on a firm surface on the inner guard, run the wires and keep them
neat with zip ties, connect the headlight and indicator to the vehicles wiring harness and test.

If the lights all work refit the lights, and bumber.

when the lights first turn on there will be a buzzing sound and flicker of the light while it warms up.
It will be more noticeable if the engine is not running, and the alternator not providing power to the battery.

It takes about 20-30seconds for the light to warm up, over that time it will become brighter.

I used SMD parker globes as the normal globe looked very dull compared to the HID globe.
White SMD Hi Power LED FIT Commodore VY 02 03 04 Parker - eBay, Other, Car Parts, Accessories, Cars, Bikes, Boats. (end time 13-Jun-10 02:53:19 AEST)

Hope this helps anyone else out there looking to do the conversion

[br4dlz]

thanks mate was gunna get a set of hids for the adventra and this is exactly what i needed

[TMM]

They should be H7, not H11? At least mine are, i did the H9 halogen high beam retrofit to mine.

[nathanVY]

Great walk through mate! Gonna do this to my VS eventually, so the ebay kits aren't too bad after all.
Taking the bumper off is a fair mission though lol.

[Junny]

@nathan
lol ebay kits outlasted my last car.
dont think you will need to take off the bumper to do yours though.

[VXWAGMAN]

Thanks again for the instructions Bud, Saved me from reverse polarity!

[sweefu]

Hey mate,
any pics of where you mounted the ballast? Cheers.

[sp001in]

no pics, but the drivers side one is behind the battery & the passenger side one is behind the air filter.
basically on the front of the wheel well.

[D3CID3R]

when u put on high beam do ur HID's go out, mine do and am trying to work out how i can t make the lows stay on when the highs come on

[statement]

when u put on high beam do ur HID's go out, mine do and am trying to work out how i can t make the lows stay on when the highs come on

have you got the std headlight or upgraded to the projecter ver like on the calais?

[sp001in]

on a standard headlight, turning your high beam on will result in both hi beam and low beam lights lit.

on the calais / berlina light, selecting hi beam or low beam will extinguish the opposite light. unless you have your low beams on, and pull the momentary high beam switch towards you. this will illuminate both high and low beams together.

I am unaware of how to make the low beam stay on with the calais light when high beam is selected. but it is good for getting through traffic the way it is wired. looks like a D car coming up behind.

[statement]

when convertin from the reflector lens to the projector, to make both come on when in hi beam mode. you need to bridge the wires just behind the steering wheel, i think its the white one, check the car manual (hynnes or gregory) under the wiring section it highlighted in there.

also to the OP have you had any troubles with the battery? i installed mine an now if i dont touch the car for a week my battery goes dead, i think a cell gone tho thought i would ask first

[VXWAGMAN]

Has anyone had any issues on VZ Commodore with HID install with ABS warning light comming on when you switch the lights on? I don't get it on my VX but the VZ does weird things when you switch them on. Anyone got any ideas?

[D3CID3R]

when convertin from the reflector lens to the projector, to make both come on when in hi beam mode. you need to bridge the wires just behind the steering wheel, i think its the white one, check the car manual (hynnes or gregory) under the wiring section it highlighted in there.

also to the OP have you had any troubles with the battery? i installed mine an now if i dont touch the car for a week my battery goes dead, i think a cell gone tho thought i would ask first

Yeah got around to doing that cheers

[borrttt]

Awesome thread helped alot

[boordy_23]

Hey Mate, I just ordered the same kit off ebay but in the 6000k for my VY berlina with projectors. How'd you go with the shape of the cut-off etc? does it flick up at all? Cheers

[sp001in]

Hey Mate, I just ordered the same kit off ebay but in the 6000k for my VY berlina with projectors. How'd you go with the shape of the cut-off etc? does it flick up at all? Cheers

you lost me mate, what cut off? and what flicks up?

[boordy_23]

Haha, sorry. With the Projector lens when aimed at a garage wall of whatever, there is a certain cut off line where the light does not reach above. With the lenses not designed for HID globes this line can be flicked up and not straight, usually on the left hand side. Did you notice this at all? Basically, did you have to adjust your lights when you fitted them? Cheers

[sp001in]

Ahhh, ok, yes both flick up. yes I had to adjust them. but it is only a case of 2 screws on each headlight. up & down, and left to right.

[boordy_23]

Ahh k, thanks mate. Pretty Excited to put mine in, up till now i have jusr put in the 5000k HID bulbs, so looking for a decent improvement

[sp001in]

sweet, I'm about to take mine back down to 6000k as the 8000 is a touch to purple. would be great if i can find a 7000k phillips h11 globe kit.

[fyfee]

Thank to sp001in for this awesome write up. I installed mine on the weekend with great results. I mounted the ballasts in different spots to sp001in if anyone is interested in pics feel free to PM me.

Again a big thanks to sp001in. Couldn't have done it without ya mate

[wraith]

This thread needs a warning it's illegal. Also 8000k is stupidly blue.

[fyfee]

I went for 5000k because it's a white light. I believe it is anyway

[wraith]

5000k is what kelvin the latest merc HID's are from memory.