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2014 Grand Cherokee HID Kit Installation

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Are you thinking of upgrading your 2014 Grand Cherokee's headlights to HID with an HID kit but are unsure of what to expect?

We recently received some great feedback from forum member tvguy710 who recently installed the XenonDepot 5000k HID Kit in his 2014 Grand Cherokee and was kind enough to post up some pictures and provide feedback. The 2014 Cherokee uses H11 bulbs for the low beams meaning that you would need to order an H11 HID kit if you are considering this upgrade. While Jeep has changed the headlights on the 2014 the overall installation and parts required are the same for 2011+ model year Jeep Cherokee. Here is what you would need to get:

1) Xtreme HID Kit and select the H11 fitment. If you are unsure about which color temperature to select, keep in mind that 4300k will provide you with the closest output to stock HID lighting and the higher you go in terms of color temperature the less actual useable light output you will get. Please view this HID Kit Buying Guide for more info.

2) You will have to use a relay harness and capacitors or HID Kit error code eliminators when upgrading your headlights to HID. The Xtreme kit will come with a relay harness however you will also need to order the error code eliminators to prevent any sort of flickering or error codes being thrown when the kit is installed.

3) The XenonDepot H11 Xtreme HID kit will be plug+play. The kit will come with proper H11 connectors that will plug into your vehicle's OEM H11 headlight harness and will not require you to cut, tap, or splice any wires.

This customer chose to remove his headlights in order to install the kit which unfortunately required bumper removal. In some cases, customers have reported that they were able to access the headlights by removing the fender liner and accessing the headlights from the back (2011, 2012, and 2013 models).

Check out the pictures below to see some pictures of the 5000k HID kit installed in factory 2014 Jeep Cherokee halogen projector headlights.




















Danny
 
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Has anyone run into the issue of one headlight staying on much longer than the other? I installed my kit back and in April and hadn't had any issues until recently. Now when I turn off the car, my driver's side headlight just stays on. It's stayed on for nearly an hour after turning the car off before. Any ideas what's causing this?
 
#361 ·
Is the issue only happening one side? If so try to swap the relay harness to see if the problem follows it or not. Also try this with the canbus fix.

Can any one on here write me up a step by step on how to install the hid extreme kit and the fogs!
Was the first post on this thread not helpful? What else did you need help with?

Danny
 
#364 ·
So when installing the kit It should be oem harness, can bus resistor, mopar harness then into headlight? Never installed HID's before so i'm trying to do my research before they get here. They should be here Friday! I'm installing both low and fog lights so I guess it would be better to take off my bumper?
 
#368 ·
Hi,

Cover - if the vehicle has a cover on the back of the headlight then you will need to drill a hole in the dust cap / Cover to run the wire from the bulb to the ballast. Our kit will come with a grommet to reseal the housing. You will not need to splice/tap/cut any wires at all.

Shadow - Some forum members found that by installing the HID bulb a certain way they obtain a cleaner light distribution. In order to do this, they needed to trim one of the guides on the H11 bulb to enable the bulb to be installed a certain way.


Jim_in_PA - sweet! What kind of bulb did you go with?
Steve
 
#367 ·
Steve, just ordered some LED bulbs for my Fogs. Thanks for supporting the forum!
 
#369 ·
Just the CREE LED replacement "bulbs" for some "color correction" for the fogs to 5K like my DRLs and projectors already are sitting at. DRLs were done about a month ago, but that was before I noticed your forum support...
 
#371 ·
Yea, I know it's a small sale, but I'm looking forward to getting the package you sent today! :)
 
#381 ·
Last year I ordered the H11 30W XenonDepot LED Fog Light Bulbs [Color:5000K] to match my Factory Xenons on my 14' Overland. The color matched perfectly, but I was not happy with the light output.

I was thinking of going the easy route and just upgrade my bulbs to the H11 Philips X-treme Ultinon LED Bulbs as I thought these would be 3x brighter: 725lm total vs. 2400lm total. But after help from the forums, I was informed that this would not be the case...

So, I canceled that order (Bulbs happened to be back ordered for a week anyway) and I placed a replacement order for the H11 Xtreme Digital HID Conversion Kits [HID Color:philips Bulb Upgrade 4300K].

I've just spend the last two hours reading this whole thread and look forward to a clean install. I'm a little hesitant to remove the bumper, but with the help from the forums, it doesn't look like it'll be too hard.

Now that I will will be removing the bumper I was thinking of putting a 20" LED light bar in the lower Air Dam behind the grille. Living by the coast, we experience more than our fair share of fog and feel this would be a nice addition. However, I don't feel like dropping $900 on a Rigid light bar.... found a company OPT7 that has reasonable pricing bars and may go that route.

Will post pics when all finished. Thanks to the guys at KBcarstuff.com for helping me along the way.
 
#385 ·
I'm having a problem with my xenon depot HID kit. It worked fine for about a month but recently its been giving me a problems. When I turn on the headlights, passenger light turns on with like 5 seconds delay. Same thing happens when I turn off the lights, passenger light has a slight delay (about 1 second) Is anyone familiar with this issue? How can I resolve it?
 
#387 ·
Hi,

I have seen the 1 second delay when the lights shut off, but there shouldn't be a 5 second delay when you first turn the lights on. Does this issue happen if you turn the lights on with the vehicle off?

Steve

When I started the car today it was like 10 seconds delay. It does happen with engine running or not. It seems that the delay is longer when I start the car for the first time after that its only like couple seconds delay. I'm wondering what could be the issue because when I installed it ,everything was running perfectly fine for about 1 month.
 
#389 ·
What do I need to do exactly to get an hid kit to work in my 2014 grand cherokee Laredo? I bought a h11 kit and it is currently installed wih one relay harness and one capacitator. It was working fine until my right light shut off. Now that light rarely turns on, but once in a while it will turn on and work fine. Please let me know what I need to do to get my kit to work. I have had so many problems. Thank you
 
#394 ·
Hey Steve,

I hate to hijack this thread but I have sent a PM to XenonDepot on Wednesday with no response. I sent the order # in the PM. I called and spoke to John before sending the PM and he was of no help telling me to check connections which I had already and also to swap components from a working side to the non working side to troublehsoot. I think you own a Grand Cherokee so you know how difficult it is to get access to this area. If I remove the lower front fascia or bumper cover, I want spare parts in hand so I can be one and done. I just had the bumper cover off installing Phillips Xtreme-Vision D3S that I bought from XenonDepot. I don't agree with having me dissassemble a working side to determine issue. It was intermittent now it it won't work at all.

I would appreciate all your help!

Thanks,
Scott
 
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