209TIME!!!

Well because of safety concerns I decided to purchase a set of Halo Projector/HID's from Corvette Creationz/Quik Z06 a forum vendor on here, I am sure most of you will agree that the headlight output on C5's is just terrible!

The kit comes with what looks to be a whole lot of unnecessary wires, I automatically thought (what the ****) so I dove into the project and it was actually easy.

Here are some pic's of the wiring that came with the




Nice compact slim ballast























Okay so the pic's above show the wiring that is supplied with the kit...you basically have one long harness wire that has all the plugs, a relay and two fuses tied together, you also have one smaller plug that goes to your ballast and headlight plugs



Okay guys here we go

1. Find a nice clean place to mount your ballast

2.plug up the two small plugs on the ballast to the two headlight plugs coming from the headlight bulb (can only plug in one way)

3.small plug that has a green wire in picture 2 above plugs into the red plug on the ballast





4. Next plug in line will be for your headlights ^^^^


5.the next plug goes to the main harness...it's really simple it just looks like a PITA!!!


NOTE

Some cars may not need the harness my car didn't but I installed it anyway just to prevent any problems that might pop up later!

also all the plugs are different so you really can't hook this system up wrong.

After you get everything plugged up test to make sure lights are working, if working then continue on.

6. One last step find a power source for the headlight harness...now you know why the harness is so long, in case you want to use the battery as your power source














I ran the wires across the front of the car tucked under the air cleaner and around to the passenger side of car and to the battery, but I chose not to use the battery and opted for the aux terminal near the battery and a ground on the firewall.



Not the best right up but I tried...if any of you purchase this kit and have any questions hit me up and I will try my best to help you out.

MSG C5

Nice job. Great write up and pics!

Regarding the driver's side harness, I routed mine through the aluminum front fascia nose cone so you can't see it in the engine bay.

209TIME!!!

Thanks MSG C5... thanks for the input also.

0Quik Z06

Thanks Anthony!! I appreciate you taking the time to do this.

Vetteman Jack

Thanks for the write-up and the pics. The new lights look very good.

209TIME!!!

My new halo/projector HID headlights from Quik Z06/Corvette Creationz are just plain kick *** awesome, (I CAN NOW ACTUALLY REALLY SEE AT NIGHT) you guys can purchase them from wherever you like but all I'm saying is they really are worth the money...and the wife was amazed at the amount of light they put out compared to the stock units! I can almost guaranty that after you see how we'll they work in person you will be ready to swipe that credit card.

Have a great day

STALION

I did mine a few weeks ago. I did not use the harness that was supplied with the kit as I thought the 55w ballast would remedy the issue of the lights not going down, but it didn't work. From the research I did it will depend on the quality of the HID kit for the lights to go down. I believe there is now a 70w kit that avoids the issue of having to use a relay for the lights to go down or the additional harness...food for thought for others.

209time setup looks good! Welcome to the ACA club

209TIME!!!

Thanks Stalion...��

Please chime in if anyone has some useful info regarding these projector HID kits.

Kmcoldcars

I bought my HID projector kit from JW with 5000K bulbs, 55 watt ballasts and the HI 4 harness that lets the HID low beams stay on when the halogen high beams come on. They were easy to install and work perfectly. I have no problem with the lights going up or down. This was the best $ 350 I have spent on the car.

Low beams.


High beams.

Martinh5621

Thanks for putting up pics with your install I've been tryin to do this all weekend and it was a pita!

FrankLP

Hey guys,
I had heard that some have used the stock harness. I was hoping to use the stock harness on my '02, but am having problems. I removed hooked the stock low beam bulb and hooked that socket to the HID Ballast, and then the ballast connectors to the HIDs for the lows. I kept the stock high beams in the stock harness sockets and then installed those into the Hi beam of the Projector enclosures.

Now...the light cans won't go down and the lights don't come on.

Anybody got any ideas?? Do I need to scrap the stock harness, or did I miss something in using the stock harness? I also have been working on this all weekend...whew!

STALION

Hi,

To get the buckets to go down put your high beams on and they will go down. The reason this is happening is that the HID's do not draw enough power and the car thinks you have a burnt out headlight. To cure this you have a couple of options. You can buy a harness off ebay for about $10, or you can buy a resistor and wire it in to wiring on the harness on the ballast side before it connects to the stock low beam harness. This is what I did and used a 20w resistor rated at 5ohms. From the research I did you don't need to run a 55 watt harness as it gets really hot.

BTW, in the meantime just flash your high beams to get your lights to go down until you decide your fix.

tak06

In regards to the lights not operating, check your polarity, mine did the same thing and that cured the problem.
It's odd that some buckets on some Z's operate properly without the use of resistors or after market harnesses and others don't, my '02Z & my son's '02Z buckets worked fine without it.

STALION

This may be due to the quality of the HID kit and the wattage being used, IE 35w, 55W, or 70W

tak06

That's probably it, we both used 35w bulbs & $209.00 Matsushita ballasts, OEM on many hi end vehicles.

FrankLP

Thanks I tried that but it didn't work. Maybe I blew a fuse. I'll be checking that out next.

Not sure how to switch polarity....all the sockets/connectors only fit one way. Are you suggesting re-wiring these sockets/connectors?

tak06

Just roll the connector, the stock feed for your headlamps which plugs into the ballast. I know that it appears to go in only 1 way but it will fit with a little effort. In my case both lights initially did not operate, I rolled the stock feed and it worked like a charm.

FrankLP

Ok...I'll give that a shot...will have time to work on it Friday. I'll let ya know. Thanks.

Also...Pete (Corvette Creationz/Quik Z06) emailed me suggesting to do the same thing after seeing this thread, I appreciate Pete following up...nice to see service after the sale.

FrankLP

Reversing polarity did the trick...thanks guys!

I snapped a couple pics with my iPhone...I'll likely need to aim them better...will do that later when it's a bit darker out; and then I'll get better pics too...when the car's a bit cleaner!

I like 'em!!

Halos:


Lo Beams:

tak06

Very Nice!