HID for 87 K5 Blazer
 

Hi, I have gotten fed up with having my expensive Sylvania Halogens burn out on me so I'm looking to put some HID's in my truck.

Couple of things I need help with.

First of all I can find tonnes of conversion kits for cars including the harness and bulbs, however the truck has sealed lights and I won't be able to just put a new bulb in it.

So if someone could recommend a "hollow" light unit that would except an HID bulb that would be great.

Thanks alot for your help :)

I have autopal lights in my blazer and buick. They can be found on ebay under Autopal. The ones I have accept the H4 lamp and have the E-spec pattern.

I like them and like the pattern of the H4 lights.

Those look great, but i'll have to get ballasts and a harness for it as well right?

Yes. The Autopals are just the reflector / lens assembly. If I remember correctly, they came with the H4 lamps ( halogen ).

When you get your HID kit, it *should* come with the harness, control box, ballasts and bulbs.

Get the lenses first, you'll need them anyway. In the mean time, you can still use the H4 Halogen.

Refresh my memory, that year blazer have the 4 light system, or the two? Basically - large or small lights??

Yup my blazer has the quad light system but im only changing the lowbeams (student budget lol.)

No i have to try and get the seller to give me a better shipping price.

I would get hella H4 sealed beam conversions as they are all glass not plastic like cheaper versions. Depending where you get them from the bulbs should be included and the hella H4 bulbs are pretty bright. If not bright enough then you can easily upgrade to an HID setup.

The halla ones are alot more expensive, but I might just wait and get them, I really don't want some china crap on my truck.

And what HID kit do you recommend?

From experience, the Autopals are not plastic. Glass lens, metal reflector. A friend of mine has been getting HIDs from ebay as well, I think the user is ultravisionhid or something. The kits I have been getting... sadly don't seem to hold up under everyday use, so I don't recommend them. Sorry ebay vendor. Another option for you seeing as you have the quad setup, is get a set of H4 low beam HID. Might be save a little cash on the kit. Wire it up so the low beams stay on, use your standard halogen high beams. Making the low beams stay on is real simple. Two relays and a diode. *note* I do not receive any compensation for the above named vendors on Ebay. Just relaying personal experience.

Well im getting my HID's local, I know a shop that gives warranty on them.

But I'm still tossed on the housings, the halla's are $110 shipped to me, where the autopals are $40 shipped.

I know the halla's are DOT certified and I really don't wanna be blinding people on the road so its a tough choice.

Alright got everything hooked up, they look great, however it seems like they are set to high beam when they are on, and when I flix the high beam they go low.