Alright, so today I’m going to show you how to install a Xentec lighting system.
It basically comes with five main parts.
So you have your bulbs right here.
Make sure not to touch that glass part on the bulb because the oil on your fingers can
actually make it overheat and break.
So make sure not to touch that.
Then you have what’s called the ballast right here, and it’s got two connections
that go under the bulb and then a red connection that actually plugs into this other cable
right here.
And so on this end of the connection we have one that plugs into the bulb, one that plugs
into the ballast, and then this is a ground so you just want to bolt that onto your frame
somewhere.
You usually use like an existing bolt and I’ll show you how to do that in a second.
And on the other end we have a few more cables.
This is what actually plugs into your existing wiring harness, you know, that comes out of
your bulbs.
And then it’s the same kind of thing over here with these.
This goes into your ballast.
This goes into the bulb and then that part goes into the ground, which is just bolted
onto your frame.
And then with your built in fuse right here on your last cable, this just needs to be
connected to the “red” of your battery, and that just gives power to your whole system.
And then this can be secured somewhere on your frame where it’s not going to bounce
around or get wet or anything like that.
And then the other side is just for the other headlight and I’ll show you how to install
it all right now.
Alright so here are the original bulbs.
You can see this is the connector that goes into the harness.
And there are two filaments in there.
There’s one in the back and then there’s one up front and that’s your high and low
beams.
So you can see that the HID bulbs also have the two filaments inside, and that they are
also reflecting straight up into the housing just like the old bulbs are.
So you’re not going to have the same problem with reflection as they did with the old type
of lights.
With the old type of lights it was just this part that was sitting straight into the housing…the
reflector housing…and so the light would go everywhere and blind everybody and that’s
why they added this part.
So that’s why the HID lights are much safer than they used to be.
So this is what we mount into the car first.
Then you plug this in and lock it.
Alright, so this is aimed directly down into the back of the bulb.
So I’m just going to reach in here and unplug it.
Now it’s unplugged and I’m going to get rid of that dust cap just by pulling up on
the bottom…and the whole dust cap comes loose.
And then…depends on what kind of bulb you have.
Some of them twist out.
This one has a little wire spring type thing that’s in there.
So I’m just going to unlatch it and the bulb comes out.
This one just fell out.
Try not to touch the glass of the bulb itself if you ever plan on reusing it.
And you can see that the bulb is right there.
Then I’m going to save these just because the bulbs still have a lot of life left in
them and if I ever decide to switch back to my old system it would be nice to have these
around.
Kind of expensive little guys.
Then I’m going to take my old housing, unlock it, and there are three little prongs on this
thing right there and those are all going to fit into their own little slots to keep
it straight up and down.
And then the little wire clip just goes right back in and holds it in place just like that.
So it’s being 100 percent securely held in.
I’m going to take the dust boot and kind of wiggle that back onto place.
Alright, got the dust boot on there and I’ve kind of pressed it onto the center there to
make sure that it’s sealed all the way around this end right here as well so that no water
or dust gets inside of there.
Alright, so I took out my air filter box so I would have a little more room to work with
it.
I’m going to go ahead and stick the bulb in there now.
Alright.
Now that is locked into place.
Alright so it doesn’t look too pretty right now just because I’m testing it out, but
basically I have everything plugged in right there.
I have the ground that I showed you earlier just tapped in right next to the battery ground.
And then I just took the…the line with the fuse in it, I just tacked it directly into
the battery lead.
And then on this end I have…this is that main part coming in from the other side where
I have that guy plugged into just where the old headlight harness used to plug into the
bulb…I just plugged into that little guy.
And then I came over here to this bulb and I have the ground hooked in right here to
the frame and then I’m going to find a way to take the ballast and kind of mount it up
underneath there once I have my air filter back in place.
I took it out to give me more room to work with.
But anyway, right now they’re both on; super bright.
Super pleased with it.
I’m going to go ahead and try the brights.
Alright so here are a few quick little things.
It probably took me about a half hour to get to this point.
Right now I need to get in there and clean up all the little wires and mount the ballast
and everything like that.
So take about a half hour and plan for that.
There are quite a few different bulbs you can buy.
It’s kind of based off of color spectrum.
I would recommend that most people stick around a 5,000 or a 6,000…maybe 7,000.
The more midrange you stay, the more natural light it will look like which also works better
in like rainstorms and stuff like that.
Cuz when the roads are wet it’s going to reflect more of the light back at you and
not light up the road as much.
So I recommend staying within there.
As well as like the blue lights – most people associate that with being blinded.
Like I mentioned before it doesn’t have…it reflects the light very well so it’s not,
you know, being displayed all over the road and blinding drivers in the other lanes.
That little reflective housing that it sits in is pretty beneficial.
I got these lights off of Amazon.
I’m going to link them in the video description below along with any tools or anything else
that you’ll need.
If you have any questions, make sure to leave them in the comments.
I do respond regularly.
Overall it was a fun project.
I’m pretty stoked with how it turned out.
You can see my “before” and “after” pictures.
Keep in mind that these bulbs are not legal in every state.
So make sure you check your own state to see if the bulbs are legal…see if it’s alright
to have the HID bulbs installed in a car like yours.
Another super important thing is that once these bulbs are installed, the light might
reflect slightly differently so it’s very important to adjust your headlights so that
the lights aren’t reflecting either too high or like into another lane or something
like that.
And you can check your local laws and stuff to see exactly how far and how high the lights
can spread.
Other than that, it’s a pretty simple operation.
Mostly it’s just plug and play.
All the little plugs can only fit in one spot so it’s not too rough.
If you don’t want to go through all the trouble of actually changing out your entire
headlight system, you can get this cool stuff on Amazon that actually cleans the lenses
of your headlights.
Basically you just put it on your headlight, rub it on and let it sit for a little bit,
rub it off, and that cleans up your headlights really well.
So I’ll put a link for that in the video description below as well.
It’s probably going to end up being a little cheaper that way for ya, especially if your
local laws don’t let you put in the HID headlights.
Thanks for watching.