How To Change Factory Hid/xenon Headlights To Halogen For Pits

[Projectile]

Righto,

Now this is my first post in like forever, simply because I find out everything I need by searching, but I cannot find this, but if you know of a how to thread or anything similar please post link.

What I want to know is how to change my factory fitted xenon globes out for standard halogen ones so that I can pass the pits...this is the only mod I have to change to pass. This should have been done at compliance, a part of me is thankful for this so they didn't chop the HiD harness as they usually do. I know all the usual bs, xenons must be self cleaning, auto adjusting etc so I am just going to do a temporary fix to pass the pits and then putting xenons back in (but a much whiter colour not fkn gay disco blue that the car came with). So I find myself with two options and I am hoping there is a third option which is much easier and isn't either one of these.

So I figure I either buy normal headlights from a wreck or online and spend $$$ which I want to avoid because I still have to alter the wiring to make them work with halogen globes.

Or just rewire globes into them from the same switch, unfortunately tho I have tried H1s and H4s for sizing, only problem is H1s are too small and fall in the headlight, H4s on the other hand are too big and do not sit properly.

So what do they normally do at compliance? Someone help me i've got a headache...haha

If you want pics let me know and ill go get some...

[Projectile]

Alright this is a post for anyone else who was in pain like me and needs to pass pits without changing headlights.

What you do is buy H7 globes x2. Remove the factory HID globes and just cable tie the HID harness plug as far away from it as you can (its not far trust me but enough to give yourself some room) Trim the diameter down so they fit in the headlight snug, use the original wire clip to clip them into place.

Now run a independent switch to control them. Unsure how to do that? here's how;

Run a positive wire off the battery (7.5amp wire is what I used), throw a 7.5amp fuse in the line (important), connect to one side of the switch and place the switch wherever you want in the cabin. Now on the other side of the switch run it to the RH headlight (keeping in mind you use flat blade connectors everywhere in this), before you crimp the RH flat blade piggy back another wire off that and run that across the front tucked away under the radiator or wherever you want just so its hidden and run it over to the LH headlight. H7s need a ground wire so just unplug that yellow ground which connects the headlight to the factory HID harness into the other side of the H7 (h7s have two terminals one for ground and one for pos). Cable tie all your wires neat and MAKE SURE, infact this is important so ill highlight this part;

*****TAKE YOUR OEM HEADLIGHT FUSES OUT****** they are 2x 20amp mini blade fuses in the engine fuse box, look at the diagram to figure out which ones.

Don't worry about your dust caps or any of that shit just make sure all your wiring is cable tied away and the globes hold into place and aren't slopping around in there. Also make sure its not raining and you aren't driving thru dust storms the day you're going to the pits.

take your car to the pits and show them how to operate the headlights (for park lights turn your headlights on like normal on the stalk on the steering wheel, your normal headlights won't come on since this is the circuit you took the fuses out of and unplugged at the headlight to begin with). Throw your normal headlights on, for high beam throw your stalk forward like normal.

I just passed the pits today using this method and somehow it is better then factory HIDs according to the pits.

As soon as my 4300k globes arrive this is being removed and my original system will be back up, all I need to do it put new globes in, connect using factory HID harness and then put my two 20amp fuses back in the fuse box.

Before you say anything I know this whole things sounds a bit dodgy but it will get you over the pits with HID headlights without changing the whole headlight setup to halogen and not chopping your HID harness.

Best of luck to everyone any questions just PM me and ill send you pics of mine or might even post em up here when I get time.

Quick list of what you'll need;

Crimp set containing red and blue female blade crimps.

Crimpers

Teeth for stripping wires

basic on off switch any design try get one that goes in one of the rectangles next to your manual angle adjustment dial

H7 globes (cheap ones who cares) x 2

5m of red 7.5amp wire

7.5amp fuse

in line fuse holder

have a go attitude.

I'm out.