Hid (kit) Upgrade

[audiofanaticz]

Man, im really susprised that kit didnt come with mounting feet or mounting hardware.

The ballasts should be completly sealed and water tight if they are any kind of decent. Ive never heard of them before, but they look some what decent.

The zipties is just ghetto thats all. Lol

[LSN2meBoom916]

Not really impressed bro. Sorry.

I usally see a lot of workmanship out of you.

Took all that time making custom mounting brakets for no reason, but yet still use zip ties to secure the ballast.

Looks alright I guess.

I didn't make the mounts to be "bling bling pretty"....if so i woulda painted em.

They are there to give the mounts something solid to mount to and keep them away from the moving parts and heat of the engine.

I don't really care what U think bout it.

The mounts are there for functionality, and I bedlined em to make them blend in a lil better should anyone see em, and it water proofs the MDF.

Yup zip ties.

I took some 18ga plumers tape and wrapped it in friction tape to make black "straps" that I could put a bolt thru to sinch down in the location as the zip ties, but I realized getting em TIGHT in that minimal space would have been much more work and not any more secure than using zip ties.

If I ever want to make it "pretty" (cuz I show off my stock engine all the time..yea right) I'll change it up...but it works just fine for now.

HI haters :censored:

[audiofanaticz]

Hey, just giving it right back at you when you gave it to me with my hid's..

Sucks huh?

but at least I know mine are bolted up tight, and are waterproof.. :tease: :tease: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:

[LSN2meBoom916]

Hey, just giving it right back at you when you gave it to me with my hid's..

Sucks huh?

but at least I know mine are bolted up tight, and are waterproof.. :tease: :tease: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:

Wow had to look/check to even know what ur talking about...I assume Ur referring post #45 on ur wall build?

I don't see any ball busting or hating there...That's just me givin you the heads up on product.

I know these are a cheaper set, but I'm runnin these cheapies for now since at $65/kit shipped, it's only about $15 more than a set of Silvania Silverstar ultras ($50/pair), which is what I usually run, and if they last a year or 2 Thats worth it for me. Also like I said my buddy has beeen running these for over a yr in his car and more than 6months in some of his friends rides with no issues...but yes they are some of the cheapest ones that I saw out there.

I was mainly going for a BLUER upgrade than the Halo brand blue/xenons I had in there (which is the orange lookin driver side light in those pics)...now I'm kinda thinkin I shoulda gone 6500K instead of 8000K cuz these are super blue. I can imagine gettin pulled for em.

Also with the grounded ballasts and 35w consumption, theres zero light dimmage.

I'm still on a stock alt. and until I get an Iraggi i'm not puttin any more batts in there to overload the stock alt.

Here's the link to the set I got: Mine are 8000K 9006 bulbs

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HID-Xenon-C...emZ330276299104

[audiofanaticz]

I dunno, you edited the post sometime ago, theres really nothing there now..

Just bummed about the zipties after all that work went into them. At least paint them black, or get black zipties.

As steve would say, pay attention to detail, because you will always know its there, even tho no one else wold.

[LSN2meBoom916]

I dunno, you edited the post sometime ago, theres really nothing there now..

Just bummed about the zipties after all that work went into them. At least paint them black, or get black zipties.

As steve would say, pay attention to detail, because you will always know its there, even tho no one else wold.

It's under hood.

I have a stock motor that I aint showin off...it just has to function.

If it bothers you, seek help, I'm fine knowing its secure in there, and Like I said next thing for that area..hopefully b4 the rain comes, is a painted glassed cover so it won't be seen anyway...but I would do that more just keep water off them...even if they are water proof which I don't think they are, as the ballasts need to be grounded to keep from dying out or flickering.

[raytard]

those hid's are like some mass produced chinese ballasts that different companies slap their own stickers on and sell it in a kit with harness and bulb

we had a huge stack of those we sold one weekend at like 80$ a pop, put both high and low beam into my car, looks great, bright as hell, and no problems in a year and some, i just pulled my headlights out and screwed the ballast mounts to the frame rail underneath, so everything is hidden, and then ziptied the harnesses all together

word of caution, the oval connector that clips to the stock harness pulls out sometimes, put a ziptie around it to keep it snug (like between the two wires, around the plug, through the other two wires, and then zip it tight)

[LSN2meBoom916]

those hid's are like some mass produced chinese ballasts that different companies slap their own stickers on and sell it in a kit with harness and bulb

we had a huge stack of those we sold one weekend at like 80$ a pop, put both high and low beam into my car, looks great, bright as hell, and no problems in a year and some, i just pulled my headlights out and screwed the ballast mounts to the frame rail underneath, so everything is hidden, and then ziptied the harnesses all together

word of caution, the oval connector that clips to the stock harness pulls out sometimes, put a ziptie around it to keep it snug (like between the two wires, around the plug, through the other two wires, and then zip it tight)

Yea I inspected the hell out them b4 I hooked em up, and I know what ur talkin bout-the plastic clip that retains that plug is "produced" or "machined" pretty shitty and i had to use a small flathead to lift the "teeth" to get them to seat, but the flaw in this case is actually reversed, it's hard as shit to get them IN, but once that plug is in you better want it there for a long time cuz gettin it apart is no joke...at least not w/ out just shredding/snapping the plastic.

In one of those pics you can see the 2-9006 plugs that come with the kit...the one on the right is all grey while the left one is nice and shiny black...thats because I had to sand them both down to get them to fit into the OEM connector...suuuper tight fit and I sanded them bishes quite a bit.

I figure the more help I give this cheapo lil kit the longer it might last and thus far they are doing exactly what they're sposed to.

Edited October 6, 2008 by LSN2meBoom916

[V1G1LANT3]

haha Yeah..way to much work for a mount. I did the ole' velcro to the inner fender and that's it. Those are super blue though..mine look somewhat the same and never had problems with cops around here. I know somebody that makes carbon fiber ballast boxes..might have to pick me up a pair.

[LSN2meBoom916]

haha Yeah..way to much work for a mount. I did the ole' velcro to the inner fender and that's it. Those are super blue though..mine look somewhat the same and never had problems with cops around here. I know somebody that makes carbon fiber ballast boxes..might have to pick me up a pair.

I would make my own.

I was actually thinkin that when I do make my splash shields I'd CF overlay em.