Season 2: Episode 4
Ford Mustang HID Lighting Installation
Aired: March 20, 2009
Posted in: Accessories, All Episodes, Appearance, Cars, Electronics, Season 2
Chris Duke from Motorz TV shows you how to upgrade a 2008 Ford Mustang’s headlights and fog lights to HIDs, and the tail lights to blink sequentially.
Episode Notes
HID headlight bulbs are illegal in most states. Before purchasing HID lights, be sure to check with your local DMV regarding your local state laws.
Also read: Testimonial from American Muscle’s Caleb Freeman
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THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THESE PROGRAMS AND WEBSITE ARE FOR GENERAL INFORMATION ONLY AND ARE NOT DIRECTED TO ANY PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL OR FOR ANY PARTICULAR MAKE OR MODEL OF VEHICLE. MODIFYING YOUR VEHICLE CAN BE DANGEROUS. APPROPRIATE SAFETY EQUIPMENT AND PROCEDURES SHOULD BE USED. USE CAUTION WHEN OPERATING A MODIFIED VEHICLE AND REMEMBER YOU DO SO AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE PROGRAMS, DEMONSTRATIONS AND/OR PROCEDURES MAY NOT PROVIDE ALL NECESSARY OR RELEVANT INFORMATION. APPLICABLE LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS SHOULD BE CHECKED BEFORE ANY PROJECT IS COMMENCED. ADDITIONALLY, BEFORE COMMENCING YOUR PROJECT, YOU SHOULD CHECK A VEHICLE'S OWNER'S MANUAL, SHOP MANUAL, WARRANTY BOOKLET AND/OR WITH A MANUFACTURER'S REPRESENTATIVE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND TO UNDERSTAND WHAT EFFECT, IF ANY, A MODIFICATION WILL HAVE ON THE SAFETY FEATURES OR THE MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY COVERAGE OF YOUR VEHICLE. PLEASE GET PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANCE IF YOU'RE NOT SURE, AND, IF PROVIDED, ALWAYS REVIEW THE INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS OF ANY AFTERMARKET PRODUCT. DUKE NETWORKS, LLC MAKES NO WARRANTIES EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED AS TO THE COMPLETENESS, ACCURACY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OF ANY OF THE DEMONSTRATIONS, PROCEDURES, AND/OR PROGRAMS NOR DOES IT GUARANTEE THAT THE PROGRAMS WILL BE ERROR-FREE OR CONTINUOUSLY AVAILABLE. YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE AND THE PROGRAMS CONTAINED THEREIN ARE AT YOUR SOLE RISK.
The Mustang HID Dual Beam Headlight Conversion Kit will provide you with the ultimate in visibility and will illuminate the dark road ahead as if it were daylight.
Finish off the classic retro styling of your S197 Mustang with a set of sequential taillights. Sequential taillights were used on the Shelby Mustangs from 1968 to 1970, and now you can have them for your modern pony from AmericanMuscle.Sponsors
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This kit installs in minutes, requiring one hole to be drilled in the glove box interior for a clean, OE-type install. No wire cutting is required, and full instructions are included. All wiring is done in the front passenger area of the car, no wiring to the back is required.Latest Photos
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"I think your show is a great resource for any car enthusiast. Having a book or shop manual is great, however, seeing a video of an install or upgrade is far more helpful!"
- Andrew S. (Mishawaka, IN)
August 14th, 2009 at 1:27 am
very sharp installation – great information – definately looks badd-ass =D
August 14th, 2009 at 1:27 am
Like the night rider theme in the beginning lol.
August 14th, 2009 at 1:28 am
do you need to buy the kit or can you just buy the single bulb and plug and play
August 14th, 2009 at 1:28 am
super Kool
August 14th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
great vid! Good informations for boltons!
August 14th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
He makes it look SOOOOO easy…the hard part is scraping the $500 it takes to BUY the PARTS. love the outtakes
August 14th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
Thanks BizzareOne. It might look easy because the video is edited to move things along quickly, but it really isn't that difficult and that's the point of MOTORZ — to show people that adding mods like this really isn't that difficult. Thanks for watching!
August 14th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
Another good vid
August 14th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
sweet mod, probably the easiest thing to do other than replacing wipers. great vid
August 14th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
likin the vids
August 14th, 2009 at 5:39 pm
Gotta love the "where'd my beer go?"
August 14th, 2009 at 5:39 pm
HELL YEA! AMERICANMUSCLE.COM!!!!! Thats where i get ALL my parts.
August 14th, 2009 at 5:39 pm
Nope, the hard part now is to get a Mustang. LOL! Nice vid.
August 14th, 2009 at 5:39 pm
end product looks nice. I didn't even consider the "bring more attention to your car" bit by other motorists, but it makes sense.
