Installing HIDs in your 2013 OEM Projectors

Donelam304 · Nov 30, 2013

I was wondering how these compare to the Sylvania ultra star bulbs. I have them in my Silverado and know they are very bright and clear.

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Doc221 · Nov 30, 2013

Gill said:
Doc, where in NJ are you? Thinking of ordering this kit, would love to see how it looks on yours beforehand.

I'm in central NJ...Old Bridge

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Exhausted · Nov 30, 2013

Donelam304 said:
I was wondering how these compare to the Sylvania ultra star bulbs. I have them in my Silverado and know they are very bright and clear.

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These will put those to shame!
Way more light out out

Donelam304 · Nov 30, 2013

And all I ha e to do is drill my stock lights and insert these. Sweet. When my 14 comes in I will most likely be doing this asap. On the hi beams, what's the brightest setup you recommend for extended use. When I am out going off road at night. I like to light things up.

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0212353 · Nov 30, 2013

Ram-NB said:
Do I need to connect both resistors? The ones that came with the HID's and the ones that came with the wire harness converter for the projector lights?

HID kit ones yes.

The ones for the adapters, depends - if you have hyperflashing, use 'em. If not, no need

Donelam304 said:
I was wondering how these compare to the Sylvania ultra star bulbs. I have them in my Silverado and know they are very bright and clear.

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Exhausted said:
These will put those to shame!
Way more light out out

well said!

Donelam304 said:
And all I ha e to do is drill my stock lights and insert these. Sweet. When my 14 comes in I will most likely be doing this asap. On the hi beams, what's the brightest setup you recommend for extended use. When I am out going off road at night. I like to light things up.

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well, there is a harness to run, but nothing crazy there.

highs, 50w 4300 would be the brightest

Donelam304 · Nov 30, 2013

The kelvin thing. What's that all about. I understand the watts. Like on my Yamaha roadstar 1700 the stock bulbs were 50 watt /60 watt. And I replaced them with a kyrakan bulb that's 90 watt/100 watt. It really lights up the night. But I have never dealt with this kelvin.

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0212353 · Nov 30, 2013

4300 - tinge of yellow
5000 - pure white
6000 - tinge of blue

higher you go, the less output. not that huge between 4300-5, 6 is noticeable - but still WAY brighter than stock.

Donelam304 · Nov 30, 2013

OK. Thanks so much. I already have some things waiting at the dealership to be installed. Looks like I will be doing this when I get it. Along with finding a heavy duty brush guard.

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Donelam304 · Nov 30, 2013

Still gotta get some husky liners or something that's a full front and back piece.

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Doc221 · Dec 3, 2013

6k bulbs

rescuejew91 · Dec 19, 2013

is their a set of directions for the Quad headlight kit. the only directions i can find is right off the product page and i would like easy directions for the quad kit?

0212353 · Dec 19, 2013

check your other post

aIIan · May 4, 2014

Spent an hour and a half racing to get these done before the rain rolled through and I'll be damned if I didn't mess something up. This is probably my 10th set of HIDs, not sure what I did wrong. Oh well, guess I'll have to tear everything back up in the AM. I'm guessing I have a backwards connector somewhere.

My only gripe about this kit is that EVERYTHING was a tight fit. Thankfully I pulled the 'extensions' out of the housings before I sealed them back up - they came in VERY helpful in the end.

aIIan · May 4, 2014

Also, heres a safety tip DO NOT drop the OEM bulbs on the tile!

The little effers EXPLODE we've found grass every but the floor.

0212353 · May 4, 2014

whats it doing?

aIIan · May 4, 2014

Well, at first not working at all then working sometimes.

Then it got real interesting... the lights will only come on if I manually turn the light switch (I typically leave it on auto) to on BEFORE I start the truck. The lights will not turn on in other way.

Very frustrating.

Also one bulb seems brighter than the other and the driver side throws a code even with the resistor installed.

0212353 · May 4, 2014

flip the capacitor, where it plugs to the splitter. see attachment.

for brightness, sometimes I see this on the '13s, as the return wires on the bulbs are in different locations. Not a huge thing....just a weird way that the truck has the bulbs cocked.

aIIan · May 4, 2014

OK, I'll tackle it tomorrow. I've pulled the lights and grille off more times than I'm willing to admit today :think:

What's the trick to getting to the fog lights? Pull the wheel well plastic off? I assume they don't need the resistors?

0212353 · May 4, 2014

I havent been under a '13......but, shoudln't need to pull the plastic.

No resistors on the fogs, but the '13+ may need a capacitor.

aIIan · May 5, 2014

Got it all figured out... *someone* shipped the kit with the driver side capacitor plugged in backwards :buttkick:

FWIW the (sport) fog lights could not have been easier, climb under the rig and there they are. Hardest part was zip tying the wires up out of the way.

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