Techone HID Install / Pics - Honda Prelude Forum

petern101 · 08-28-2006, 05:16 PM

I finally got around to installing the Techone HID kit i got from Marcucci Motorsports. Its an affordable HID pnp kit that i was looking for (i don't want to spend the time / money on a retrofit) because i needed brighter output from my jdm blackhousings. I happen to choose the 5k h4 kit.

Install: The first thing you notice is there isn't much space for the ballasts. I had to improvise and just use whatever space i could find. I used 3M double sided tape to affix the ballast. After that i just unplugged the harness from the bulb and figured out which one was positive (thanks spin r g). From there its just like putting in another bulb and i connected anything. I also used plenty of electrical tape to seal everything up. After that i just verified they worked, and since i did the install during the day, i have to wait for actual pics of the lights. I also need to adjust them.

here are the peliminary pics

Here are some comparison shots with the pnp kit on the right and my regular bulb on the left (osram/silvania silverstars)

slipknot95758 · 08-28-2006, 08:36 PM

i think you have the passanger side one upside down

petern101 · 08-28-2006, 09:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slipknot95758

i think you have the passanger side one upside down

actually.......i had BOTH of them upside down

i thought the cutoff shield was supposed to be on top to prevent glare from the top. boy was i wrong. since i couldn't really see i accidently put both bulbs in wrong which is why that little clip wouldn't hold down the bulb correctly.

now i got that settled straight. i tried to get them to align as closely as possible but the driver's side has that little "flare" for right hand drive vehicles. so thats a little annoying but its better than what i had before

chester · 08-28-2006, 09:28 PM

Did you reverse where your low and high beams were?

slipknot95758 · 08-28-2006, 09:47 PM

file it down if it is anything like a projector you can cet the shiled to change the cut off.

i wana see pics on a whall that seems like it might not be to bad.

petern101 · 08-28-2006, 11:46 PM

chester: no i didn't reverse the high/low. i actually put the bulb upside down.

after i messed around with the alignment and such, i drove up to a local wall (sorry no pics just yet) and found out the shape is almost like regular bulbs, just much brighter.

doesn't seem like it glares too much because no one has flashed me and a friend drove in front of me and didn't say anything.

pter · 08-29-2006, 10:32 PM

Can you give clearer instructions of what you plugged into? Like the old headlight connection?

petern101 · 08-29-2006, 11:21 PM

^sure.

see the first picture? thats exactly how i have the bulb to ballast (can't mess that up only one way to do it) i left those extra yellow wires coming from the bulb. thats for wiring the high beam which jdm harnesses aren't made for / i didn't wire my jdm headlights for it.

now you see those two extra seperate pieces of wire sitting on the floor? those are what you connect from the ballast wires out to the harness. i used the green for positive (red wire on ballast) and the black for the black. but don't connect them right away.

now when you pull out the harness and put in the HID bulb, you have to get a multimeter and set it to DC and correct range. you might need to use that green wire and plug it into the harness to see which one is negative/positive. the spade side (flat side) is the side that goes into the harness. now on the jdm ones, there are 3 "slits" inside. like this

|--|

now one of those slits isn't used (normally the high beam option for normal h4's). you just plug that extra green wire into one of the slits, ground your multimeter, and read it. if the number kinda goes high then thats positive. if it stays relatively low, then thats negative.

on my harness, the top slit was always negative and the right slit (looking at it) was always positive.

now i know you are saying "why are the black wires 2 to 1?" well that has to do with wiring up the high beam which i didn't do. so i just basically sealed the other side up with electrical tape. connected the black with black wires and green to red wires. the spades will be sticking out of the harness so i covered those with electrical tape. kinda ghetto but it works.

the 6th picture down you can see how i wired it up. try to ignore those two yellow wires (which i sealed up with electrical tape as well) you can see the harness right above the bulb and where i just slid in those two spades.

if you have anymore questions feel free to ask. and btw there isn't much room in there so i had to improvise. basically if i ever have to take off my strut bar, i'm gonna have to pull the ballast and put more double sided tape on it.

