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Old 04-14-2008, 06:24 PM
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Im istalling my HID kit at the moment and i dont see how the stock harness is supposed to fit in the ballast. any one elese had this problem??

and i already the DIY on CRSX and they didnt mention it
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It should be two male connections, that you put in female headlight harness. Does that help?
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mattrt09 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Im istalling my HID kit at the moment and i dont see how the stock harness is supposed to fit in the ballast. any one elese had this problem??

and i already the DIY on CRSX and they didnt mention it</TD></TR></TABLE>

If it doesn't fit, that means you didn't get the plug and play HID kit.
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yeah that
it should be pretty straight forward
almost just plugging your stocks back in but now your just adding a ballast to it
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SkankyEJ7 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">It should be two male connections, that you put in female headlight harness. Does that help?</TD></TR></TABLE>

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does the hid kit have to be grounded or is ok with out


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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dc5cableguy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">does the hid kit have to be grounded or is ok with out</TD></TR></TABLE>

i cut the ground wire and i have had my kit like that for about 6 months no problems and i use them everynight 7days a week and some times in the day cuz they look cool!
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you should have ground
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does any one know the best way to ground????
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should be instructions on the hid kit you got

can't really remember the exact spot to ground it
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anyone know a link to a HID DIY?
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its not that hard to search

http://forums.clubrsx.com/show...y+hid
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wow haha i was soooo sleepy and out of it from loss of sleep i barely remember posting this thread but yea it was an easy plug and play i figured it out guys thanks.

heres some pics of it



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wow @ that glare.
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wow...
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i think it looks good
Old 04-21-2008, 07:22 AM
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idk what all the wows are for but ok lol

thanks DiMpL3s. i love it, i just aimed them and they were real nice
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holy glare
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yea having it grounded is typically not necessary
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ejLday &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yea having it grounded is typically not necessary</TD></TR></TABLE>

k good cuz i didnt
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please dont drive behind me. thanks
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i wanna play










i have 8k with 50 watt balast
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Jesus Christ get some projector retrofits if you wanna run HIDs I hate HIDs in halogen housing..They blind the sh*t out of me.
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My turn! . . . 8K H.I.D's, Yellow High Beams (one bulb is out thats why not pictured) regular Fog Lights . . . .
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do you guys realize this guy had a question about hids, he didnt want to see pics of glarey hids. And also this is over a year old.

ibtl merry christmas
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