Useful to point out you got the CAN-BUS option. The relay is needed if you don't go this route based on what others have experienced.
HID upgrade for VT with H11B Bulbs
I could not find any specific info for upgrading the lights that have H11B bulbs so I thought I'd bang out one. Sorry if someone beat me to it and I missed it.
First of all do not order the relay harness, it's easier to install without it and you don't need it (unless you like the idea of tying directly to the battery).
I bought the bulbs, the ballast units and drilled dust caps. (you can drill the factory ones with a 1" hole if you don't want to buy drilled ones).
Remove your bumper. You might be able to do this without removing the bumper but wow is it a lot easier if you do. The power to the H11B bulbs is attached to the socket and you need to remove the wire harness from the socket to tie into. Trust me, I'm a mechanical idiot and I got the bumper off and on no problem, do a search, there are good threads that I followed on here.
Remove the 3 bolts holding the whole headlight, unplug the main wire harness and remove the dust cap. Remove the bulb. EDIT - In the picture you can see 3 screws on the socket. Remove the bulb then remove the 3 screws then you can take the wire harness of without breaking it!!! ENDEDIT Remove the wire harness (black and yellow wire with a small plastic tip) that is attached to the light bulb socket. Now there might be a way to remove the factory wire harness without cracking the mount - I managed to crack both of them - no big deal but you cannot go back to H11B bulbs if this happens...
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This shows the factory harness detached from the bulb socket.
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Thread the bulb though the dust cap and align the rubber gasket in the hole.
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Attach the power lines from the light bulb to the factory power harness - red to yellow, black to black
Insert the bulb into the socket, lock in, feed in the wires then screw in the dust cap.
Re-install the light with the 3 screws, remember to re-attach the main wire harness
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Attach the ballast unit to the bulb wires.
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Dual tape down the ballast unit.
Make sure everything works then re-attach you bumper and you're good to go. Took me about 90 minutes.
First of all do not order the relay harness, it's easier to install without it and you don't need it (unless you like the idea of tying directly to the battery).
I bought the bulbs, the ballast units and drilled dust caps. (you can drill the factory ones with a 1" hole if you don't want to buy drilled ones).
Remove your bumper. You might be able to do this without removing the bumper but wow is it a lot easier if you do. The power to the H11B bulbs is attached to the socket and you need to remove the wire harness from the socket to tie into. Trust me, I'm a mechanical idiot and I got the bumper off and on no problem, do a search, there are good threads that I followed on here.
Remove the 3 bolts holding the whole headlight, unplug the main wire harness and remove the dust cap. Remove the bulb. EDIT - In the picture you can see 3 screws on the socket. Remove the bulb then remove the 3 screws then you can take the wire harness of without breaking it!!! ENDEDIT Remove the wire harness (black and yellow wire with a small plastic tip) that is attached to the light bulb socket. Now there might be a way to remove the factory wire harness without cracking the mount - I managed to crack both of them - no big deal but you cannot go back to H11B bulbs if this happens...
This shows the factory harness detached from the bulb socket.
Thread the bulb though the dust cap and align the rubber gasket in the hole.
Attach the power lines from the light bulb to the factory power harness - red to yellow, black to black
Insert the bulb into the socket, lock in, feed in the wires then screw in the dust cap.
Re-install the light with the 3 screws, remember to re-attach the main wire harness
Attach the ballast unit to the bulb wires.
Dual tape down the ballast unit.
Make sure everything works then re-attach you bumper and you're good to go. Took me about 90 minutes.
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Purchased at Diode Dynamics - they are:
2013 Hyundai Veloster Turbo Low Beam HID Conversion Kit
Ballasts - Premium HYLUX CAN-BUS Slim Digital
HID Relay - Include with order! (NOT NEEDED)
Pre-drilled OEM Dust Caps - Include with order!
Color/Temperature - 8000K
Total price $179.99 plus shipping.
This was plug and play. Once you unhook the wire harness from the factory bulb socket, you plug some wires into that, plug the rest into the ballast and that was it. The trickiest part was getting the bumper off, that was easy and I'm not mechanically inclined at all, I just followed a post on this forum.
Here is a pic - dims only:
![Land vehicle Vehicle Car Hyundai Hyundai veloster]()
Dims & Highs (Sylvania ZXE's):
![Land vehicle Vehicle Car Hyundai Hyundai veloster]()
And I grabbed some LED's from the same place for the vanity/map lights:
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And trunk lights:
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I'll try and get some good night shots tonight.
Cheers!
Chris
2013 Hyundai Veloster Turbo Low Beam HID Conversion Kit
Ballasts - Premium HYLUX CAN-BUS Slim Digital
HID Relay - Include with order! (NOT NEEDED)
Pre-drilled OEM Dust Caps - Include with order!
Color/Temperature - 8000K
Total price $179.99 plus shipping.
