Koito Bi-LED 2.0 in 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee

[AdrianD]

Awesome thread. This is going to be a nice retrofit. keep us posted.

On a similar high siting truck with the same strict reactions I convinced a friend to retrofit the fog lights. They were the same hight hight as low beams on most cars and it worked really well.

Thank you!
I almost pulled the trigger on some sealed bi-xenon Hella lights. Space is even tighter at the fog lights and when I switch to off-road tires, the corners with the foglights have to come off. I will install some LED off-road lights in place of the fogs...at some point

Wouldn't this work and eliminate the need for a switch?

It would be ideal if I wouldn't want to turn them off during daytime driving and yearly inspection.

The re-wire is complete and working. Next: epoxying the mounting panels to the bowls.

[NoodleFace]

I am pretty sure the one I gave you doesn't turn on the LED low beam with the DRLs, unless your parking lights do turn on with DRLs at daytime.

Here's what I did to trace the output

[AdrianD]

Point of no return, finally (mounting plate partially epoxied to the bowl)


Driver's side wiring, with the high-beam and low-beam connection for the changeover relay


Passenger side wiring, only the LED power is extra

[AdrianD]

Rear cover for one side done, just needs to be epoxied in place:


I might use the trusty glue-gun to seal around the wires though.

[AdrianD]

Left side goes in the oven tomorrow, then all that's left is to glue the rear covers and start driving.

[AdrianD]

Rear covers are glued in place:

[AdrianD]

All done.

[AdrianD]

I had an unfortunate accident with the left side headlight, the cover and part of the rear melted in the oven, as they contacted the oven wall and I left it too long, so I had to use the spare cover and spare backside.
The difference in light because of the glass is huge:




The diffusion because of the bad glass cover is visible here too, on the left wall, even more on the LED shot:



Turns out the left height adjuster was way off (4 inches lower than the right at 18 feet).

After I polish the left cover I'll try to take more pictures.

[AdrianD]

It's a world of difference after polishing the headlight


Height is adjusted correctly now:


And a high-beam shot:


White balance is off compared to other pics, as I learned how to set the phone to keep the ISO and exposure the same.

[NoodleFace]

Great work, I'm glad you got it done. Looks like it was a pain in the butt at some points but you pulled through.
Give us some road shots if you get the time.

[AdrianD]

Thanks!
It was the longest project I did on this car, lots of tiny things to get through. It took even longer than making a custom transmission crossmember or installing locking differentials.

I'm very happy with the light output, I'll definitely post more pictures when I find darker locations

[Crossgolf]

Great to see the finished project. Enjoy your new lights they look really good.

[AdrianD]

Thank you
With the current restrictions and expansion of infections I won't get to drive as much as I'd like to.

[AdrianD]

After driving some more and adjusting the height so as not to blind others (I had to go a little under 1.25% slope as specified on the headlights), I'm very happy with the setup.

Another plus is that the road markings are much more visible.

I've messed up the sealing, after a car wash they fogged up slightly, so I took out the plastic cover, removed the permaseal and filled up the space with butyl tape. Seems to be fine.

One quick comparison shot on the road:

Stock halogens:


LED's on low-beam:


LED's on high-beam:

[maciekelga]

Nice job! Where did You get a Koito 2.0?