HOW TO: Install an HID Conversion Kit

[Minimike]

Well, this is my first how to. I found it very difficult to
source all the information together and through trial
and error I was able to install the kit. I think this will
help people who want to install HID kits but are unsure
of where to mount everything. I consider this a mostly
hidden install with minimal exposed wires and
components.

Well here goes...

Part One Preparing

1. Disconnect the Battery terminals.
2. Remove the battery hold down block.
3. Remove the battery.
4. Disconnect the Evap Purge Solenoid connector and positing the solenoid
to the side.
*****It's good to tuck wires out of the way so they will not interfere during the install******
5. Remove the nuts that secure the power feed line to the fuse box.
6. Lift up the fuse box while pressing on the retaining clips to remove
the fuse box, once free place near the brake master cylinder (out of the way)
7. Disconnect the IAT sensor.
8. Remove the air intake lower and top box/hose assembly.

Now we have a clean area to begin installing the kit. First all kits come
with a relay. My relay has a mount hole. However it was not big enough
and needed to be enlarged. The size of the stud It will be mounted to
is 1/4".

Part Two Mounting HID Relay

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1. If the mount hole of your relay is less then 1/4" then use a drill bit
and enlarge the hole.

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2. Remove the nut as shown in the above image.
3. Place the relay on the stud and install in the nut. (be careful not to over
tighten, and make sure the wires are facing towards the front bumper)

Your relay should look something like this when installed.

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Part 3 Mounting Left Side Ballast

1. Remove your old headlight bulbs and carefully without touching the
glass install your new HID bulbs.
2. We need to mount a HID ballast for the left light. A good location is
directly beneath the fuse box. My ballasts were to tall to fit so I needed
to modify my battery tray for it to fit.
3. (only perform this step if your ballast will not fit beneath your fuse box)
Using a heat gun apply heat to the location shown in the below picture.
Using a small block of wood you can press down on the hot plastic and
somewhat remold it. After each heating session do a test fit.

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4. Once you have it so the ballast will fit drill 2 1/4" holes as shown in the above image.
5. Install the ballast and secure with a zip tie.

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6. run the wires from the relay to the newly installed ballast. Its good to
secure the wires after you have done a test run to make sure they fit. You
can also run the wires for the right ballast and headlight hookup right next
to the left ballast. Both the left ballast and headlight hookup terminate at
the same location.

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7. Plug the wires from the relay into the ballast and from the ballast to the
bulb. Also connect the left side vehicle headlight connector into the HID
relay receptacle wire. You also need to run a ground wire. If, like me you
have very short ground leads you may want to run them to the rad support
bolts on top of the headlight assembly. Look further down the how to for an
image.

Part 4 Mounting Right Side Ballast

1. There was a great location on my 07 Liberty, I'm not sure if all Liberty's
have them but if you do I recommend you use it. For my install this area
help the ballast so tight that it was very hard to get in and almost
impossible to remove so I did not use anything else to hold it in. If you
ballast does not fit tight or snug then I recommend drilling 2 holes and
securing with a zip tie.

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2. Once you have your right side ballast installed you can run the wires from
the relay along the front and under the upper rad support to the ballast.
There are holes all along the upper rad support so make sure to zip tie the
wires to prevent damage from vibration and rubbing.
3. Plug the wires into the ballast and the ballast into the bulb. Again you
may need to run a ground wire if so this is where I ran mine. Both side
have the bolt in the same location.

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Part 5 The Big Finish

1. Reinstall the fuse box and reconnect the power feed wires.
2. Reinstall the battery and connect the leads (positive then negative)
While attaching the positive terminal make sure to include the HID relay power wire.
3. Now that the battery is hooked up test to make sure your lights turn on.

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4. YAY now that your lights work we can button everything up.
5. Reinstall your lower and upper intake assembly.
6. Now plug all your sensors and hoses back in.

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7. Double check that you have plugged everything in and that the battery and fuse box nuts are tight.

The next steps are for DRL only vehicles.

