HID Headlight Bulbs / HID Projector Retrofit

Silverado1475 · August 29, 2018

On ‎8‎/‎24‎/‎2018 at 5:23 PM, Slatemetal15 said:

On the 14-15 trucks, the hid’s will be on during the day because they are set as the drl’s. You can buy a drl harness that can eliminate it or switch the drl function to your fog lamps. I have the morimoto kit and have just left them as is. We’ll see what kind of life I get out of them. The lifespan will definitely be shortened though due to being switched on/off a lot more than neccessary.

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What harness? Where can I get it? I would like to switch the DRL to Fog lights.

Slatemetal15 · August 29, 2018

Here’s the harness.

https://www.gen5diy.com/collections/14-18-silverado-gen3-products/products/14-18-silverado-drl-harness

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FastWS6TA · August 29, 2018

New to the thread. have been browsing through the comments and have found some good information.
I do have a few questions though.
1. I have a 2014 Silverado 1500 High Country, it has the factory projector lens for low beam, Is this an HID Projector lens? Can I just put in a HID kit and be fine?

2. If it is not HID Projector lens, has anyone had any luck with after market complete replacements? So I would not have to cut my OEM myself. I have specifically been looking for after market ones that look like the OEM. Specifically https://www.protuninglab.com/20chsi15253512.html .

3. If I do end up having to buy just a HID Lens and mod my OEM what is the most recent census on the HID KITS out there? Since it has been a few years now are there any good reliable ones? If so where can I get it, and what parts are needed if not all parts are in the kit?

please and thank you everyone.

The best setup you can do on that truck is a new FXR projector with Hylux HID ballasts.Easy to do. Only small modification to the dust cap. Here is a link
https://www.fastheadlights.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=fxr%5Fchevy%5Fretrofit%2Dkit%5Fhylux

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Silverado1475 · August 30, 2018

3 hours ago, FastWS6TA said:

The best setup you can do on that truck is a new FXR projector with Hylux HID ballasts.Easy to do. Only small modification to the dust cap. Here is a link
https://www.fastheadlights.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=fxr%5Fchevy%5Fretrofit%2Dkit%5Fhylux

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I would like to do a retrofit, but I don't feel comfortable cutting into my headlight housing.

FastWS6TA · August 30, 2018

I would like to do a retrofit, but I don't feel comfortable cutting into my headlight housing.

No cutting into your headlight at all. The projector goes into the back and lines up using the retrofit brackets in the kit.

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Silverado1475 · August 30, 2018

9 minutes ago, FastWS6TA said:

No cutting into your headlight at all. The projector goes into the back and lines up using the retrofit brackets in the kit.

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So no cutting any of the housing at all? I thought I had to?

Shredzy · August 30, 2018

On ‎8‎/‎24‎/‎2018 at 7:23 PM, Slatemetal15 said:

On the 14-15 trucks, the hid’s will be on during the day because they are set as the drl’s. You can buy a drl harness that can eliminate it or switch the drl function to your fog lamps. I have the morimoto kit and have just left them as is. We’ll see what kind of life I get out of them. The lifespan will definitely be shortened though due to being switched on/off a lot more than neccessary.

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On my Sierra with the Morimoto HID kit I turned off all light notifications for the door lock/unlock for unnecessary start/stop of the HID bulbs.

cire0309 · August 30, 2018

On 8/23/2018 at 10:16 PM, MegaCode360 said:

Yeah, the 14-15 LTZ/HC low beams are projectors. They are not really HID projectors but the HID kits work fine in them. Some swear by doing a retrofit with real HID projectors but I'm running HIDs in the stock projectors and it works great. Would it be brighter with real HID projectors? Maybe, probably. But it's fine with the stock projectors and 100x brighter than with the halogen bulbs.

Glad to hear this. I want to get the kit for my halogen projectors but there were quite a few reviews out there saying that the brightness difference wasn’t worth it.

truckguy82 · August 30, 2018

12 hours ago, Silverado1475 said:

So no cutting any of the housing at all? I thought I had to?

Yes you have to cut the back of the housing off.

It took me 7 hours and I bought everything from fast headlights.

It was a long day, but at just over $300, it’s been completely problem free and it’s one of the best things I’ve done to the truck.

i bought a d2s mini 4.0, hylux ballast 35w, and 5500k morimoto bulbs.

do it. One of those great long term mods you won’t regret

Rossum Possum · September 3, 2018

So, would I need to separate the housing on a 2014 in order to install the new projector?

FastWS6TA · September 5, 2018

So, would I need to separate the housing on a 2014 in order to install the new projector?

Check out the directions I created for the D2S 4.0 install in a Sierra.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzwI7I8tBeJSUTFFSW9KOWZKX0k/view?usp=drivesdk

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Rossum Possum · September 5, 2018

1 hour ago, FastWS6TA said:

Check out the directions I created for the D2S 4.0 install in a Sierra.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzwI7I8tBeJSUTFFSW9KOWZKX0k/view?usp=drivesdk

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That’s beautiful work. About how long did it take you?

Sierra Dan · September 5, 2018

Directions say a few hours....

FastWS6TA · September 5, 2018

I would alot about 3 to 4 hours to do it. Of course this will vary based on how quickly you get the headlights removed and the tools used to cur open the plastic cap on the back. All in all it is pretty straight forward and simple to do.

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