HIDs on 2007 Ford Expedition

[SquadCompany13]

Picked them up on ebay for $160.00, took about 1 1/2 hours to install- 99% plug and play! apologize for the pictures, very difficult to photo headlights at night.... at least for me! Have had quite a few people come up and ask if this is the first year you could get HIDs on the Expedition. The were shocked that they were aftermarket and stated how stock it looked! With the mustangs coming out with them for '08 maybe it will continue to other ford vehicles.

Edited May 24, 2007 by SquadCompany13

[dirtyred2]

Picked them up on ebay for $160.00, took about 1 1/2 hours to install- 99% plug and play! apologize for the pictures, very difficult to photo headlights at night.... at least for me! Have had quite a few people come up and ask if this is the first year you could get HIDs on the Expedition. The were shocked that they were aftermarket and stated how stock it looked! With the mustangs coming out with them for '08 maybe it will continue to other ford vehicles.

 

 

do they show good at night over stock?

[SquadCompany13]

No comparison! The coverage at night is amazing! Super crisp and clear compared to the stock halogen bulbs. Im always checking to see if i am blinding anyone and haven't come across it yet! Always looking into peoples rearview mirrors to see if my lights are shining directly in - so far, not at all. Roads, signs and objects are so much more defined now with the HIDs. My subaru, which was the vehicle i had before the expedition, came with HIDs and got used to having them along with my wife's murano also having them. When i switched to the expedition, night time driving was so dim and yellowish looking - had to make the switch! Its also been proven then lighting in the 4300k - 8000k range (HID) greatly reduces eye strain and fatigue compared to straight halogen bulbs which falls around 3000k. Daylight is around 5000k and for those who don't know these numbers are not a measurement of luminosity it a measurement of the where the light falls in the color spectrum. The closer to daylight the whiter and easier it is on the eyes. as you move up to 6000k & 8000k it gets more bluish. above 8000k the color goes to a purplish color. Stock HIDs are 4300k-5000k, DOT Says you can go up to 8000k, but, that is awfully blue in color and the farther you stray away from 5000k the lower the actual luminosity is of that bulb. 6000k is a happy medium of brightness and just a very slight tinge of blue color (and that is just when your looking directly at the bulb, the road surface and everything else you are lighting up is still very white). Just FYI!

[friscocrownie]

No comparison! The coverage at night is amazing! Super crisp and clear compared to the stock halogen bulbs. Im always checking to see if i am blinding anyone and haven't come across it yet! Always looking into peoples rearview mirrors to see if my lights are shining directly in - so far, not at all. Roads, signs and objects are so much more defined now with the HIDs. My subaru, which was the vehicle i had before the expedition, came with HIDs and got used to having them along with my wife's murano also having them. When i switched to the expedition, night time driving was so dim and yellowish looking - had to make the switch! Its also been proven then lighting in the 4300k - 8000k range (HID) greatly reduces eye strain and fatigue compared to straight halogen bulbs which falls around 3000k. Daylight is around 5000k and for those who don't know these numbers are not a measurement of luminosity it a measurement of the where the light falls in the color spectrum. The closer to daylight the whiter and easier it is on the eyes. as you move up to 6000k & 8000k it gets more bluish. above 8000k the color goes to a purplish color. Stock HIDs are 4300k-5000k, DOT Says you can go up to 8000k, but, that is awfully blue in color and the farther you stray away from 5000k the lower the actual luminosity is of that bulb. 6000k is a happy medium of brightness and just a very slight tinge of blue color (and that is just when your looking directly at the bulb, the road surface and everything else you are lighting up is still very white). Just FYI!

What all does this entail, i.e. just new Bulbs? What is involved in the install?

[SquadCompany13]

The kit includes 2 ballasts, 2 bulbs, a relay and a wiring harness. To keep it short, you have to mount the ballasts and relay somewhere ( i mounted it to the frame just under each headlight), run the wiring harness, swap out the halogen bulbs with the new HID bulbs, plug everything into each other and make the final connection to the positive terminal of the battery! Thats it in a nut shell! The ballasts raise the voltage to ignite the xenon gas in the bulb- there is no filament, your exciting the gas inside.(Like a fluorescent light in your house).It only takes a split second to ignite- once lit, the bulbs only draw about half the wattage as the stock bulbs being used. The relay is what actuates the solenoid that moves the bulb in and out which gives you lo/high beams. You have to buy BiXenon HID to maintain the hi/low beam since both tasks are completed with one bulb in our trucks. I purchased the H13-3 bulbs which gives you the lo/high beam both in HIDs, a H13-2 gives you HID lo beams and a Halogen Hi beam (it looks like a fixture with two bulbs coming out the front side). a H13-1 is like the H13-3 but instead of the bulb telescoping in and out, the bulb toggles up and down like a light switch.( read bad things about its reliability). The H13-3 is the same technology that is in my wife's murano and they have been using that since they put HIDs in the murano. Hope this explains things a little more.

[proman]

You have managed to convince me that I need to try this lights out. My 03 expy had great lights but the 07 do seem to be very dim. I would love to have the same that you have.

 

What type of stores would have this stuff in stock ? Don't know where to really start my search for them.

 

 

Mike

[ponyhp]

Could you post the link to the item on ebay?

[SquadCompany13]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BI-XENON-HI...sspagenameZWD1V

 

Here is just one! Just go to ebay and type bixenon h13 in the search

 

Just a note.. the h13 kit usually comes with this 3 prong plug that is designed to get plugged into the harness that goes to the back of your bulb - it doesnt fit ours, either you will have to by an h13 male plug and convert the 3 prong plug to that or cut the plug that goes to the back of your headlight off and splice the wires together! its up to you, i didnt have the adapter so i cut off the female plug from the harness that goes to the back of the headlight and hardwired the wires together.

Edited May 30, 2007 by SquadCompany13

[bjtor]

Thanks for the info on the HID upgrades. PIAA finally came out with an H13 bulb for my 08 Expy and it really makes a difference. The PIAA's run at 4000K and are much better than the Sylvania's I put in when I bought the truck.

I still want to upgrade to the HID, so your post may give me the courage to try out my very limited mechanical skills.

thanks