Hella 500 HID retrofit

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Hella 500 HID retrofit

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A great way to turn you Hella 500 into a HID torch that will turn night to day.
I have 6 HID hella 500 on my 4Runner with it on its like driving during the day.

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@andrewmcintosh9832 7 жыл бұрын

If your not using a drill press do not use the drill bit this guy's uses. I ended up shattering the plastic Housing when drilling with this type of bit. Use a step bit instead.

@GhiaSteve89 10 жыл бұрын

can you provide a picture or video of what the beam pattern looks like after the HID retrofit. thanks, Steve

@4faidan 11 жыл бұрын

Yes H3 style HID bulb. No problem so far I been running 6 Hella 500 HID for more then a year

@jediscuba 4 жыл бұрын

Nice work and a good explanation on how to proceed. The only thing I would like to have seen is a before and after light pattern display and maybe a measurement of the light output at 25' - 50' - 100'. I'd also recommend using a hole saw instead of a spade bit. The spade bit if pushed to drill to fast can catch and crack the plastic. Again, Nice Job !

@eduardoantonio4286 4 жыл бұрын

I’ve done an led retro fit. Although led is brighter and takes up less energy than halogen, the housing is not made to focus led light so it turned into a flood type light as opposed to spotlight with halogen. I would think it’s the same for hid. I switched back to super white halogen.

@michaelschmidt7014 2 жыл бұрын

I retro fitted my 2003 Chrysler T&C AWD with LEDs. I had same problem as you describe. The Chrysler takes a 9007 halogen retrofitting to an LED produces the flood light effect as you describe. This caused me to do some research by comparing the 9007 halogen lamp to the LED lamp I found the position of the LED chips were NOT the same distance from the base of the housing infact they were about an 1/8" SHORTER. I then decided to try a different LED manufacturer I purchased a set of Sealight 9007's. To my amazement the Sealights had their LED chip position about 1/8" LONGER than the halogen lamps. The comparison was dramatic all of a sudden the headlights had the typical "horizontal cutoff" that you see on foreign head light manufacturers i.e. like HELLA or BOSCH. Because the LED's draw less current the BCM (Body Control Module) is not functioning properly it is not throwing any codes just the dimmer tiller is not working properly. I have purchased a "Ballast Resistor" dongol to plug in between the lamp assembly and the chassis loom the resistors will draw the correct current and the BCM will then function properly. I hope this info is of benefit to you and everyone else, be sure to readjust your headlights so as not to blind "oncoming drivers" it is nice to truly be able to see the road.

@James-kg4qu 6 жыл бұрын

Thats HELLA bright :-)

@4faidan 12 жыл бұрын

@05smoketitan11 The NIH kit used in the conversion was a Xentec HID kit from ebay

@4faidan 11 жыл бұрын

Hella 500 are relatively cheap used. I pick up mine for about $40 a pair and a $38 HID kit so $80 for a pretty bright light

@chrisesparza8950 5 жыл бұрын

AutomotiveMD what HID kit did you used? I want to do this to mine.

@diegotobar4080 10 жыл бұрын

i bought hella but it comes the light with 55w and i replaced with 100w... my question is if my hella will be work and if it won´t break

@PSUMED04 12 жыл бұрын

Good job... looks clean and love the truck

@4faidan 12 жыл бұрын

I had the ballasts in a metal box for sockets which i bolted to the roof basket

@gregory4307 12 жыл бұрын

good video should make one on how you ran all ur wires and how u mounted the light as well as the ballast.

@4faidan 11 жыл бұрын

The set up im using have been doing well. No water problems so far

@DRIVER50L 8 жыл бұрын

did you find any heat changes with the lense itself as I have a set of hella wrectangles I would like to fit with hid??? cheers

@4faidan 8 жыл бұрын

+DRIVER50L no heat problems

@4faidan 12 жыл бұрын

@militaryjeepers1 The HID kit was brought from ebay

@4faidan 11 жыл бұрын

My beams are driving beams pattern. But Hella 500 comes in both driving and fog pattern

@tamilfunny4680 Ай бұрын

My 700 hella glass broken how can i buy

@sniperv25 11 жыл бұрын

No water gets in? I'm planning on doing this but I want to make sure the original grommet will seal the light from water even without wires in it.

@drfttrd07 13 жыл бұрын

nice man you should show us how far the light beam goes

@sniperv25 11 жыл бұрын

What about the original hole in the back of the housing where the wires used to pass through? Did you seal these off with something??

@sniperv25 12 жыл бұрын

great install, what beam pattern do the Hella 500's have? I'd like to have 2 driving beam and 2 pencil beam for long distance.

@4faidan 12 жыл бұрын

Thx The HID kit was brought on eBay

@josht941 11 жыл бұрын

What k hid worked the best. With the most light output.

@anderstaranger2039 10 жыл бұрын

Hi, nice video! What about the hole you made ? Shouldn't it be sealed ?

@chetrogers4566 11 жыл бұрын

Is it wort the money for the H.I.D I want to buy some hella lights like that, but I just have my normal lights. I need something brighter, but can't afford tons of lights. Thanks for any info. And great video.

@4faidan 11 жыл бұрын

I just pull out the wires out of the original rubber piece and put it back into the hole

@geemtz598 11 жыл бұрын

did u say h3 hid light buld??? this is cool I want to buy some hella now thati can see u can put hids on it even better..have you had any problems with them?

@stop2think 10 жыл бұрын

where do you mount the power boxes for the HID? i want to run to my roof

@ronbaylon892 Жыл бұрын

How about led?

@bside8568 7 жыл бұрын

just FYI it is highly illegal on the road, its for offroad only

@saturbo1107 8 жыл бұрын

Love it!!! I'm doing it right now 😂😂😂😂

@eddya9147 10 жыл бұрын

can the glass housing take the heat from the hid light and how does the heat inside and the cold outside affect the glass is there chances of the glass cracking?

@enterBJ40 8 жыл бұрын

If is glass ( and it is) you can bet it will take any light you trow at it. Glass is made of melted sand, remember?