My HID Installed

[Jeet]

Hi TN

Thanks to all who helped me answer all my questions about HID and also the many threads on the forum that helped out noobs about HID . At first i thought it was going to be tough installing the HID (with all the wiring, removing the front bumper and headlights) It turned out to be pretty simple except for a small issue that i ran into, where my HID wasn't able to plug into the OEM headlight harness but i fixed it in the end. Here are two pics i took, just to make sure that the glare is gone or at least acceptable (i hope) since i went with the method of pushing down the flaps instead of using jb-welding it.

This picture was taken upclose against the garage door



This one was taken about 12 feet away from a wall, i pointed out an area shown on the wall, not sure if that are squirrel spotters



Hope someone can give me some pointers if i solve the spotter issue thanks

[LNGasMan]

You have light leaking out past the squirrel spotters since you just bent tabs down... Need to cover them up with JB Weld or something. That flap inside is just held on at two spot welds, so when you bend it down it pulls away from the shield and light escapes past.

[LNGasMan]

Should be dark above the cut-off like this:


Or this:

[Netforcer]

LNG.. looks like you retro'd...

[darksparkz]

You had to remove the bumper and headlamps to install an HID kit? I'm pretty sure that wasn't too necessary unless you did a retro.

Otherwise, good job on it, a little bit of glare though.

[LNGasMan]

Originally Posted by Netforcer

LNG.. looks like you retro'd...

Starting retro #2... D4S with IS350 bi-xenons... Haven't figured a way to make them fit since they are so large and have a 3" lens, so I have RX330 AFS as back-up. The 2nd pic with the blue cut-off is the RX330 AFS with an E30 clear lens.

The D4S ballasts fit nice on the bottom of the jap headlight housings.

[Jeet]

I wasn't able to reach the flap and push it down so i took out the headlight, also by removing the headlight i was then able to reach a frame rail under the headlight which i used to place my ballast. Ah...darn still have some glare...well i hope the glare isn't too bad...gonna try driving behind it and see how bad it is. Thanks guys

[desentrix]

Good place to place the ballast-- out of the way of the elements.

Re-suggested to use JB weld. You can use coke cans, or higher grade metal for cutoff.

[cosism]

Originally Posted by desentrix

Good place to place the ballast-- out of the way of the elements.

Re-suggested to use JB weld. You can use coke cans, or higher grade metal for cutoff.

Plus Juan.

[sky03]

u took the headlight out and didnt do the squirrel mod w/ jb weld?? it only takes like 5 min or so to cover it with jb weld

[geoff5093]

Originally Posted by darksparkz

You had to remove the bumper and headlamps to install an HID kit? I'm pretty sure that wasn't too necessary unless you did a retro.

Otherwise, good job on it, a little bit of glare though.

You're right, you don't need to. I was able to just use my finger for the squirrel spotters and mounted the HID ballasts behind the headlights.

[lammydi]

This is how my HID cutoff line look after the squirrel spotters are covered.
Here is a link to the DYI thread to cover the squirrel spotters.

HID info

[akide]

ya, you definately need to cover the squirrel spotters with jb weld that's quite a bit of light leakage.. i wouldn't want you to be driving behind me lol