Guess what turned up in the post today...

No I am going to the Peugeot agent next door. Toyota dealer stopped doing the price match on MOT, Peugeot will do it for £30.

Are you happy with the color of your lighs or do you find them a little on the blue side. I cannot make up my mind, but when I drive at night I find the color rendition of hedge rows and other cars is like daylight. They also match well with the LED side lights.

John (Britprius)

 

I have HID's in the fogs but as you have probably found out the fogs are useless. I am thinking about changing them out for spotlamps and rewiring to come on when turned on with main beam. This if I can find some small spotlamps.

The HID's do change color slightly as they burn in but it is hard to notice. The HID bulbs usualy have a long life as long as you do not keep turning them on and off.

Keep an eye on your fogs as I found one filling up with water after I changed out the bulbs even though I was careful with the O sealing rings.

John (Britprius)

 

Bronze84, where did you order your HID lights from? And which kit did you get? I think it's time that I convert my Halogen to HID, I'm tired of replacing by bulbs all the time.

 

Took car in for MOT today. Asked MOT inspector about having fitted HID's and he said "there is no problem with HID lamps as far as the MOT is concerned provided. The color does not fall outside what could reasonably be described as white light and that the beam pattern and aim were correct".

He did go on to say that technically the car should be fitted with headlamp washers as well as a levelling mechanism, the Prius having the latter but not the former. Comes under some EU regulation but is not part of the items to be tested in the MOT only beam pattern and aim are checked. Told me to visit "Gov.Org construction and use regulations."

So I am going to fit headlamp washers after a visit to the breakers yard to find some suitable bumper mounted jets. I already have a headlamp washer pump lying around.

Car passed test for the third year running without any problems.

John (Britprius)

 

Hey Bronze84, was this kit truly plug and play? or did you have to run any wires to the positive jumper point in the engine compartment to get the hi/low beams function to work? I've seen some HID kits that require you to connect a wire to the battery to get the motor to move the hi/low shield. (hopefully you know what I mean.)

 

Some tips to help with HID kit.

The positive terminal is inside the fuse/relay box under the bonnet. If you remove the lid you will see a red cover. Remove this and underneath you will find a stud with a nut on it.

Thread your red fused wire with the terminal eye on it up from the outside side of the fuse box following the thick wire up to this stud remove the fuse in this lead till you have finished all the wiring. Fasten the wire to this stud by removing the nut and fitting the cable eye then replace the nut.

This stud is actually the jump point. Fasten the in line fuse to the outside of the fuse box with double sided tape or pads. You will find a roll of tape use full for fastening the ballasts.

You can use the headlamp bulb 3 pin plug from either side it does not matter but I used the passengers side (driver side in the US) because this is where you have just picked up the supply from, and the cable lengths match.

Remove the black plastic cover over the rads to allow you to run the wires across to the drivers side (passenger side in the US). I mounted the relay on the cross member under this cover on an existing bolt if I remember correctly.

There is no cutting of the rear headlamp covers as the instructions, but the covers are tight to get off you have to turn them then lift off.

The bulbs are a pig to get at remove and replace, do not touch the glass of the bulbs. The base of the HID bulbs do come apart by twisting and pulling if it helps. You will have to remove the air intake tube on the drivers side (passengers side in the US) to allow you to get at the bulb.

The three pin plug from the drivers side headlamp (passengers side in the US) is now not used., and make sure you have good chassis/earth /ground connections to the ballasts.

Any more help just ask.

John (Britprius).

 

Thanks John and Bronze84! HID 4300k's are on order!

 

If some one could make a video about wiring the Gen 2 prius ( I have a 2007) it would make me more comfortable buying and installing them myself. I can't seem to find any videos.

 

John basically explains how to wire the Prius for HID lights in post #31.
I'm sure John (Britprius) or Brone84 could answer any direct questions that you might have.

 

Do not be afraid of the wiring for these lights, it is very simple. No cutting or splicing into wire, everything is simple plug in, or in the case of the main feed bolt on.

I would be happy to guide you or anyone through the connections if you buy a kit. The hardest job is actually fitting the bulbs because of the tight space behind the headlamps.

John (Britprius)

 

I plan on removing the headlight assemblies when my HID kit arrives, I don't have small enough hands to get in that tight space. I'm rather good at it now, usually takes me about 15 to 20 minutes to remove and install the assemblies to swap out the bulbs.

hayden, here's a link to one of my earlier posts with a link on how to remove the headlights.
HID Upgrade? | PriusChat

 

Well taking the headlight doesn't seem to hard. I just didn't know how to wire it, but I guess you just wire it to the positive part of the battery?

 

There is a single wire from the HID system that connects to the positive jumper post in the engine bay fuse box. This wire provides power to the motors that adjust the shield that covers the bulb to give you the Hi/Low beam effect.

The way I understand it, and anyone out there if I'm wrong please correct me:
9003/H4 bulbs contain both the Hi beam and the low beam filament all in one, when you convert the H4 standard halogen bulb to HID most of the H4 kits on the market have a single setting, the High / low beam effect is done by a metal shield that surrounds the HID bulb. This shield moves in the high beam setting to allow more light to shine down the road.

Other than attaching this wire to the positive post in the fuse box, there isn't any splicing or cutting of wires required, everything else is plug and play. I'll try and take pictures when my kit arrives.

Hope that explanation helps!

 

Yes that all seems quite easy! I've tried taking out my buld to see how easy it was and that rubber holder seems to be the worst part. Any suggestions on what kit to buy? I was thinking just a 6000k. Also I've seen in other forums people worrying about there being too much glare from the bulb, does anyone else have that issue?