Replacing High Intensity Xenon Headlight Bulbs
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.ค. 2013
- Scotty Kilmer, mechanic for the last 45 years, shows how to replace those fancy HID bright headlight bulbs that many modern cars use.Since they are SO expensive, you want to do the job right.
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"And from this horrible design..."
Scotty not afraid to tell it like it is lol.
you can't put halogen bulbs in a xenon system, they would fry like mad from the high xenon voltage. You would have to rewire the car to use normal 12 volt power
I’m doing just that on my 08 Prius. I’ve got new headlight assemblies, H4 wiring and switching relays to toggle between low and high beam. The Prius with HID uses a shutter instead of different filaments.
Scotty, these videos are fantastic! I'm really proud of your work. It shows you care a lot, and you want to provide knowledge to the community, and do it in a way that makes it fun and entertaining. Thank you, sir! Much appreciated!
Scotty
Got your e mail about my headlights and doing the changing of the bulbs.
It's no different than when I had my old 1979 Chevrolet Malibu car a few years ago.
Getting needed parts for this was a long haul and a nightmare wrapped into one.
THANKS
Congrats on 100 thousand subs Scotty!
Whoa
This is back when he was a little younger and just wanted to talk about helping people with cars and get more subscribers. Now he’s older more cynical and just talks bad about everything lol. It happens though. You get older, grumpier and just think everything is just trash. He’ll be saying “ Get off my lawn” soon.
those bulbs do dim with age, means they are wearing out, and realize if you change one, odds are the other one will burn out soon after due to extra voltage of a new one installed.
Got xenon hid in a 2011 Lexus and never looked back. Retro'ed my Nissan Frontier with bi-xenon. Absolutely fantastic.
certainly they are knocking em up a ton, cause in my video on installing aftermarket hids, the cost of the entire kit, two xenon bulbs, the wiring, and two ballast resistors was 59 dollars. so they aren't that expensive to make really. It's always new technology that ripps people off until someone else decides to join in and lower the price.
This video is a great help! Thanks Scotty!
Hes like the 'car version' of the Doc from 'Back to the Future'!! 🤗
I have it in some of my maintenance videos, but it's so simple. Do it first thing in the morning when cold using a gauge. Best to have one of those little air pumps that plug into the cigarette lighter so you can fill em up at home, cause when you drive to a gas station, tires heat up and give inaccurate readings then
Great tip Scotty, I'll definitely be checking for those bulbs next time I go car shopping.
Great video production. Thanks Scotty!
Scotty thanks for the help. You saved me!! (and my money too).
I did this job a few weeks ago on a same type of a prius of my father and I thought Im being stupid cos I had to take the whole bumper out to remove the bulb. Apparently I'm not that stupid! its the design lol. Thanks scotty for this video!
yep, tons of them, I even made a video on that "Putting Bright Blue HID Headlights On Your Car"
I had to change one of these on a coach and the are a bunch of swear words. You have shown me how to do it properly!
Thanks Scotty
I've never heard of silverstars, I'll try one next time.
great video Scotty and very expensive to replace
Scotty, every comment you write, i read it in my head as you're talking/yelling like in your videos. it's quite funny ^^
I didn't even know they made HID lights back in 2003. My mechanic thought the ballast might of went bad in my 03 nissan altima so I ordered a HID kit for it. It was totally different than what I was seeing on youtube. Come to find out, the 03 altima 3.5 LE SE had a sports package and it came with HID head lights, stock. I've found these lights for $19.99, but at auto zone one bulb is $100!
i am happy with my little Citroen it's a small and fast car and when it has a problem it easy for me to fix it by myself i just had the hole head replaced and head gasket and done it by myself and it took me just a couple of hours to do without having any experience with repairing cars
The smaller the body of the car which leads to a lighter in weight as that makes sense, but making it where you gotta undo a lot of things just to change a bulb is purely crazy indeed. My 2006 KIA speactra alternator is real fun to replace, as I got to remove many things before I can even get the thing out, like the cooling fan, the coolant holding bottle, that not the best part yet, the part is near the hot exhaust manifold, which I end up burning myself trying to undo it connections then, FUN
try to find a wiring splice kit from Mits, but if they don't sell one, you will have to make your own using wiring, connectors, and a lot of solder as they use a lot of power.
Scotty, as I was watching this I was thinking, "so is he gonna change them in pairs?" and then you mentioned the price. I guess I got my answer.
