nmadole Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 (edited) I decided to put HID's in my Low Beams/ Fog Lights on my 13' FFH. I ordered them from DDM Tuning Tonight. 7-10 Business days and I'll have them. I installed HID's in my last car so we will see how this goes. I purchased 35 Watt 5000K for both sets of lights. Plus I purchased a Relay harness for all of them.. just to make sure I have aqaquete power at all times to the ballast's... When I put them in I will take pictures and put a write up on the forum... Anyone else jumping on the HID's bandwagon? Edited December 14, 2012 by nmadole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expresspotato Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 I will be if my car ever gets its *** out of mexico. The bulbs I'll be going with will probably be 6000k as 8000k is too blue. I like the idea of a relay harness just wiring them directly to the 12v. Mines the Hybrid as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkeRetribution Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Will the installation bet troublesome or troublefree? Is it more than just simply swapping out the bulbs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmadole Posted December 14, 2012 Author Share Posted December 14, 2012 Will the installation bet troublesome or troublefree? Is it more than just simply swapping out the bulbs? From what I have read, it is a troublesome process on the 13'. access to the bulbs is tight... It is always more than just swapping bulp.... You have to mount new ballasts and in my case ill be running relay harnesses for all 4 lights to ensure proper ignition 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinx8402 Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 I'd definitely be interested in seeing a write up and pictures on this. I think I may go with HIDs as well in my car, but have never done so before. I'm looking for a white light, so I'll probably go with the 5000k as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B8BB8B Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Yes, please show us how to rip the car apart properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hermans Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 And....be prepared when something goes wrong and Ford says...so sorry your not covered under warranty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinx8402 Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 And....be prepared when something goes wrong and Ford says...so sorry your not covered under warranty. Unless that thing that goes wrong is directly related to the headlights, no they can't say you're not covered under warranty. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hermans Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missileman88 Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 You guys are a lot braver than I am with respect to some of these mods. I'd like to see some before and after pics though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmadole Posted December 14, 2012 Author Share Posted December 14, 2012 I'd definitely be interested in seeing a write up and pictures on this. I think I may go with HIDs as well in my car, but have never done so before. I'm looking for a white light, so I'll probably go with the 5000k as well. I will make sure to take pictures and do a proper write up after they arrive... Will probably be 2weeks or so ... I am going to try and install them without removing the bumper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B8BB8B Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 (edited) Wow, someone's a little skeptical about warranty if you think lights will effect it..... Every single one of my new vehicles that has been new has has mods and most have been in for something warranty related and never have had a problem! Just saying. Edited December 14, 2012 by B8BB8B 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkeRetribution Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 (edited) Urgggg, why couldnt dynamic LED's be an option on the 2013 fusion like they are on the 2013 mondeo...ill probably have to wait until i see more pics of awesome fusion mods and prices to pop up before ill jump in and make any headlight mods. I'll most likely need a professional too unless you live around my area :P Edited December 14, 2012 by DarkeRetribution Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aneekr Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Urgggg, why couldnt dynamic LED's be an option on the 2013 fusion like they are on the 2013 mondeo...ill probably have to wait until i see more pics of awesome fusion mods and prices to pop up before ill jump in and make any headlight mods. I'll most likely need a professional too unless you live around my area :P 2013 Mondeo has been delayed until 2014. They delay may explain why the LED units aren't available on the '13 Fusion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinx8402 Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Oh yes, I too want the LED DRL from the Mondeo. I was tempted to wait for the 2014 MY to see if maybe they add it as an option, but I'm not sure my car will make it another year. So I am going to order in January. Maybe if they do release it for the 2014 MY, there will be a way to retrofit it into our vehicles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryblauser Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 I did a search on PNP HID mods just a few days ago and saw a thread talking about headlight "mods" being rejected upon detection by states with inspection processes as a violation of the Federal headlight standard. Good Luck, TerryBlauser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmadole Posted December 14, 2012 Author Share Posted December 14, 2012 I did a search on PNP HID mods just a few days ago and saw a thread talking about headlight "mods" being rejected upon detection by states with inspection processes as a violation of the Federal headlight standard. Good Luck, TerryBlauser Good thing cars in Michigan don't need to pass an inspection. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B8BB8B Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 ....glad I live in Canada, eh? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camride Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 (edited) I did a search on PNP HID mods just a few days ago and saw a thread talking about headlight "mods" being rejected upon detection by states with inspection processes as a violation of the Federal headlight standard. Good Luck, TerryBlauser You only need to worry about that if you have extremely strict inspection laws, like CA. I had some people tell me the same thing about my Audi (which had HIDs as an option, but mine didn't come with them) and I never had any trouble in NC. As long as you've done a proper implementation and aren't running a bare HID bulb in a reflector housing you'll likely be fine. And I'll be doing a DDM Tuning 55W kit. That's what I've had in my Audi and it has worked flawlessly for 4 years up until 2 weeks ago when a bulb burned out. Edited December 18, 2012 by Camride 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo923 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Car comes Saturday.....my vvme low beam kit is already here. So i know what ill be doing next week! I found from my other cars I'd rather have silverstars or similar than HIDs on fogs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmadole Posted December 20, 2012 Author Share Posted December 20, 2012 I have linked the instructions for removal of the front bumper and headlight removal. I converted the origial adobe format to .jpeg This is for the 2013 Ford Fusion, and these are offical instructions http://fusionhybridm...and-bumper.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdivot Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 You only need to worry about that if you have extremely strict inspection laws, like CA. I had some people tell me the same thing about my Audi (which had HIDs as an option, but mine didn't come with them) and I never had any trouble in NC. As long as you've done a proper implementation and aren't running a bare HID bulb in a reflector housing you'll likely be fine. CA has plenty of tight regulations, but vehicle inspections are not one of them, don't have to do them at all. Guess its just natural to assume so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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