Yo, I'm new to the forums but I've been reading for like 4 weeks now.
Grabbed a 2002 X-Type from Jersey a few weeks back, 44k miles, White, clean in and out.
Becoming a bigger fan every day.

News: Already had a side marker cut off(connector, bulb, and housing), popular ride, huh?

So far: 15% tints all the way, front windshield strip, I like my privacy and auto-sunglasses, ha.

HID's came in 2 weeks ago. I've done HID's in the past 4-5 cars I've owned that didn't come with factory HID's. I tend to think I know what I'm doing, but most of the time its truly plug-and-play (bulb unplugs, harness plugs directly into ballast, mount and go roll a joint, etc.),
Obviously on our Jag's things are a little bit different with the large assembly multi-plug and each bulb having its own power and ground inside the assembly. I tried installing them in the most logical way I could see, power to power, ground to ground. Low beam first, didn't work. Tried troubleshooting that in the cold weather, got frustrated, called it quits.
Instead I just kept searching and reading the forums trying to diagnose a possible problem or a similar situation somebody else might have experienced.
I read the guides, the installs, the problems, the solutions. I feel like I got to know most of you with your names popping up consistently, hah!

Now I took another crack at it today, pulled the bumper cover off again, this time started with the fogs.
I don't plan to sell the car or ever revert back to halogen so I cut my connectors, just like I did with the low beams but this time.. success!
Success with the fogs, installed the HID bulbs differently than modding the H11 bulb base, they both fire on, nice crisp 3000k.
My high beams are also firing on, 5000k.
My low beams should be a crispy match at 5000k as well but...

The problem came with the discovery that the low beams even after confirming and retrying the correct installation method (red to yellow, black to brown) and checking every silly thing that can occur(backwards HID connectors, I think I remember Thermo reiterating that point a few times, has happened to me too) I still couldn't get light from the low beams on either side. The ballasts are good and the bulbs are good as I tried all 6 on a working power source.
Gave up for a little while and instead got to sealing up the newly modded headlight assemblies and foglight assemblies, so while I'm letting those dry I got back to research. A buddy suggested to hit the fuse box, I'm kicking myself for not thinking of it sooner (remembering then the little spark I made when I was trying to test the HID color). I found only one fuse busted, a yellow 20, in a line of 5, with a space, another fuse and 2 spaces... before finding another little paragraph by Thermo describing a line of 5 fuses a space, a fuse and 2 spaces... and exactly which one of those was the low beam/dip beam fuse.

Guess what the blown yellow 20 was for?

Progress!

So as I type this, sealant is drying, assemblies are becoming finished works of art, and I wait to plug the entire assembly in on both sides and have all 6 lights successfully fire when switched on.

Here we are..
That's how I ended up a member of jaguarforums.com. Bam.

Now if anybody wants to give me a great suggestion for forming a weathertight seal over the back of one of my high beams? The cover must have been loose when I put the assemblies back in and its now road-food.
I can always buy one but the dealer price is probably outrageous and I like working with my hands plus I've got stuff lying around. Obviously not the right forum for this inquiry but I figured I'd do a little more than test the temperature with my toe.

 

Welcome to Jaguar Forums DayDhreamz,

Good to have you with us.
Good intro, I'll bet you were glad to find that blown fuse, there's obviously no need to give you a link to the tech section but do try and check out the regional section for your area North East US - ME NH VT MA RI CT NJ NY PA - Jaguar Forums - Jaguar Enthusiasts Forum
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Welcome to the forum DayDhreamz,

Good to have you with us at Jaguar forums.

I've copied your Intro to X-Type tech forum. Good info on the HID's. Here is a direct link to it:

https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...g-hids-115168/

The 'HOW TO' thread at the top of the X-Type tech section is a good place to start for info on regular issues.

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Graham

 

welcome to the forum, you will find plenty of info and support here - enjoy

 

Welcome!