175 at the Toyota dealer who was the only place in town who had one. Customer wanted working headlights that day.
check coolant level, but often the main computers go bad and cause that problem. in such a case, you can just wire the fans to run off a toggle switch
I got a HID conversion for my 93 Chevy K1500 and the bulbs ain't but $15 a piece
hey, that's just the beginning. My live Saturday morning 10 AM CST questions and answers google event should get people from all over the world asking me questions. I used to get 250 thousand people a day watching me answer live questions on local Houston TV. So imagine, what can happen world wide?
7 years later and doing better than ever. See you Saturday!
Hi Scotty, Thanks for your amazing videos,
I have a problem in Ford Futura 2005. Wanted to change the burnt headlight bulb at the air filter side. Wanted to know is it easy to get the whole headlight off and replace it or I have to do it in place? Could you please advise. Cheers
hey Scotty! I love the vids you make, I have a GC8 subaru and nor the headlights or high beams light on. I tried changing the fuses and they're fine. so I'm guessing it's the bulbs that fried?
You da man scotty
check the wheel bearing on that side AND the brake pads for abnormal dragging wear.
Thanks Scotty, bailed me out again.
I wish my Infiniti just had the same halogen bulbs my 1990 F150 had. Best lights ever. These cost me $100.00 each, and they're a B1tc# to get in.
it is, BUT at this cost most people do one at a time. In halogen bulbs of course, do both, discount stores sell em for 5 bucks apiece
Never thought it would be so difficult to change the light bulb. It burned out on my 2005 Sonata, don't even remind me of that. Why do they make changing the bulb so difficult? I had no trouble changing the tail light or the fog lights, but the low beam headlight was the worst.
My mechanic once said that he used to think that engineers were stupid.they work for the auto industry which wants maximum profits for all involved in producing and servicing cars.not for the owners.the more labour and parts sold,the better for them.
then rewire them first, using quality wire and solder the connections on something which uses that much power. Cut away all the old wires, so check them back from the lights until they are not falling apart, then cut that part off
You got it, July in Houston isn't for the weak.
the power going to the ballast is just 12V, but coming out it's VERY high. try new power and see what happens.
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check that first, also check the ground wires to the lights
have a 05 pt cruiser lighting is horrible, would you recommend and l.e.d kit or a xenon bulb or... im not sure but iv used Sylvania gold in the past and wasnt impressed, but i hear philips came out with new bulbs
many things can do that, pray it's something simple like a bad thermostat or a cooling system merely low on coolant. Being low, the heater does not get hot water in it so you get no hot air. Past that, it gets complex with those computer run heater systems.
Damn! Every modernization of a component on a car doubles its price!
Pop up headlights FTW. So much easier to replace bulbs in. Only reason you have to open hood at all is to unscrew 2 screws on the back of the plate of the pop up healights. Then you can close the hood if you want while doing the replacing.
Scott - Thatnks for the Quick Video - I have a 2011 Cadillac SRX with HID Headlights - Condensation/leaky headlights is a known problem in this model - my passenger lo-beam/headlight stopped working the other day. I wanted to see if it was the Bulb or another component that was the issue. 1st I decided to switch the HID bulbs to see if it would work on the Driver side - When I did that I was only getting Highbeam to work on the Driver side. Is it possible for HID to work as Highbeams but no function on lowbeam setting? I got in way over my head on this but your video was really helpful - my HID bulbs & the Ballast connection look exactly the same as the ones in your video so I wanted to see if you had any advice for me. Looking online it looks like it would cost me $1500 for each headlight assembly & that is wild. I noticed some corrosion on the passenger side connections. if I can get the hi-beams/lo-beams working again then it seems like i would have to get the headlights adjusted as well. I apprecaite any help.
Nice video, Scotty. I've got a 2008 Mercedes CL550, on which I'd like to change the Xenon bulbs. They still work okay, but after this many years they could probably use a refresh. What about all the warnings on the car about working w/ 25,000 volts and only let a dealer touch it? What is the scenario where I'd get fried? I've seen plenty of people accomplish this without a problem on TH-cam.
