HID Headlight Kit

My HID story.

In my area, HID headlights are a major theft item. One rainy day, my train station had 30 sets of HID headlights ripped out of various high-end autos-and yes, I said day. There has been a rash of thefts from dealers and now anywhere where there are cars parked with little other traffic, is a prime target. Residences sometimes get hit too. Keep that in mind if you live in a large metro area.

12VoltRidgeline said:

I recently ordered a HID headlight kit from LiteGlow. I should receive it some time next week. I'll keep everyone posted on the installation and whether or not it's worth the upgrade. LiteGlow tech. said install is about as easy as changing your headlights.

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Which part number kit did you order and what was the cost?

I would love to have HID on my RL. However, it might not be possible for me bacause my RL has daytime running lights. I believe the DRL makes the headlights run at 6 volts. Anyone know if this might be a problem? There probably is a way around it.

Thanks for bringing up the topic and I hope it works out for you. Looking forward to the install pics.

HIDH4 kit - $380
http://www.xtremelightsinc.com/strobekits.html

How do you know which one of these will work with the Ridgeline?

If I am not mistaken, the R-L has H4 bulbs. One thing to be careful of... typical H4 kits will make you lose your high beams. You will need to buy a HID kit which retain Hi-Lo beam(but those don't really work all that well). This typically involves a mirror in the bulb assembly that is moved back and forth when you require high beam.

HID headlights are nice, but at what price.
They probably won't be a target of theft if they aren't stock anyway.
The Ridgeline lights are not that bad.
I'll take my Silverstar replacements any day.
They are better than stock, easy to change and cheap.

Not to hijack the thread, but which SilverStars did you get?

zero said:

Not to hijack the thread, but which SilverStars did you get?

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9003 ST is the stock number.
The U.S. kind.
About 50 bucks.
Is that what you wanted?

zero said:

How do you know which one of these will work with the Ridgeline?

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I listed the part number - HIDH4

DoctorJ said:

I listed the part number - HIDH4

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Buy your black Ridgeline yet, Doc?

Northwood said:

Buy your black Ridgeline yet, Doc?

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No. Still waiting to hear back from the dealer on the trade.

I have mcculloch 4500k HID's on my RSX, and I love them. I would never go back to halogen. But with what Shingles said, you will either loose your high beams with H4's or get some kind of dual purpose bulbs. (I'm not sure who makes those?) I didn't have this problem because I have H1's .The DRL is no big deal, just pull the fuse

BTW oh and Hello, nice to meet all of you.

Nice handiwork on your home page there Doc. Tried HMOG?

A question for those who run HID conversion kits with no lo/hi beam. Do you have an annual safety inspection in your state? Here in MA, we do, and there are several tests done on the headlights. Low beam operation, low beam aim, high beam operation, high beam aim. I don't see how I could pass inspection without this functionality.

You won't pass, but the swap is very quick, literally 5 minutes to swap in the stock bulb.

Got it, thanks!

My S2000 had HID and had a separate Halogen for high beams. Are there two bulbs in the RL?

No, the H4 bulb has two filaments in it. One for Hi, the other for Lo.