December 8th, 2009 at 8:38 pm
yes correct, as the oil from your fingers stays on the bulb and will cause a difference in surface temperature on the glass and will cause it to blow.
December 8th, 2009 at 9:34 pm
@tumdeax yeah I was thinking the same thing, isn’t it going to blind other drivers without projectors? Also I’m pretty sure it’s illegal to drive with reflective lamps with xenon bulbs.
December 22nd, 2009 at 6:32 pm
@tumdeax not
December 30th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
awsome video
January 2nd, 2010 at 12:15 am
you dont NEED to get projectors but its suggested
January 4th, 2010 at 7:36 pm
Will the HID set up work for the pony package fog lights in the V6? Thank you in advance.
January 5th, 2010 at 5:06 pm
i dont see why you have to have all that wiring for the hid’s lol you can buy a plug an play kit WITH plug ins not the wire tips love the bloopers :]
January 7th, 2010 at 4:40 pm
why this mustang car do NOT have 2 amber yellow lights on the taillight for turning sign
January 9th, 2010 at 12:53 am
Well, I bought the sequentials!!
January 13th, 2010 at 7:22 pm
how much do the sequentials cost?
January 15th, 2010 at 11:53 pm
I want to do this to my Honda Civic Si. Is it a fairly similar process?
February 2nd, 2010 at 12:18 am
Definately agree with you. Without a projector, HID upgrades just look like someone bought a pair of $10 super blue “Xenon” bulbs off ebay.
February 27th, 2010 at 12:34 am
I love the sequential tails which are so much more simple than the mechanical ones Ford used in the 1960s. But the HID fog kit that uses pins inserted into the stock connectors and requires electrical tape is pretty bad. Talk about ghetto engineering. Made in China probably. Ford should just sell their own clean install HID kits with new headlights made for HID out of the SVO catalogue for older mustangs. It would be a hot selling item.
February 27th, 2010 at 12:36 am
100% correct. A few other cars like Lexus SC, 94+ Mistsubishi 3000GT/Dodge Stealth, Nissan 300ZX Z32, and Infinity J30 can get away with it.
March 9th, 2010 at 9:46 pm
Thanks guys i did the hids for my fog lights and this video got it done in 20 min for me
April 6th, 2010 at 11:07 pm
The process of putting in the sequentials only takes about 30 minutes and it’s VERY easy. The only problem(s) I had was my ‘Stang has the Shaker 1000 system so it took a bit longer than the 30 minutes it stated. I took some tape and labeled the signal bulbs 1, 2 and 3 and it worked awesome. Good luck to anyone trying this. It looks awesome when it’s done.
April 7th, 2010 at 7:02 am
Thumbs down. Great for people that are not DIY dudes. Where is the vid that shows how it works, and how do make it yourself? Some of have other cars that would love to do this with our own custom LED tail lights.
April 9th, 2010 at 1:52 am
hahahahahah “GANGSTER LOOKING CASE” hahah that was unexpected yet funny
April 24th, 2010 at 5:09 pm
yup illegal upgrade. you have the reflector lens headlight style, which is used with normal bulbs. then you have the projector lens headlight style, which is used with H.I.D. Its not just illegal in my state, its illegal in all 50 states to have a H.I.D. setup in a reflector housing. You CAN upgrade to H.I.D, that is not illegal, but not changing the reflector to projector is illegal.
May 16th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
Hey Chris, love your videos! I just bought an HID conversion kits for my Mustang GT Headlights and fogs. I wanted to ask where you mounted the ballasts. I know you said you put the fogs near the passenger headlight. For the head lights, theres a perfect spot near the fuse box for the ballast, but what about the driver side? Thanks!
May 17th, 2010 at 11:07 am
yes, you have to buy a kit
May 22nd, 2010 at 7:59 am
hey that looks really sweet, they lok easy, and just a quick stupid question, when doing this im guessing you need yrou battery off right? and also do they have a two light squestional light, or on eof those wigwag lights? i have a 2004 impala, and i was wondering if that would look at all good, the wigwag ones look awesoem with impala lights, but i think they might be illegal.. thanks!
May 31st, 2010 at 10:51 pm
Leave it to FORD to engineer a vehicle that makes you nearly take the car apart just to replace a lightbulb. and they wonder why their sales are in the toilet. The lights look sick though.
June 4th, 2010 at 9:40 pm
@achavez78 Sales arn’t in the toilet for Ford. In fact, sales for Ford vehicles has actually risen 26-30% since early March and they’re continuing to rise due to customer confidence fading in makes such as GM, Chrysler and Dodge, and now Toyota. Ford is the only business actually MAKING money now, not losing it like everyone else.