Hi Scotty, The headlight bulb in my 2007 Lexus ES350 has been flickering. I am sure the buld needs to be replaced. My car has the premium plus package so I am pretty sure it is a xenon bulb. The area is covered by what looks to be a twist cover like this video. I have changed out bulbs before but hear that I could be severely shocked when changing this xenon bulb. The Haynes manual says to have a mechanic do it but Internet videos suggest I can do it. I disconnected the battery's negative terminal a few days ago but have concerns about the capacitor or another area holding a residual charge. Thank you for any guidance you can provide this novice hack.
nice one . i have a 2000 lexus es300 with HID and its never been burned out yet. but if it does then i know to look up this video too
you're a cool guy scotty thanks for the help
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Scotty have you heard of ddm tunning.. they sell replacement bulbs like that for 15-25 dollars.. i buy all my lights from there and they are very very good quality products and the shipping is fairly cheap.
Must be very hot work doing that! My friend has a Renault Megane and to change the headlight bulb on one of them most of the front of the car has to come off. Bumper, grill, etc etc. Chaos!
Wtf just take out the whole engine my gush, great work Scotty !!
profit baby, profit. the ones I used were Xenon bulbs on my celica, there's just a huge profit margin on fancy car parts if you buy them from the dealer.
I remember, I had to replace one of my Xenon bulbs on my BMW X5, and I will agree with you Scotty that one bulb is about 170 dollars. The BMW dealer wanted 300 dollars for the bulb. Instead, I went to my BMW specialist & he charged me 150 dollars. After buying the bulb, I went to my local mechanic and he replaced the old bulb. I only paid 47 dollars for the labor. If I went to the dealer they would of charged me 500 dollars.
Scotty i have a question
First , hi my name is mohammad and i own a ford fusion 2015 hybrid , ive been thinking about replacing my halogens with xenon light bulbs but many mechanics told me that they would ruin the electric circuit in my car or have a major impact on wires or may cause major flames suddenly tell us about the side effects of them xenons the ones im planning on installing on my cars the xenon lights for the brand new land cruisers GXR ( on my headlights not high beams headlights)
Awesome!
"and snap all these little stupid snap locks in" LOL!
Scotty, could you make a video and teach us how to remove HID from Camry V6 e let only halogen bulbs or leds ? thank you.
One of my HID bulbs on my acura is starting to dim, it's not as bright as it used to be.Do you think I just need to replace the bulb or would this requre more work? Thanks!
leds are much less intense, and realize the system would need complete changing to run LEDs. If you like my car help, be sure to watch my live car talk show every saturday morning at 10 AM CST on google events. I answer your car questions LIVE there. Just go to my scotty kilmer channel on youtube saturday morning at 10, and click on the google plus icon on the top right corner. That takes you to the event. You do have to be a member of google plus to ask questions, so join up, it’s all Free.
fuel injectors clog up sitting that long. Try my video "how to clean fuel injectors on your car" and also dumb the gas out of the tank and put new gas in.
Man that's some labor time.
Hopefully nothing rattles after.
Thanks for the videos Scotty.
Looking abit hot Scotty, time for some Moon Shine lol
Scotty, do you recommend unhooking battery while trying to replace HID bulbs?
I'd like to know this also.
@@freespeechisdead1565 No. There is no need if you arent touching wires together. Plug n play.
Brian will be happy that you fixed his car. By the way Scotty, you are a bit rough in your comments with German Engineers. ;-)
rough? I'm going easy on them, with their harebrained designs of over engineering just for over engineering sake.
yes, a small gasoline engine and a small electrical motor that work in tandem
Is it easy to get rid of the HID bulbs and put in a regular bulb?
Hey scotty i got a 96 v6 mustang and code p1131 pop i looked it up but correct me if im wrong it said something can be wrong wit my o2 sensors nd i had got 2 new ones about 3 months and replaced them and nothing would pop up any ideas? Thanks i love your videos
Hi there Scotty, i'm having trouble getting an aftermarket tachometer to work on my 1992 nissan sentra. The directions say what ecu wire to tap into, but when I hook it up it just stays around 500rpm and jumps higher and lower but doesn't show the proper reading. I was thinking I might need a resistor of some sort, or maybe something else? Thank you sir
One of mine went bad on my car last week and it liked to turn off a minute after running and before that, it would turn purple. That's a hallmark sign of a xenon bulb going bad. My dad said I need a wiring harness and the bulb was perfectly fine. After taking out the bulb, the xenon part was completely black. Lol. You know your car better than any mechanic out there folks. Listen to it and practice common sense. If the lights don't work, check the bulbs not something else.
