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Hid Ballasts

Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:03 pm
by Jay_6n2
Hi Guys,

Were have you mounted yours??

Any pics?

Jay

Re: Hid Ballasts

Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 4:29 pm
by alexperkins
Depending on the size you go for:

Chunky ones are behind the bumper inbetween the arch liner and the bumper, or alternatively under the lip of the front where the bonnet catch is

slim ones can be mounted underneath the headlights as theres enough space in the recess

Re: Hid Ballasts

Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 5:23 pm
by Jay_6n2
alexperkins wrote:Depending on the size you go for:

Chunky ones are behind the bumper inbetween the arch liner and the bumper, or alternatively under the lip of the front where the bonnet catch is

slim ones can be mounted underneath the headlights as theres enough space in the recess
slimline ones so guessing best underneath the headlights

Re: Hid Ballasts

Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 5:28 pm
by alexperkins
Aye. Youll need to drill six small holes and use small cableties to mount them

Re: Hid Ballasts

Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 1:24 am
by benmkiv
any one got any pictures?
pleaseeeee?

Re: Hid Ballasts

Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 2:29 pm
by J25LY
Jay,

which set did you go for in the end?

Re: Hid Ballasts

Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 6:27 pm
by Jay_6n2
went for these

http://www.rclick.co.uk/product_info.ph ... cts_id=814

in 6000k,

shall upload pics in a mo

Re: Hid Ballasts

Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 6:32 pm
by Jay_6n2
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Re: Hid Ballasts

Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 7:23 pm
by J25LY
looking good mate! Is the car on standards or projectors?

any chance of discount off rsclick? btw where did you mount the ballasts in end?

Re: Hid Ballasts

Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 7:25 pm
by alexperkins
If you want the discount, PM me with a request for it mate

Re: Hid Ballasts

Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 1:30 am
by benmkiv
you got any pics on where you mounted the ballasts mate?

Re: Hid Ballasts

Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 2:04 am
by benmkiv
also any idea if you need the bulb adapters?

and alex. whats legalities on these with no projectors? :P

Re: Hid Ballasts

Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 9:13 am
by alexperkins
Well, its still a grey area

The DoT Legislation states that if having xenon HIDs, you should have projection headlights, or headlights designed to take an HID bulb that are capable of displaying a clean and non-glary beam

However, there is no law that says its illegal, and MOT testers rarely will fail a test if a car has HIDs as long as the headlights are level and dont create too much glare

You wouldnt need any adapters - just make sure you get H7 fitment when they are ordered, or if you have a Mk4, you'll need to get a H4 Hi/Lo kit as the Mk4s have one bulb for both main and dipped beam.

You will get a better beam on a Mk4 also as its a patterned glass headlight, therefore itll have a crisper cutoff and less glare due to the design

Hope this helps!

Re: Hid Ballasts

Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 9:11 pm
by Jay_6n2
i ended up mounting the ballasts on the underside of the plastic cross panel at the top, reason for this as my hands were so cold and i had managed to cut my knuckle open, i may move them under the headlights when the weather picks up

Re: Hid Ballasts

Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 1:15 am
by benmkiv
yeah i got a mkv now. so this is definitely top of my list.
along with some rcl :)