chester · 08-29-2006, 11:33 PM

I think you misunderstood my question. I mean the lows and highs in the housing of the jdm headlights. Aren't the lows on the inside and the highs on the outside? Yours seem to be reversed.

petern101 · 08-30-2006, 10:05 AM

^umm no. the lows are on the outside and the inside are highs. if you ever saw pics of the inside being lit, some ppl make the inside the "driving lights" like jdm integras.

its not how they come stock.

jinusean · 08-30-2006, 10:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chester

I think you misunderstood my question. I mean the lows and highs in the housing of the jdm headlights. Aren't the lows on the inside and the highs on the outside? Yours seem to be reversed.

I think your talking about the DRL look. Truninja916 is running his headlights like that. But petern101 is right, low beams are on the outside while the H1 highbeams are on the inside.

chester · 08-30-2006, 02:56 PM

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking of...I was reading a thread on the install of JDM headlights and people were talking about switching the backing from their USDM headlights so that the lows and highs would be reversed. Now I'm completely confused on that topic, lol.

petern101 · 08-30-2006, 03:03 PM

like i said. its because some ppl want the daytime running light like the jdm integra. the insides are on. also another big thing is since ppl know h4's are used for high/low in some cars, they just assume it should be like that in the jdm headlights which also use h4's. if you see the harness in my pictures, there are 3 prongs which you can plug into. the stock harness only uses two prongs and the inside is wired for the highs. when you use the inside as daytime running lights, you will most likely blind ppl since its made for the highs. its just a straight bulb sticking out. its just stupid (imo) and pointless.

yield · 08-30-2006, 05:38 PM

night pics loser!!

playlude · 08-31-2006, 05:55 PM

So the H4s (outsides) have 2 filiments and the H1s (insides) have 1 filiment.

H4 filiment 1: allways on (lows plus remain on for highs)
H4 filiment 2: ????
H1 filiment 1: highs only

What was the 2nd filiment on the H4s used for on the JDM ludes?

spin_r_g · 08-31-2006, 06:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by playlude

So the H4s (outsides) have 2 filiments and the H1s (insides) have 1 filiment.

H4 filiment 1: allways on (lows plus remain on for highs)
H4 filiment 2: ????
H1 filiment 1: highs only

What was the 2nd filiment on the H4s used for on the JDM ludes?

Nothing the H4 high filiment is not used on the 4th gen. H4's are used on other cars that use it for acutal high beams. If you look at the jdm harness you'll see theres no wire for the high. I don't know why it's like that.

petern101 · 08-31-2006, 10:27 PM

took some quick shots of it in front of my house. i really didn't want to drive to find the wall i used to align. so maybe more later.

they are alot better than my silverstars. thats all i care about

jinusean · 08-31-2006, 10:50 PM

OMFG, GLARE!!!! LOL, ever since I finished my retro-fit...I became one of them.

petern101 · 08-31-2006, 11:20 PM

^yeah thats the glare from the jdm housings. and its wierd cause i actually compensated for that little part of the beam that goes up to be matched with the passenger side. it still goes up though. also could be my camera and the auto settings.

the kit came out to be whats expected with plug and play kits using stock "bowls" i'm happy with it cause i get the much more needed light i need. if i had usdm headlights, i wouldn't care because to me, that gave about what these give (maybe a little less).

all my friends who have retrofits are harsh on them but there's a reason for plug n play kits. its for those ppl who need just a tad bit more light that bulbs alone can't provide and also for ppl who don't want to invest more money/time/labor on retro's. yeah i can really tell the difference with retro'd headlights but honestly, for me, this just works and i'm content with it.

i can't wait to install those optilux fogs i got for 20 bux though. it will help with the foreground lighting.

LUDE'Z · 09-01-2006, 06:37 AM

^So, would you say it was worth it? It does look brighter from the pics.

Also, which Kelvin (color) did you get?