HIDS on a ek civic

[dogcrapau]

Hey guys just a quick question

I have a MTEC H1 HID kit used in my old car (from liquidsound. i got rid of the car, now i have a civic EK 96 model. and would like to put this kit on the civic,

I was thinking of buying replacement H4 HID bulbs and rewire it for the kit and putting them onto my civic.

I jsut want to know if this would work? do i need to change the ballast too?
and what would happen to my high beams because my civic only has 1 bulb for both high and lo beams.

Thanks guys

[MRGRIM]

you could do rewire ..with the ek you can use hid low beam and standrd high

or just sell your kit and get new kit duel high low hid

[dogcrapau]

hmm what do you mean rewire?cant i just buy the H4-2 bulbs which are xenon and halgoen?

[EK1.6LCIV]

I would like to save you a defect and money and have you just buy bright legal ADR bulbs that dont have ballasts that will die :)

ranging in price from $30(calibre blue bulbs I bought, that are avail at any supercheap auto store) -$90 (Phillips ones which are the exact same but come with parker bulbs, autobarn, etc)

[VT-11-RR]

just buy H4 bulbs that come with the wiring kit. and the ballast should be the same.

[dogcrapau]

ok im gettin gconfused
so buying new HID H4-2 bulbs and using them with my H1 ballast would/would not work?

[Boban]

I would like to save you a defect and money and have you just buy bright legal ADR bulbs that dont have ballasts that will die :)

ranging in price from $30(calibre blue bulbs I bought, that are avail at any supercheap auto store) -$90 (Phillips ones which are the exact same but come with parker bulbs, autobarn, etc)

the philips is a rip off, i paid 86.99 at autobarn for H3 (for my foglights) and they are duller than the standard ones that came with the foglights :thumbdwn:
i'm rocking hid's no problems over a year now. Ryan let me know if you need a spare ballast, my first hid set "ebay special hids" died so i have a spare ballast (already gave one away) and a spare H4 bulbs (one works, one has lo beam blown)

[EK1.6LCIV]

the philips is a rip off, i paid 86.99 at autobarn for H3 (for my foglights) and they are duller than the standard ones that came with the foglights :thumbdwn:
i'm rocking hid's no problems over a year now. Ryan let me know if you need a spare ballast, my first hid set "ebay special hids" died so i have a spare ballast (already gave one away) and a spare H4 bulbs (one works, one has lo beam blown)

I'll give it a go :) cheers, yea no more than 3 months I give for any China made kit, from what Ive seen and read only the Japs have the superior ballasts :( Im impressed as hell personally with the calibre h4 bulbs, very good white tone with exceptional range :)

[Mugen Civic]

ok im gettin gconfused
so buying new HID H4-2 bulbs and using them with my H1 ballast would/would not work?

No it will not work
You need a relay kit to change from High beam to low beam.

the ballast you have now will not be able to change high low beams.

[dogcrapau]

thanks thats the answer i wanted.
where do i get this relay? who sells it?

[Mugen Civic]

um i think its best to buy a whole new H4 Hi/Lo HID kit.

i think the H4 has a special ballast that has the integrated relay kit.
as in i don't think buying just H4 HID bulbs will work on the H1 ballast.

[VT-11-RR]

theres no such thing as a H1 ballast or a h4 ballast. Ballast are universal its the glove that need to be changed only.

[Mugen Civic]

^^ okay i stand corrected then

[dogcrapau]

thanks for your input guys
Vtir is right, i asked liquid sound and he said just cahnge the bulb.

[NightKids]

Liquidsound knows his sh*t so do as he says

[dogcrapau]

ai ai captain

[VT-11-RR]

ai ai captain

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