1. Open the interior fuse panel and remove the follow relay.

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2. And install a relay into this socket.

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This is the same relay that everything else is the exterior fuse box uses.

You may run into a problem when installing this relay. When your vehicles is running it may click very rapidly. That is the BCM trying to activate the DRL's. You will need to remove the relay and run with just low beams until you have a dealership electronically disable your DRL system.

****Alternative*****

Leave the finned DRL relay installed and just remember to turn your lights on every time to avoid the flicker issue. I installed an anti-flicker kit and it did not work. This will cause your bulbs to fail sooner as you will use up service ours whenever you drive rather then just at night.


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Now enjoy your super bright lights!!

 

[al7fi]

Changing the country code from Canada to USA with the high price scan tool will disable the DRL feature.
I added DRL to my 03 by getting the proper relay from Rockauto and getting the IT tech at my dealer to make the change for me. He thought I was crazy at first but was willing to give it a try. The engine was running since it was sub zero at the time and the minute he finished making the change in the BCM the DRL system kicked in. We run with headlights on a lot up here on many highways, and this way at reduced voltage on high beams, my low beams seem to last forever.

 

[Minimike]

Thanks for the info al7fi!

 

[Tarikleesimsek]

Thanks for the info al7fi!

I did mine the same way you did except I had nothing to do with the fuse box.yet how do I get high beams. It's only running low beams and high beams don't work!! And when I turn the lights off and turn em back on, the left one is off all the time. I turn of the KJ and turn it back on every time to make em work! What do I need to do ??

 

[blue_kjR417]

I did mine the same way you did except I had nothing to do with the fuse box.yet how do I get high beams. It's only running low beams and high beams don't work!! And when I turn the lights off and turn em back on, the left one is off all the time. I turn of the KJ and turn it back on every time to make em work! What do I need to do ??

The KJ uses the 9007 bulb which is a double filament bulb meaning that one bulb is used for both high and low beam. Some vehicles use two sets of bulbs one for highs and one for lows. Since the KJ only used one you need a BI-Xenon HID Bulb and Ballast that has two filaments so that you can swap from low to high beam.

Here is a link to a kit. For the brightest bulb light output I would recommend either 4300k (extremely bright white) or 5000k (extremely bright white with a hint of blue).

 

[Minimike]

To give some helpful hints here on the bi-xenon setup. Its VERY hard to get it working right. If you live in Canada or have a DRL system I recommend getting a low beam kit only. The problem with having DRL is that it runs the high beams at 6V. This will cause your xenon ballast to pulse and make an audible hum. This will SEVERELY shorten the life of the ballast. You can work around this by simply turning on your headlights every time the ignition is on or by having your country code changed or the DRL disabled by a dealership. If you forget to switch your lights on even once you could be saying good bye to a $50 ballast. I use my factory fogs as my high beams. My fogs are also HID lights. They work great and through a nice wide pattern of light.

*special note*

removing the DRL relay and putting in a high beam fuse will NOT work. The PCM will still try to cycle the high beam when headlights are off and ignition is on causing a LOUD hum noise from the fuse panel. This method of removing the DRL relay and installing a high beam relay will only work if a dealership will disable the DRL system in the PCM.

 

[Nick T]

I just ran into the relay clicking issue too. Was wondering how to fix it... Now I have to find a place that will disable the DRLs internally...

 

[Johniebravo]

Dude... this was ENTIRELY way too complicated...

 

[dude1116]

Dude... this was ENTIRELY way too complicated...

And necroing a thread for no reason is just as acceptable?

 

[jeeplib05]

I did mine in about a half hour without knowing where I wanted mount anything so it's not hard at all
Also you could've maybe posted a new thread asking HOW to install HIDs instead of bringing up this old one

 

[Johniebravo]

And necroing a thread for no reason is just as acceptable?

fair enough, it was honestly just out of surprise rather than Trolling. Props for the thread for sure, just haven't ever seen this much detail for a basically plug and play upgrade. But it did come off as off putting for sure, Sorry Guy.