June 4th, 2010 at 9:41 pm
Arnt HID headlight conversions illegal in most states?
June 6th, 2010 at 6:31 pm
can you buy brighter bulbs with the sequential kit? iwant my 2006 to have the 2010 like tailights.
June 22nd, 2010 at 2:19 pm
@achavez78 Lol, thats why Ford is operating in the black while GM, Chevy, and all them had to become Government Motors? Fords sets everything up like that for a reason. :)
June 26th, 2010 at 7:45 am
@toyoracing89 all depend on how bright they are. I have them on my truck and Ive been fine so far.
June 29th, 2010 at 6:02 pm
awesome head/fog lights man. how do you order the H10s? are they usual just fog lights or you have to specifically order them in fog lights?
July 10th, 2010 at 12:54 pm
2 wires!! ITS TOO COMPLICATED!! ARRRG! Curses you more than one wires!!
July 10th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
thumbs up if you rotfl when he said “gangster looking case”
July 12th, 2010 at 6:19 am
Fear the GIGSTER LOOKING CASE!!! :P
July 12th, 2010 at 3:39 pm
this video is very informative,but could you do make a video showing the same thing on an older mustang like one from 1998
July 15th, 2010 at 10:27 pm
do some headlight kits not connect ot the battery?
August 4th, 2010 at 6:14 pm
@wonderbreadkw, Yes. In fact, yesterday I installed 55watt HID kits in both my fogs and my headlights and no direct connection from kit to battery. I think u only need to connect to the battery if the HID bulbs are hi/lo. Meaning they are high beam and low beam. in which this case, for the mustang, the headlight bulbs are hi/lo.
August 5th, 2010 at 6:00 pm
@achavez78 Whereas almost all other vehicles you have to take to a shop to do almost anything!
August 5th, 2010 at 6:03 pm
@amayaguillen Yeah, because they’re tincans.
September 3rd, 2010 at 11:29 pm
nice case….
October 5th, 2010 at 3:25 pm
Where can I buy the sequential tail lights??? I want the ones in this video..
October 5th, 2010 at 3:52 pm
@acoustic996 We got them through AmericanMuscle (dot) com (see it at 9:13 in the video)
October 8th, 2010 at 11:32 pm
@wonderbreadkw the better aftermarket kits usually will, most aftermarket kits flicker due to an uneven current and the battery acts as a capacitor to prevent that. Some of them just have a capacitor built in.
November 2nd, 2010 at 5:13 am
@motorztv When i had my 96GT I looked all over an could not find them, even scoured junk yards for old machs an tbirds that had em. But, I no longer own the stang :( as it was stolen an blown up….
November 14th, 2010 at 10:46 pm
Watching many of your videos all at once, all with this mustang, im hearing “undo these clips, these just pop off, unplug these, undo all these clips, and these clips, pop these off too” Does this mustang have screws or bolts at all? LOL
November 14th, 2010 at 11:21 pm
@mrbiggoggles314 There’s a lot of plastic when it comes to the lights, that’s for sure!
November 25th, 2010 at 10:47 pm
idk bout yall, but when i put sequentials on my stang i had to replace the signal relay under my dash
November 28th, 2010 at 12:08 am
you should do an install of an under tailgate lightbar on the f150
November 28th, 2010 at 11:28 pm
I don’t have to run a relay thru the front of my truck, i just connect it to both lights without having to disconnect or deleting the other one
December 8th, 2010 at 5:59 pm
@toyoracing89 its funny when people like achavez dont know their facts
December 20th, 2010 at 10:39 am
Now will it blink in sequence when your breaking or just when you use your turning signals?
December 24th, 2010 at 9:04 am
@puppetking232 just turning and hazards. it would be dangerous if it did it with your braking.
December 27th, 2010 at 4:55 am
@bastec666 actually i know hids are legal in alaska as long as you dont get anything past 12k. and most projectors say not to use hids. hid bulbs are longer than standard halogen bulbs. yet they still work just fine, sometimes you have to order shorter bulbs though.
December 27th, 2010 at 4:58 am
were those 8k bulbs? hard to tell on camera.
March 6th, 2011 at 12:30 pm
no aiming???? the Hid bulb is in a different location from the halogen and can change the beam spread and blind on coming drivers.. it’s a great mod if you want to look like your car went to a botch shop.. do a factory conversion with full lenses or don’t do one at all.. other cars are on the road as well and need to see.. if looking cool is what you want then go ahead, but good halogen lenses will beat them any day and can be properly aimed..
