Questions on headlights and HIDs

[RamWagon]

Hi guys. I didnt know where to post this thread. Wasnt sure if exterior or GD would be the right place. Anywho. A little backstory on my situation. Last week i ran the front end of my 4th gen onto a nice culvert. Bumpers tweeked. Fenders got pushed around. And some body lines in the front end dont match up and my right headlight fell right out. So before my trip last weekend i had planned to order a lift when i got home. Now i have to use that dough to fix the front end. My plan is projector headlights and HID kit. And a WIY kit from Move out of Montana. Alas ive been on the internet all week reading and looking at harnesses and lights. Ive heard good thing from retr shop so ive been emailing mr jeremy. But since i have a budget i cant spend 700-800 on lights from retroshop. Im just looking to see what everyones running and how they like it since looking for reviews on google is like pulling teeth.

 

[adurm]

You plan on buying some spyder/spec d projectors or doing a retrofit to the stocks? If you are handy and a little fearless, I would suggest going on theretrofitsourcedotcom and checking out their morimoto mini 6.0 kit. They should also have the right relay switch. It will be bi-xenon (lo and high beams HID out of the same projector). I think you can search your vehicle and they should have a kit with everything you need. Just choose the Kelvin and bulb type.

If you already have the OEM projectors, then it should be fairly easy. Use a heat gun to melt the seal and pry the clear from the rest of the headlight. Taking out any screws and bulbs first of course. Then take out the stock projector, put in the morimoto. make the connections inside the light. Seal it back up. I used the oven on one of my projects and it took forever and didn't work out so well. A cheap heat gun worked better and faster for me on my Hyundai genesis. Im sure youtube has a link for ram headlights.

If you have the quad lights, you can still do this, but might need to modify the hole where the bulb goes in. The morimoto projectors have a threaded shaft that would go in the bulb hole then you tighten it down.

So if you keep you stock headlights, the morimoto kit shouldn't be more than $300 or so. You will have crisp BMW type headlights, not that horrible looking hid in a reflector dish blind on coming traffic garbage. The morimoto projectors probably have far superior optics opposed to oem ram projectors or spyder/spec D.

It takes a solid day's worth of work to do it right, but you should get great results for a decent price. And you wont be without your lights for an extended period of time (in case the retrofitters don't do a core swap).

Just my opinions, I do not work for nor get any kind of reimbursement from anyone I mentioned above.

I just looked at the retroshop and he has a lot of great stuff there. Im sure the prices are on par or better than most as well. Looking at the size of the dust caps, I don't know if you have to disassemble the clear plastic or not to do a basic retrofit on the OEM projectors. I have yet to get into mine.

 

[RamWagon]

I need a replacement headlight. The face of the light is fine and it works. But all the mounting points on the rear of yhe light broke. I had about 1500 pounds of gear in my bed when this happened so even doing 5kmh i hit it pretty hard. So i cant retrofit my headlights. Im currently looking at spec D. Now i just need a place to buy em. I live in canada but probably going to order from the states. Ill also need a harness since all the issues with flickering and such ive read. Any reputable places to go?

 

[adurm]

Maybe call around to a local junk yard. If you still have the tabs, maybe you can JB weld them back on and/or reinforce them with something.

If you have to go the spec D route, remember the light output will likely not be optimal. I think you can retro fit those as well.

Try ebay. I have seen the OEM projectors on there with broken tabs of course. Likely broken when stolen from someones truck. But there are also new aftermarket ones there. CarID and autoanything are good major retailers IMO. Autoanything gives 10-20% off your first order sometimes. You may need to search model years 2011-2015. Or try rockauto. Hopefully at least one of them is nice about shipping to Canada.

I would suggest retroshop or retrofitsource for your harness needs.

 

[RamWagon]

Getting it to canada isnt an issue. I live across from detriot and ship all my stuff to a ups depot and just go pick it up. And im not to worried about super awesome light output from the lights. The stocks lights are kinda **** in that aspect anyway and to buy replacement stock lights cost the same, and if i really wanna see stuff ill turn on the 4 6 banger flush mounts up front. Im just looking for a nice look and functional use without paying an arm and a leg but not cheaping out at the same time. I still have to replace my front bumper. But luckily the wiy kit front and rears comes out to 1100 Ca

 

[adurm]

Then ya, I think you will be happy with either the spec D or spyder projectors. Check out those sites if you haven't already. I found them very helpful by online chat. I purchased through each site and have not be disappointed by the product or the customer service. Obvious statement here, but make sure you read their return policy before you buy just in case.

 

[RamWagon]

Yea im probably going to go with spec d out of protuning lab. And get the relay harness from retroshop. The only issue ive see with spec d is moisture in the lights. But, it wasnt from 4th gen ram reviews. Mostly cars and alot of the posts and reviews were from a couple of years ago although alot of the reviews were great