This was plug and play. Once you unhook the wire harness from the factory bulb socket, you plug some wires into that, plug the rest into the ballast and that was it. The trickiest part was getting the bumper off, that was easy and I'm not mechanically inclined at all, I just followed a post on this forum.
Here is a pic - dims only:
Dims & Highs (Sylvania ZXE's):
And I grabbed some LED's from the same place for the vanity/map lights:
And trunk lights:
I'll try and get some good night shots tonight.
Cheers!
Chris
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My last two cars had HID's and the headlights look like the projectors on the VT - i.e. like a round ball of glass that the bulb sits behind. In fact I thought I was getting HID's until my first night ride - wow the disappointment when that sickly yellow halogen light splashed the road in front of me. Anyway what I'm saying is that the HID upgrade looks nice and stock like with the projector lamps.
You can't see in the pictures but they really do look like any other car with HID's. When you put HID bulbs in a non-projector type housing - like a direct lamp or one with a reflector in front of the bulb - things start looking kind of funky. Sadly that means the my brights will remain non-HID (unless I can be convinced by someone else with a positive solution). Right now they are Sylvania ZXE's and while they were an improvement over the factory halogens, you can see in the snap below of low/high they still look kind of yellow beside the HID's. Does anyone know a good bulb the will look better than the Sylvania ZXE?
If you have a VT with the projector style headlights I highly suggest the upgrade. It looks BAD ASS and you see so much more at night. I didn't realize how used to HID's I had gotten with my last 2 vehicles, not only was I disappointed in the halogens I was appalled at how much less they light things up!
The lights at night - I wish you could see how good these look with the LED line under and circle around. I can't say enough about how great they look.
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Lows Only - this is my road - no streetlights - you just see so much more and the light is so much better
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Lows & Highs - as mentioned I upgraded my Highs to ZXE's. The Sylvania's look white next to plain halogens, but next to real HID's they still have a yellow tint!
![Black Darkness Light Night Sky]()
And a quick boo inside. The map lights have been switched with LED's it's amazing how much more the cabin is lit up! And it's a nice white light.
![Land vehicle Vehicle Car Hyundai veloster Hyundai]()
I also did the trunk LED - wow it sure lights up everything back there a lot better than that single incandescent bulb. Diode Dynamics, I'm extremely happy with everything (although it took a bit of fabricating to get the trunk LED to work).
Cheers!
p.s. To reiterate, if you have projector style low's save your pennies and do this!
My last two cars had HID's and the headlights look like the projectors on the VT - i.e. like a round ball of glass that the bulb sits behind. In fact I thought I was getting HID's until my first night ride - wow the disappointment when that sickly yellow halogen light splashed the road in front of me. Anyway what I'm saying is that the HID upgrade looks nice and stock like with the projector lamps.
You can't see in the pictures but they really do look like any other car with HID's. When you put HID bulbs in a non-projector type housing - like a direct lamp or one with a reflector in front of the bulb - things start looking kind of funky. Sadly that means the my brights will remain non-HID (unless I can be convinced by someone else with a positive solution). Right now they are Sylvania ZXE's and while they were an improvement over the factory halogens, you can see in the snap below of low/high they still look kind of yellow beside the HID's. Does anyone know a good bulb the will look better than the Sylvania ZXE?
If you have a VT with the projector style headlights I highly suggest the upgrade. It looks BAD ASS and you see so much more at night. I didn't realize how used to HID's I had gotten with my last 2 vehicles, not only was I disappointed in the halogens I was appalled at how much less they light things up!
The lights at night - I wish you could see how good these look with the LED line under and circle around. I can't say enough about how great they look.
Lows Only - this is my road - no streetlights - you just see so much more and the light is so much better
Lows & Highs - as mentioned I upgraded my Highs to ZXE's. The Sylvania's look white next to plain halogens, but next to real HID's they still have a yellow tint!
And a quick boo inside. The map lights have been switched with LED's it's amazing how much more the cabin is lit up! And it's a nice white light.
I also did the trunk LED - wow it sure lights up everything back there a lot better than that single incandescent bulb. Diode Dynamics, I'm extremely happy with everything (although it took a bit of fabricating to get the trunk LED to work).
Cheers!
p.s. To reiterate, if you have projector style low's save your pennies and do this!
just placed an order for the same kit, only using 6000k bulbs. I had those on my fusion and was plenty of white for me. Thanks for this write up, possibly may be ordering an Injen SRI as well since the bumper will be off ! 
Thanks
Phil
Thanks
Phil
I wish my Injen kit was in when I had the bumper off. I was going to skip the SRI and just go CAI because I was worried about the bumper. Oh well now I only need decide if I want to go through the trouble again.just placed an order for the same kit, only using 6000k bulbs. I had those on my fusion and was plenty of white for me. Thanks for this write up, possibly may be ordering an Injen SRI as well since the bumper will be off !
Thanks
Phil
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