LED Headlight Bulbs for the First-Gen Acura NSX: Replacing an Old HID Kit

0:00I'm back again with the video with the Acura NSX now. I'm going to be installing these LED headlights and

0:08It's a long-term coming factory these guys come with a halogen bulb both in the high beam and low beam

0:14But if you come on here, I'll show you guys how they look like

0:17Whoo pop of headlights so the previous owner did have H IDs in it

0:37Both projectors, so I'm hoping that these LED headlights still have really good cut-offs now...

0:44The stock or the aftermarket H IDs are nice

0:47But I really don't like the sound of that ballast that makes and the warm-up time that it takes to, you know

0:54When you first turn on your headlights, it takes a while ramp up

0:58Now I don't know what brand these H IDs are but let me just say I'll show you guys how it looks like and

1:05Later on and the installation is a very good. That's all I want to change them out for a more simple setup. No ballast needed-

1:12So these are the LED headlights from RC Shine. Let me show you guys what's inside the inside the box

1:21So this kit actually comes with the high beams and low beams. We got the operating manual

1:27We have for the Acura NSX the high beams are I believe

1:34are 905 0 5 so I'll be able to plug

1:41So you can see the product you and you have the LED so the diode

1:45is nice and the yellow and it is of a little

1:57You can do it without removing the covers, but it's a lot of work.

2:01Maybe it has a of because this really, right. And it's really bright and I'll show you guys how to change up the,

2:31It looks pretty ugly because the colors are red and blue and it's really obvious.

2:37Now if I do an LED bulb, I can remove all of this extra shenanigans and it'll be a lot cleaner.

2:44Now I'm going to show you how to remove it.

2:50the caps also have a con because you're going to have to realize that

2:56You're gonna have to realign them realigning means get

3:00the fitment like 100% so make sure you don't lose these of these little screws.

3:05Now previous owner

3:08Seems that also be missing screws too so that's unfortunate, but

3:14That's how it

3:18Now you can see the guts

3:21Now this is where the HID bolt, goes

3:24So we just kind of pull it out with the dust cap now with

3:36So you can't fit this where we're gonna have to wait and see for the the NSX, you have this little of this little ring clip and here is the HID bulb

3:49So let's just kind of wiggle it out

3:51You see how insane it would be if you had to do this without removing the cover, it'd be nuts

3:59Actually, I'm even struggling now

4:01Let's just this wire so I can fish, the bulb out

4:11So here's the ball you're gonna have to actually the use this tensioner clamp

4:20So that's the ballast you don't have to worry about that that was from the HID kid and now

4:26You want to pull up and then pull out out watch out everything super sharp

4:35So yeah, the HIDs are good and nice

4:41But they're just too

4:44Too complex you have all these wires hanging out this ballast now with an LED kit

4:50You don't have anything going on you just have this and you plug it in

4:55All right, so I have I guess I read online that it's gonna be the 9006 in the low beam so

5:01There's that and obviously you can't really fit this retainer thing there

5:08We're gonna have to see how it fits without the little screw thing, but when I plugged it in this way

5:16LEDs are current directional

5:19It actually didn't light up I actually had it to

5:25Put it you can either rewire it or you can just flip it backwards the notch is gonna be in the wrong way, but, but

5:31but that's just how it's going to work. Already not the best look. All right, so

5:42there's a little o the gasket you can pull up and you'll be able to screw right

5:46here. Now we need to take this screw out. That way we can put this clamp in.

5:53There you go, so the whole thing, it pulls out, a little screw on here, and it's being

6:14So we have the LED bulb right here the 9006 and we're going to the low beams

6:37So we have the LED bulb right here the 9006 and we're going to the low beams

6:43Just kind of squeeze it in there

6:49Match all the tabs

6:51And then once it's matched

6:54We want to lock it in here snap

7:02Thing is in and then you want to plug in the bold now again this one

7:09I have to do it upside down. I don't you can re-pin it. This one's already pretty loose

7:14I don't know old-age give you the car but you can take this pin move it, but I'm just gonna keep it like that

7:20What a see how this not just supposed to be on the other end

7:23It's weird bulls man. This is plus sign, but it's going to the ground question mark

7:31All right, and let's make sure it works

7:34To you see how like that one is the song you can see the H

7:45I D's are still warming up

7:47Still warming up the H. I D's are a lot more blue like a 6,000 Kelvin

7:53The LEDs are more like a 5,000 K, which I actually prefer

7:58Can you hear the fan?

8:02Nope, you can't

8:08you can check it from this angle you guys can see the comparison

8:12From the front

8:15I know the lid is not all the way in but you can see the five K

8:23Six

8:26All right, so for you to get a dust boot that fits an LED bulb, you're gonna have the 3d print one

8:32something down below now we'll go to the high beams you just pull it out to twist

8:40it to unlock get this bad boy out of there and same thing with the other one

8:48there's these little clips so you pull there's the boltas are actually pretty bright so

8:58Now you can kind of compare the 9-0-0-5s, the tabbings.

9:00Now you can kind of compare the

9:079005s the tab-ings

9:11So these yeah, they're 9005s. For the high beams

9:15They, they look, they look identical you see these little tabs but just, like the other one we're gonna have to remove it

9:25So

9:30clip on it.

9:31Alright, just like the low beams, the high beams, I just unscrewed it, put the retainer

9:38clip on.

9:39You wanna lock it in and then fine, there's very little clearance but you wanna pull out

9:48like this, like you're pulling your mouth open and then you want to twist clockwise until

9:57it locks in. Now it's not locked locked in yet. There you go. So now it's locked in. Let's

10:07Let's see how it looks, should instantly fire on and then we have the high beams, you can

10:21see the comparison to the stock, the stock is actually pretty bright too,narly,

10:27looming wise, but this looks more moderate and it has a little bit more wider spread.

10:36You can kind of see the brightness right here, and you can kind of see the front too.

10:42If you want to check out of the front, it's matching now.

10:45Got the little projector logo in the front is the halogen in the other side.

10:51It's a little bit hard to see, but I love the instant on feature, and no more of these

10:58ridiculous wires over the, so it's on the block cleaner.

11:04I'm going to do the other side and we're going to wrap it up.

11:10Alright everything is installed so let me show you guys how it looks like.

11:24That instant on is gnarly.

11:30So there it is, let's see if I can get the stop, the beam pattern, right now, honestly

11:46it's very clean. I have the high beams on too, but you still get that nice cut off.

11:54I know they look kind of greenish, but in real life they look blue. In real

12:03Real life