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.
Does your Grand Cherokee already have the OEM fog light housings? If so, you would just need to get an H10 HID Kit to replace the stock H10 halogen bulbs.
Steve
Hey guys new to the forum. Bought a 2015 grand Cherokee altitude. Order hid from kb car stuff. Do I need to use the rely harness or can I just run the canbus fix with the hid. what is the difference
If you haven't ordered the kit yet don't. Their kit doesn't work on some 2015 and up models including my '15 Altitude. Or it might work now and then stop working a few days/weeks down the road.
Both DDM and Diode Dynamics make a canbus anti-flicker that do work with 2015 and up models. DDM is a complete kit, I ordered one for my fogs but have not received it yet (ships from China). The Diode Dynamics is made in the USA. You can use that with any HID H11 Kit. Save yourself the trouble of pulling the bumper off to install XD's kit. The other kits are plug and play and you can install from the top without removing the bumper.
Guess what when a couple of weeks/months down the road the XD kit stops working you are out of luck, and all you will receive from them is "I'm sorry the kit didn't work out for you", as in my case.
My setup is a Morimoto Elite HID Kit bulbs and ballasts (from theretrofitsource.com) with the Diode Dynamics canbus.
Thanks for the reply! Doesn't look like DRLs are enabled. Will I be okay installing the kit as I have ordered it? Just thinking she may or may not want to enable them someday....
My 2014 JGC doesnt have DRL and also spoke with someone at your office and he said i DO NOT need the PWM for the 2014 and the PWM is for 2015 and up models.. Is this true??
The 2014 requires you to use our Canbus component when installing an LED bulb. There have been some forum members that have installed our LED headlight kit with no additional components and the light worked just fine.
Some customers have installed our PWM module in their 2014 but with an HID kit.. not LED.
Nice write up.. ! I attempted this but one of my HID bulbs blew out.
I need to order a new bulb.
Should i disable the lights from turning on when unlocking the doors, could that ruin an HID light? also i dont have the relay in my kit..?? I am thinking i now need this as I simply have the PWM ??
Hey guys, i've started this thread a few years back. I am actually looking to see if anyone wants to purchase my XenonDepot 5000k HID Kit(was in my keep for 3 years NO PROBLEMS) I ahd in my 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee
I have upgraded my headlights to the OEM HIDs with DRLs so I have no use for them anymore.
Please PM if your interested. I am asking for $75 + shipping (50% off what I paid)
Hey guys, i've started this thread a few years back. I am actually looking to see if anyone wants to purchase my XenonDepot 5000k HID Kit(was in my keep for 3 years NO PROBLEMS) I ahd in my 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee
I have upgraded my headlights to the OEM HIDs with DRLs so I have no use for them anymore.
Please PM if your interested. I am asking for $75 + shipping (50% off what I paid)
Glad to see your still in the mix with this conversation. Your original question still seems to still be slightly unanswered, but it looks like you've done it and completed your goal. My goal for quite some time is exactly that as well, to convert my stock halogen headlight units to the OEM HID headlight units found in the overland and summit models.
Sometimes I feel like people make this more complicated then it has to be, but then other times I feel like it IS that complicated! Would you be able to share how you were finally able to make the conversion? I see that there were a few members on this forum that created a harness for this purpose, but it isn't in mass production yet? I also saw that Xenon Depot had a solution that may work for standard HID bulbs. The key seems to be the difference in wiring harnesses and the 4 pin in the halogen and the 16 pin in the HID wiring.
My main question that I cant seem to nail down is : what would be the full list of items needed to complete this headlight upgrade (assuming I have the OEM HID headlight units from the overland model with the LED DRL).
This just looks like a kit to replace the h11 bulb with an HID ballast and bulb kit. Maybe im ignorant in this regard, but what im looking for is the harness or solution to replacing the whole headlight housing from the stock H11 halogen housing to the HID/LED housing on the overland model. It was my understanding that there would be some kind of custom solution needed to convert the existing wiring harness in my 2014 JGC limited to that of a overland or summit
For people looking to swap the entire Headlight unit with the OEM HID found in the Lux II package you would need to buy those headlights and get a harness for it to work. Below is the thread with all the info. Maybe people have bought harnesses not all work as supposed to. You can read all about it below. But you do need a special harness.
For people looking to swap the entire Headlight unit with the OEM HID found in the Lux II package you would need to buy those headlights and get a harness for it to work. Below is the thread with all the info. Maybe people have bought harnesses not all work as supposed to. You can read all about it below. But you do need a special harness.
thank tvguy, ive actually read through that thread previously, which I believe you are the OP to? I suppose I got excited because you said you had done this exact switchout. I know of the members who've created a harness for this purpose, but they either don't reply or don't make them any longer. I suppose that special harness is where I am stuck, so anyone who knows about them please speak up! Thanks
I suppose im done attempting this upgrade. Not many people seem to fully understand the scope of what im trying to do.
Simply upgrading to HID's with a kit is simple enough, but what im trying to accomplish, like tvguy710 has, is fully swap out the stock 2014 JGC halogen headlight assembly with the 2014 HID/LED headlight assembly found in the Lux II package and on the overland and summit models. The reason this isn't simple is the wiring harnesses in the limited models use a 4 pin connector, while the overland and summit models use a 16 pin connector. The harness to connect the two together, making it plug and play, either doesn't exist, or exists in such small quantities for whatever reason.
Id love nothing more than to be able to complete this upgrade, but it doesn't seem possible currently unless I design and build this magical harness myself. I love coming to this forum and others like it to brainstorm for this very reason, so I was hoping there was a user who had this solution, but ive had no luck thus far. I suppose I will continue to hold on and wait for that genius poster to help me make this work!
Yeah that's basically the hardest thing. The harness and not only that it has to understand to turn the LED off when the blinker goes on and then to dim the LEDs at night when headlights go on.
Attached is the harness Jeep_Addicted made. Like I said I think only 3 I know of.
Both car buddy guys I had working on the car loved the harness.
Hope the pictures help.
I hope to get around putting my full write up soon.
So I have a question regarding the Xenon 2015+ mopar kit. After putting off the install for a few weeks I think I am finally going to get around to it this weekend. The question I have is regarding the connections in the attached picture. I understand the diagram no problem except once I plug the HID bulb to the harness, there is still one more connection coming off of the HID bulb. The diagram shows "connection to car harness" which I imagine you plug right into the factory bulb harness. Where does the additional connector that comes off of the HID bulb plug into? Any pictures would greatly help. Thanks!
I'm not sure I understand which specific connector you are looking at, however... I would strongly look at getting this component as it eliminates the relay harness, resistors, capacitors, entirely:
I'm not sure I understand which specific connector you are looking at, however... I would strongly look at getting this component as it eliminates the relay harness, resistors, capacitors, entirely:
Steve sent me some anti flicker modules. I originally purchased xenondepots 2015+ mopar kit which includes relays, and some other goodies and was basically a bunch of wiring. I just finished the install and the lights look and work great. No error messages or anything. I also took a bunch of pictures so I will be uploading those as well sometime this weekend.
Below is what the HID kit looks like with the anti flicker module plugged in.
I installed these on my 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited V6 last night.
For bulb installation, the only way the bulbs fit tightly into the housing was if I just used the old rubber seal from my halogen bulbs. After that, the passenger headlight did not turn on at first. I reversed polarity and it still did not turn on. I tried switching the passenger and driver side ballasts and sure enough it finally came on.
I ordered the 5000k Extreme Bulbs, unfortunately they are not the crisp white I was going for.. yellowish in fact. Kinda disappointed. I would have ordered the 6500k if I knew they looked like this.