HIDs on An XJ?

[Sodelcustoms]

So another Jeep has become a part of our family and I'm doing everything I can to hold myself back from wanting to mod the hell out of it. My mom just bought a 2000 xj with 80 something k miles on it for 3 grand. Not a bad deal. Anyway she loves the HIDs on mine and wanted me to install a set on hers. My question is, having only one bulb on these will a single bulb HID work for both high and low beams? The original bulbs are 2 stage.

[Denny boy]

look up baja hid, he i one of our vendors he will hook you up. you need new housings (baja hid has tem) and they make bixenon ones i have them on mine they are awesome.

[Chaoul1]

Make sure you get 5000k or 6000k!!!! You don't want to blind anyone with those housings!

[Denny boy]

oops i got 8k's

[Sodelcustoms]

Awesome thanks for the replies guys will check it out.

[AcidCold]

I had bought my brothers XJ a new headlight with interchangeable bulbs which made it a good candidate for HID's but never did installed them in fear of excessive glare.

[Hammerhead]

Anything over 4,100K does nothing but reduce light output and increase glare for other drivers. http://www.cardomain.com/ride/612165/4

[TheBackRoads]

www.ddmtuning.com they have high/low bulbs.

[Gojeep]

Have a write up on my site that my mate Ben wrote about converting to HID's in a XJ.
http://www.go.jeep-xj.info/HowtoBiXenonProjectors.htm

[XenonDepot]

You can do either a bi-xenon kit or a low beam only kit. A lot of our customers go for a low beam only given that you get so much light output just from low beams. Keep in mind that the higher kelvin kits give you more color but less actual useable light output.

Steve

[xjrob]

i got 4300k on my xj and all you really got to make sure of is that you have a relay setup for them. here is a pic of them on and against my gate

http://www.cherokeetalk.com/forum/members/rob-xj/albums/my-toy/6504-just-redid-my-hids-again-time-theyre-stock-bulbs-homemade-restrictors.jpg

http://www.cherokeetalk.com/forum/members/rob-xj/albums/my-toy/6505-now-i-have-cut-off-point-no-more-blinding-people-again-plus-4300k-looks-alot-nicer-then-8-10k.jpg

[robpp]

they sell housings with projectors in them now......

[Robert Palmer]

Hola xjRob! :D

[xjrob]

whats up joe, hows life in the city

[Robert Palmer]

Life is great. Busy. Got a party goin on in the house, posting here and there from my phone. All is good.


What you drinkin tonight bro?

[xjrob]

Thats cool, hey the fone is ones life line. Me my drink of the night is and ameretto sour, I wish. Things down here in south jersey r alot different then up there but alot more places to hit the trails at.

[Crispy]

Nobody has mentioned the Headlamp Delay Module, on some model XJs it can cause your lights to come on after the car has been shut off and stay on until the battery dies. I didnt have this problem in my 99 Classic, but a friend did in his 00 Classic. We corrected it by unplugging the delay module located behind knee bolster on the left side. There may be other solutions to the problem, but we did this and it worked.

Looks like this:
http://www.tek-knowledge.com/hdmodule2.JPG

[Cherokeejeeper]

What I did (H4 Conversion):

1. AutoPal E-Code Lenses (Ebay) = $20
2. ARB Headlight Harness = Pricey but there are extremely cheap aftermarket options.
3. PIAA Xtreme Bulbs - I wanted a blueish tint to the bulb.

The results were phenominal. Unfortunately the large sealed beams really aren't designed to properly scatter light with a solid cutoff points for HID's. My installation 110% lit the road up and I'm only running 55/65W bulbs.

[Amelie]

You could do a retrofit like this guy did to his XJ

http://go.jeep-xj.info/HowtoBiXenonProjectors.htm