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knite
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| | Subject: Hid Ballast Conversion kit? Tue Nov 06, 2012 10:31 pm | |
| anyone know if they are any good? I do a long commute to work and in the dark as I work nights and my headlights are shocking so I tried few different bulbs but they really are bad so I have ordered a Hid kit. It plugs into the existing harness so shouldnt be too diff to install.
Does anyone know if they are any good? I read chris's diy on hids but thats a bit much for me I need a simple install and hoping this will do the trick. Ive ordered 6000k ones. | |
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Sgt_Lyna
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| | Subject: Re: Hid Ballast Conversion kit? Wed Nov 07, 2012 12:01 am | |
| There's a simple setup I use now too (on my and my GF's car), there's a microcontroller on a harness which plugs in directly into the H4 plug on one side. You have to ground it at two points and they connect directly to H4 bi-xenon ballasts + bulbs. Ergo a simple fit and works perfectly, even the high beam indicator works then. | |
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| | Subject: Re: Hid Ballast Conversion kit? Wed Nov 07, 2012 12:12 am | |
| cool i hope they are better than standard bulbs  mine are too dim  | |
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| | Subject: Re: Hid Ballast Conversion kit? Wed Nov 07, 2012 12:34 am | |
| Hell yeah! Much better! You wont regret it Lee! | |
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knite
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| | Subject: Re: Hid Ballast Conversion kit? Wed Nov 07, 2012 2:59 am | |
| cool thx m8  | |
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| | Subject: Re: Hid Ballast Conversion kit? Thu Nov 08, 2012 9:22 pm | |
| Have you managed to install the HIDs? I can take a pic somewhere next week of the cable I meant... | |
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| | Subject: Re: Hid Ballast Conversion kit? Sat Nov 10, 2012 1:34 am | |
| Nice Lee, so you bought the HIDs BEFORE asking about them  haha I hope they work out for you. I won't go into all the issues because you've already bought them, I just hope you are happy with them | |
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| | Subject: Re: Hid Ballast Conversion kit? Sun Nov 11, 2012 4:07 am | |
| i have them but i cant get them to work | |
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| | Subject: Re: Hid Ballast Conversion kit? Sun Nov 11, 2012 4:07 am | |
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| | Subject: Re: Hid Ballast Conversion kit? Sun Nov 11, 2012 4:09 am | |
| do the ballasts have to be grounded? the instruction book is a bit complecated | |
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| | Subject: Re: Hid Ballast Conversion kit? Sun Nov 11, 2012 1:09 pm | |
| Ah, so you've got them already? Did you also get a relay wire harness? Honestly I have no clue how to put HIDs in those head lights, you'll have to get pointers from Ishaq. | |
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| | Subject: Re: Hid Ballast Conversion kit? Sun Nov 11, 2012 6:41 pm | |
| the ones i got go into the cars harness :s k ill see if ishaq is on whats app | |
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| | Subject: Re: Hid Ballast Conversion kit? Mon Nov 12, 2012 5:41 pm | |
| You might get flickering and other troubles getting them to light, if you do have trouble, it will need a dedicated relay wire harness (like wiring a stereo amplifier).
So it's an H4 kit I assume, does it have any kind of high beam system, or is it low-only? | |
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| | Subject: Re: Hid Ballast Conversion kit? Tue Nov 13, 2012 8:08 am | |
| you got any pics lee?
whatsapp me if you want | |
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| | Subject: Re: Hid Ballast Conversion kit? Fri Nov 16, 2012 1:47 pm | |
| - miib14 wrote:
- you got any pics lee?
whatsapp me if you want yeh sorry i havent replied yet m8 my work has been manic as its being taken over by a bigger company and my shift pattern has changed. Ill try get some pics next couple of days. @chris yes m8 its a H4 conversion kit i believe. Dont think it has high output not sure tbh | |
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| | Subject: Re: Hid Ballast Conversion kit? Sat Nov 17, 2012 3:51 am | |
| Oh, well then if it doesn't have a high beam, it should be really easy. Just make sure you never turn on the highs, or your lights will all go off! | |
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