Build thread makes adding high-tech lights to your S197 Mustang quick & easy.
The new Ford Mustang comes with bright high-intensity discharge (HID) headlights, as do most modern vehicles, but if you own an early-era S197 pony car, you will have to add them via the aftermarket. Fortunately, one of our members put together a great DIY showing how to install these ultra-bright headlights in your 2005 through 2009 Mustang without any elaborate wiring work.
Adding HIDs
Adding HID headlights to your S197 Ford Mustang creates much brighter light at night and crisp, whitish blue light just plain looks nicer than the yellowish hue of many simple halogen headlights. This is why most manufacturers have gone to HIDs for their premium models, including the Mustang, but for those folks who have a car that didn’t come with these super bright headlights from the factory, there are plenty of companies offering aftermarket kits.
The problem that many people see with adding aftermarket HIDs is that in some cases, upgrading to the better lights requires more wiring than some Mustang owners are comfortable with. However, the DIY write-up from “JedCranium” shows that in the case of one kit, the high tech headlights aren’t hard to install at all.
DIY in Pictures
The installation of this particular HID kit in the 2006 Roush Mustang is so simple that the OP was able to walk us through it in a series of images with detailed captions on each. He shows where he mounted things like the relay, the ballasts and the wiring, complete with arrows showing the direction of the wires for easier understanding of the image.
In total, it only takes 13 pictures with detailed captions to add the HID kit in this 2006 Ford Mustang. Of course, anyone installing this setup themselves will want to read the instructions for the kit and then use this DIY as a supplement as how to make the install go more smoothly, but this how-to thread shows how simply the install can be done.
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