March 21st, 2011 at 11:07 am
wow courger tail lights hmmm,my 1969 had them LOL And i wish my job would let me take time off for sickness
May 7th, 2011 at 12:35 pm
i just installed mine and all the bulbs turn on like if i were turning on my lights, but when i use my blinkers two of the bulbs dont go off. Did i do it wrong? or do i need new bulbs?
June 22nd, 2011 at 10:51 am
WHERE DID U GET THE HEAD LIGHTS KIT FROM AND THE FOG LIGHTS KIT FROM
June 22nd, 2011 at 10:52 am
@td2123456 AmericanMuscle
July 14th, 2011 at 8:12 am
I tried looking for the same Kit you have on americanmuscle and they don’t seem to have it. Can you give a direct link in your description to the product? Or PM me a link please.
July 19th, 2011 at 4:18 am
are those the plug n play ones?
July 19th, 2011 at 8:58 am
@rkelley94 Yes
July 26th, 2011 at 9:43 pm
What model of those HID kit is it? 8000k? or what? those are the ones i want.
July 26th, 2011 at 9:43 pm
What model of those HID kit is it? 8000k? or what? those are the ones i want.
August 7th, 2011 at 7:10 pm
8:47 “Echo one initiating contact.” Looks like you’re trying to signal the aliens from ‘Independence Day.’
September 5th, 2011 at 3:04 am
thanks for existing motorz tv now I know a lot of things for installing on cars yet again thanks a lot
September 5th, 2011 at 3:04 am
thanks for existing motorz tv now I know a lot of things for installing on cars yet again thanks a lot
September 30th, 2011 at 6:05 pm
Holy shit…. how did that man fit inside the trunk? O.O
September 30th, 2011 at 9:09 pm
@jeffw2294 It wasn’t easy, but I fit!
October 8th, 2011 at 1:47 am
id like to see u ride in the trunk with the trunk open LMAO!!!
October 8th, 2011 at 1:50 am
@TUFFGUYS1 Can’t do that… but maybe we can find a real trunk monkey somewhere that can!
October 29th, 2011 at 7:53 am
Tail Lights looks nice. But this quite new Mustang looks like my 21 year old VW Corrado. Technology from the 1990s.
October 30th, 2011 at 2:14 pm
Retro sequentials for a retro inspired car.. good choice!
November 14th, 2011 at 4:55 pm
What k are the headlight HID’s??
November 14th, 2011 at 4:55 pm
What k are the headlight HID’s??
November 16th, 2011 at 9:34 pm
The sequential tail lights would look beast if they had LEDs instead of regular lights.
December 16th, 2011 at 9:43 pm
@motorz..where can i find this for german cars like vw jetta
December 17th, 2011 at 9:32 am
Question. I’ve considered an hid upgrade but read not to. That full hid kits are suited for projector beam housings, that the light thrown is WAY too bright and often illegal. Anyone shed a lil light on the subject?
December 22nd, 2011 at 9:51 pm
Wow! just found this videos,Dream come true! can you do a vid on a push to start button
December 24th, 2011 at 11:22 pm
Will it hurt the light if you touch the bulb? I am about order some. and I want to know alot about them first
January 10th, 2012 at 4:19 am
Damn these musthings look cheap! Is there something not plastic in there?
January 12th, 2012 at 6:17 pm
Taillights would look a lot better if they were LED.
February 19th, 2012 at 12:09 pm
Hey Chris, do they put the timedelay relays inside the bulb connector housings?
February 19th, 2012 at 12:53 pm
@trainedtiger I honestly can’t remember since it’s been so long, but I don’t believe it’s part of the bulb connector.
February 24th, 2012 at 6:00 pm
@motorztv Wait, didn’t they make many Mustangs from the factory with the sequental tailights?
March 25th, 2012 at 5:11 am
First!
March 25th, 2012 at 5:44 am
doesnt hazard warning light = both indicators flashing at the same time and not the brake lights?
March 25th, 2012 at 5:54 am
STOP POSTING VIDEOS PLEASE!!SAVE SOME FOR OTHER TIME
March 25th, 2012 at 7:55 am
Are the beam pattern with reflectors? Will it blind other drivers?
March 25th, 2012 at 10:29 am
Ummm, you touched the bulbs in the tail light… bet they won’t last long now…
March 28th, 2012 at 2:02 am
I’ve never understood y in most of these after market applications there is the need 4 cutting, krimping, & or splicing in 2 the OEM wiring harnis. If their going 2 spend the time & money in the R&D process 2 produce these parts y don’t they go a little further & manufacture them with the appropriate OEM male-female quick disconnect plugs 2 simplify installation. The same goes 4 most after market door speaker applications
April 17th, 2012 at 11:05 am
If you do happen to touch the bulb, the best thing to do is use an alcohol wipe to clean the oil off. It removes any oil or grease and doesn’t affect the life of the bulb.