Fitted my Xenons..Heres How

Seeing as though it was a nice day and my car was nice and clean, i though, what better opportunity to fit my new sidelights. And also my Xenon conversion Kit.

So i started at 11 this morning.
Heres How it Was Done:

1) Remove a couple of screws from each arch lining, just enough so you can get behind it, to the screws holding on the bumper. There is no need to completely remove the arch lining. you can get away with just moving it abit.

2) remove the 2 screws from the arch which are attached to the bumper. Remove the 4 screws from the top of the bumper (just above the grill)
Then remove the 4 screws from underneath the bumper. Your bumper should then just drop off, make sure it doesn't fall to the floor and get scratched.

3) remove the 2 screws holding the headlight in. you will also have to remove the plastic holder from under the headlights or they wont come out. Once all the screws are out, ease the headlight out, and disconnect the wiring loom.

4)Remove the two plastic panels from the back of the headlights so you have access to all bulbs. the sidelights are then clearly visible so just twist and pull to take them out. and fit your new led's. I went for the ones with 4leds on each unit: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MEWN:IT&ih=015
You will obviously need 2 sets as the stilo has 4 sidelights. When you have them in, plug your light unit back in to make sure they work, if they don't just turn them round and that should do the trick.

5)fitting the xenon conversion was much easier than i expected. Just remove the H7 dipped beam bulb from the centre of the unit. Remove the wiring from it. wire that to your amp box supplied with the xenons. and the xenon bulb fits perfectly in the original slot. no drilling or squeezing required.
again try them to make sure they are in correctly and working. You will then need to find somewhere to place the conversion amp packs. for my driverside i placed it on the metal directly below the light. and on the passanger side i used the side of the battery tray as there should be some left over space.

6)once everything is all working, ease your headlights back in to place and tighten up.

7) Fit the bumper the same way it was removed. (i did it on my own, but may be easier for someone to hold the bumper in place as someone else tightens all the screws up.

8) by this stage everything should be back as it was with your new side lights and headlights in place! I also took this opportunity to fit some nice enigma indicator bulbs.

9) ENJOY And have a well deserved pint or 5

Here are some pics i took along the way. will take somemore as it starts getting dark so you get the full effect. But trust me they are very bright and look amazing!

Looks worthy of a guide to me. Top job there.

cheers mate. was hoping it may be worthy of a guide yeh lol.
hopefully it will help some people out. its definately worth the time and effort. could have paid to have it done..but ahhh it sure does feel good knowing you did it yourself

I suppose it applies to any bulb change, not just Xenon's? Been lucky with mine but now I suppose I have now tempted fate.

Fair play , top job you've done there. You should be given mod status with the amount of effort you have put in to this forum. Thumbs up

Good job, I was more impressed with your numerplate though

It would apply to any bulb change yes mate
I was thinking of fitting uprated H1 full beams and uprated fog light bulbs. but didn't bother in the end. might be something to do some time in the near future. If yours were to go it would take around 1hour max to change both from start to finish

thanks very much mate. glad to see the effort gets noticed every once in a while

haha.. incase you couldnt geuss, my names Jon

Thanks very much for you guide coyle. With you guide i was able to change my sidelights on my 1.6 today! i removed the bumper and the headlights.

However, I realised it is possible to change all the bulbs without removing the bumper....i tried it with all of them....admittedly i would have had to remove the battery to get to the nearside cluster and moving the washer bottle made it easier....Luckily i dont have big sausage fingers...if you do then it may be easiest to remove the bumper. The sidelights were on the end of these black plastic rods which were easy to pull out while the lights were still in situe. If anyone wants more information on this then i am happy to provide it.

Thanks again Coyle...really appreciate your efforts on this guide.

no problem mate. i think it may be possible with most bulbs. but not with the indicators or the fogs.

Looks very well! Always considered doing this to mine.. hmm.
Great info, as said, defo worthy of a guide!

go on you know you want to.cheers mate

Without wanting to contradict you Coyle...i was able to change the indicators - (not tried the fogs) without removing the clusters...maybe some of my engine is missing!

hmm your xenons look very nice....how much did they set you back and does it illuminate the roadbetter at night?

how did you do the wiring? you didnt mention drilling the case.

if you've just squidged it through a gap, bare in mind the headlight cluster has to be sealed or else you may start getting condensation problems