4 cylinder Atkinson cycle gasoline engine. If you like my car help, be sure to watch my live car talk show every saturday morning at 10 AM CST on google events. I answer your car questions LIVE there. Just go to my scotty kilmer channel on youtube saturday morning at 10, and click on the google plus icon on the top right corner. That takes you to the event. You do have to be a member of google plus to ask questions, so join up, it’s all Free
I've really thought about installing these on my cars. I've already got the brightest lights I can but I've really got to get them aimed properly because I feel they're aimed to low.
Can you do about HID not just Xenon high pressure?
hey Scotty, you got any advice on how and where to order auto parts? im trying to restore my Toyota Sports 800 1967, finding parts for this old school is soooooo hard. :(
Hey Scott I switch my bulbs and it not the bulb you think it's the ballast?
yea, and pray it doesn't break in the mail as I've seen happen.
My headlight ballast went out on a 2008 cadillac dts on the passenger side could the driver ballast be used for the passenger side do u know if they are the same thing
also mine are Xenon as well, but I don't know which power it has/needs or outputs! will any xenon fit well and function or do I need a specific one
THANKS
Scotty, I know im in the wrong vid and it's not the topic, but what you think about the Powertwist V belt use in a car?
Do you have to disconnect any wires to replace bulb?
Hi Scotty, i have a question with the same kind of tranny. Its the 5r55 out of a Lincoln ls 2001. I know the common and secret problem on theses tranny is that the 2 servos pins ( mainly the O/D one) rubs and wear against the tranny case ( aluminum) and eventually oil loss occurs, than low pressure, bad shifting. One option is to drop the tranny, rebore the 2 servo holes and put brass sleeves in them.
But is there a product strong enough that could also do the trick and seal this type of leak?
my car has been with $25 HIDs for a year and they are starting to wear now! they are selling them here en PR for $50 with 3 months warranty
S2000s are the same way you have to pull the whole bumper off to replace the light bulbs. Its very tedious but I still love that car.
Hey Scotty is taking the battery off necessary?
Glad these bulbs came down in price lol 175 dollars for 1 bulb, I just bought 2 for 15 bucks
they are very specific, use only the same number as yours
Scotty-could you make a video showing how to check air pressure in tires?
as I said, customer wanted car fixed that day, only the toyota dealer in town had the bulb in stock. Believe me, no customer's going to wait on ebay for lights at night.
You know just one of these videos I'd like for someone to actually show you how to remove or unclip that little metal clip. I spent so much time and everybody skips over that what seems to be simple part but it is actually the hardest part of the job
Same boat here. Spent 10 minutes in there just today.
hey scotty, can you show us how to straighten the chasis? thanks
Hey Scotty, I have a 2000 Acura TL witht the HID headlamps. I had the new bulb put in in February ($292 Shocker!!) and when it comes on it has the blue tint then it fades to a white then an almost yellow. i have 3 other cars with HID's and they dont do that, What's wrong?
Scotty my car overheats cause my fans dont kick on. But they do work wheb i turn my ac on. As soon as i turn the ac off the fans turn off to. I changed my temp sensor. Is it that my cooling system might still have air in it? Or might i not have enough coolant?
Hey Scotty, I just bought my dream car ('90 Nissan 300ZX 2+2)! Unfortunately, @ the cost of some issues. The main one being; the oil pressure gauge is now on 0psi. While I was taking out the fog lights yesterday, I reached up behind the housing, my hand hit something, nd got oil on my hand. Now I realized tht there is a small oil leak (about the size of 3x5 notecard over the course of about 6 hours). Don't really know 4 sure if it was leaking b4 the incident, or if I somehow caused it. PLZ HELP!
make sure it was stabbed back correctly into the engine, because if the timing is off it will do exactly that. those old things are pretty basic, no sensors I've ever seen on one.
The shack ending is appropriate for the Ham Radio operator's car.
I know on some japanese luxury cars the headlight led assemblies are 2500 bucks. What Insanity.
worn out struts or tie rod ends often do that
You can save a ton of money by buying a pair aftermarket bulb for about $30, say at DDMtuning. Then when the other bulb goes out you can replace it too with no more expense. $175 is ridiculous and nobody should do that.
For aftermarket HID kits that aren't d4r or d4s, you can often get a pair of HID bulbs for $15 or so on Ebay.