i didnt even know they offered them in a hid set up,i would defiantly consider these when the time comes. any more info on them?

 

There's not much to it. I've had mine in for several weeks now and there are no leaks or problems. One of the headlights in the pics below is a Depo.

 

so we are talking oem light out put ect ect? i have had the halogen versions and was less than impressed with them,i did not even leave them in a week. i wonder why people are not doing this?

 

Soooo the hid version saves the retrofit?!

 

Yes, I would think so. The cutoff looks fine to me and they are bi-xenon like the factory units.

I briefly looked at the wiring diagrams and will have to move the pin locations on the HID headlight connectors to coincide with the halogen wiring. The low beam and ground are on different locations between the halogen and HID. I also noticed that the fuses on the low beam HIDs are 20A compared to the halogen at 10A. Look at page 54A-154 and 155 of the repair manual.

It looks like the parking light and turn signals are on the same pin locations. You will have to wire in your own headlight leveling switch. The DRL likely would have to be addressed since it is being moved from the low beam to the DRL bulb. I'm not sure how you would get around that issue since the halogen headlights utilize the low beam at a reduced voltage for the DRL while the HID headlights have a dedicated low beam bulb. It would be nice if there were something that could sense the low voltage and send power to the DRL bulb and when there is high voltage, it would send power to the low beam. My advice would be to just disable the DRL.

I didn't do a full comparison between the OEM and Depo HID headlights when I unpackaged them. I did notice that the HID warning sticker is different and the markings on the lens say Depo vs Stanley (duh). Otherwise, they look the same. I can take some underhood pics if anyone is interested.

 

i have a 2011 with no drl's so i dont think flickering will be an issue. all the wiring is contained on the headlight the way it looks,maybe plug and play.

 

I know my drl can be fixed with a relay I'm just trying to figure out if other then the relay its plug and play?

 

Btw I'm in a 08 gsr with stock halogens

 

Based on the wiring diagrams I looked at, it won't be plug and play. You will need to move the HID headlight pins to coincide with the car's halogen headlight wiring.

 

I have a 13GSR and I bought the depo projectors. When I installed the front bumper, the passenger side of the bumper didn't flush with the headlights. The build on the depo are decent for the price.
I also retrofit the headlights with Retrofit source Evox-R projectors, which is 10x better. Clean cut off.

 

mine fit well, just need to make sure the bumper tabs attach correctly.

depo is pretty decent quality but terrible for any support. i wanted some new replacement headlight adjustment nuts (plastic) but those fools said they don't sell components. worse yet, i was unable to find the thread pitch of them.

if you are going to modify them and take them apart, be gentle with your alignment screws when disassembling and reassembling. also know that the upper center alignment screws are left hand threaded.

 

Is anyone having issues aligning or aiming the headlights? I can adjust up/down and left/right but not diagonally.

 

diagonal adjustment should be the inside top screw.

if yours is no longer moving, maybe your plastic alignment nut is stripped.

 

Yeah, i think so too. Tried turning it when they were 1st installed and all it did was lower the light beam, I kept trying to adjust it and the light beam just dropped all the way down. Turned the bolt the opposite way and it seemed to bring the light beam back up. I still can't adjust both headlights diagonally.

 

the top bolt is left hand threaded,

clockwise pushes out
counterclockwise pulls in.


making small adjusting to all 3 in unison is the best way.