No need to disconnect the battery. As long as you get 9005 bulbs, it will be plug and play. Phillips diamond vision matches perfectly to the LED ring of the base. They don’t last very long ~150-200 hrs but they are worth it. It looks much better at night. If you want a more permanent solution, you might want to look into the Morimoto HID kit that K5 sells. It’s plug and play but you might need to remove the whole headlight assembly to install it.
What is the HID Bulb Type in the Stinger?
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No need to disconnect the battery. As long as you get 9005 bulbs, it will be plug and play. Phillips diamond vision matches perfectly to the LED ring of the base. They don’t last very long ~150-200 hrs but they are worth it. It looks much better at night. If you want a more permanent solution, you might want to look into the Morimoto HID kit that K5 sells. It’s plug and play but you might need to remove the whole headlight assembly to install it.
Here is a photo of the stock 2.0T headlight bulb.
I replaced the stock bulb with Phillips Xtreme Vision 9005 as I wanted brighter.
There are a few things I wish I had known before embarking on the process using the manual instructions.
1. The plastic retaining clip holding the access door is prone to break unless a two blade extractor tool is used.
2. Billion Kia in Iowa City does not stock the clip
3. It was necessary to jack up the car to drop the wheel and make room to work in the wheel well. I did not take the wheel off.
4. The round inner access cap needs to be pulled off with a pliers after being unscrewed.
5. The left bulb is much more difficult to work with than the right.
6. It is easier to attach the cable to the new bulb and install rather than install the bulb and attach the cable.
The new Phillips bulbs are substantially brighter and the light distribution pattern is maintained.
Jim
I replaced the stock bulb with Phillips Xtreme Vision 9005 as I wanted brighter.
There are a few things I wish I had known before embarking on the process using the manual instructions.
1. The plastic retaining clip holding the access door is prone to break unless a two blade extractor tool is used.
2. Billion Kia in Iowa City does not stock the clip
3. It was necessary to jack up the car to drop the wheel and make room to work in the wheel well. I did not take the wheel off.
4. The round inner access cap needs to be pulled off with a pliers after being unscrewed.
5. The left bulb is much more difficult to work with than the right.
6. It is easier to attach the cable to the new bulb and install rather than install the bulb and attach the cable.
The new Phillips bulbs are substantially brighter and the light distribution pattern is maintained.
Jim
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This was a huge pain in the..... I have a Base Stinger. I purchased a pretty expensive LED kit about $200 in total since I added the wiring relay harness just to be safe. It turns out I was reading what a few of the guys on the forum posted in regards to the whole "projector lens"do so was just driving myself crazy. After a few searches on google (although just by looking at the headlight housing I could tell they were projectors) I came up with this. The KIA Stinger base is equipped with "Fully Automatic Projector Beam Halogen Daytime Running Headlamps w/Delay-Off".... So I figured hey it would be fine without any issues lighting wise. Turns out the kit I purchased is so awesome that it has a pretty cool but large built in fan. So the fan on the bulbs make them extremely difficult to install directly into the socket. There is like a hump in the headlight/body of the Stinger that kept preventing installation because the fan of the bulb didn't have enough clearance. But after a few attempts and some rotating of the bulb etc... I was able to finally fit the bulb inside. Connected the lights directly with no harness just to see if they worked and looked bright enough, and I must say they look absolutely fantastic. 6000k 55w LED bulbs. The difference is so dramatic. And I was testing the lights in an extremely well lit garage. My only issue is adjusting the viewing angle of the bulbs. I've never dealt with HID kits because every new car I had in the past already had them installed from factory. So if the level of the lighting is off then I will figure that out. My main goal was to just get these installed asap.
I hope this helps unless it was already addressed.
I hope this helps unless it was already addressed.
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What type fasteners are located at the bottom of the wheel well panel ? They don't look like torx,possibly allen?
I removed the retainer clip, but I can't figure out the 2 bolts at the bottom, granted I didn't jack the car up for access, it was just a ''look see''. I have replacement bulbs but waiting for nicer weather and time........12 hour work days suck!
I suspect they might be some type of rivet. Rather than remove them, I chose to just fold the flap downward. It's quite flexible and hardy--did this many times as I experimented with HID and LED bulbs. I tried both sides with and without jacking the car up, and found that it's easy enough without jacking if you turn the wheel to the opposite side you're working on.
I have a thread on the lighting forum describing what I ended up with, along with pictures further down showing how the light looks on the road.
Good luck and stay safe.
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I'd say it's not all that bad changing the bulbs. In some cars you have to remove the whole headlight assembly, which sometimes requires removing the front bumper cover. The odd thing with ours is that the dust cap is offset downward from the actual bulb, which makes for a bit of a squeeze if you have large hands.
Wipers hitting the hood? Did you maybe need the service position, where you can park them vertically by turning off the car and then within 20 seconds, holding the wiper arm in the "mist" position?
rocket23
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yeah that, first car I ever owned where the wipers need to be in a vertical position to raise them /change them. I'm going to tackle the bulbs tomorrow, I'm a firm believer that less humidity lengthens the life of a halogen bulb....along with no oil from the hands.
