VTECROAR96typeR

Alright people i wanna see some picture or ideas of where to mount the hid ballat

junior_tm

if you dont mind me ask what car you have?

Ruben19

mine is underneath the power steering resovour.

98civdx

strut towers bolted down. looking for other spots to put them, id really like to hind them.

junior_tm

this is mr. em1 car if im not mistaken

sont sue me for copyrights aight man

trustdestruction

I actually switched back to some nice halogens because I couldn't find a good spot to mount my HIDs and I got tired of the clutter in the bay.

VTECROAR96typeR

yeah thats kinda where im at right now.. i just put mine on yesterday and there isnt enough space for the ballet to get screwed from both sides ill take some pictures then post them

djslim23

I put mine on the back of that bumper reinforcement bar (or whatever it's called). You can drill and mount there if you have some mounting brackets. I'm only using zip ties for now because I have crappy ballasts and didn't want it to be a big hassle to replace them. When I do replace them, I will definitely keep the same location, but I'll just mount them better.

p.s. keep in mind the ballasts have to be waterproof

98civdx

^^ ek or eg??
i didnt think the wires would be long engough to do that lol
i want to do it really bad.

djslim23

EK

It works perfectly...I just ran the power wire alongside the car's harness and down just below the grill clips to get to the left ballast. You really can't tell I did anything at all if you don't take off the bumper. The harness I used was off of eBay btw.

djslim23

Sorry I would post pics but I'm in Long Island with the fam

FearTheH

iTrader: (5)

mount them in the trash can... are you doing a retrofit? if not you'll blind everyone else and the beam will be ****.

alacard

*thumbup* I hate seeing those tyte kewl loOkinG bLuE hEaDliGhts blinding the **** out of me and everyone else..Do a retrofit or don't do anything.

DerrtyByrd

Okay i'm gonna play stupid on this one... What is Retrofit? I have some PlasmaGlow HID Xenon-Krypton H4 Platinum Headlight Lamp that was already on my car when i got it. There not bright at all. Even when i put it on high beam u really dont see anything.

Bwill9886

They are talking about doing a REAL HID swap/install into your headlights.
(Please elaborate or correct me if I'm wrong, I don't wanna speak for others incorrectly)

Look it up on google and you'll see what I'm talking about. Looks nice and everything. Rewarding too.

However, you don't really have to do that. Granted, there are MANY a crappy HID kit from ebay, but there are some that work pretty freaking well (without blinding others).

Basically you just have to watch what kind you buy. I recently installed new HIDs on my friends 00 civic. He got one of the ebay kits that I approved of (parts are from and put together in the U.S., has the headlamp cover/reflector to help stop glare). They do glare or blind AT ALL and are bright (color is at like 6000k).

I wish I had pictures of where I mounted the ballast, but I'll just use the picture above to show the general area where I put them (in the red ciricle, hard to miss). The wiring went up and to the front and underneath the headlight. Works just fine, not near the wheel, and is not in the engine bay.

cloud2kz

HIDs really aren't worth it.
I have a set for $160, they're bright but don't help for visibility.

The only positive I get is to highbeam people that cut me off on the freeway....I don't do this often, its for people who cut me off and then flick me off or yell out their window when they just change into my lane.. seriously they're in the wrong and they just start bitching cuz I honk.... this is really starting to **** me off...

anyways..i agree once my HIDs die, I'm just going to replace them with halogens
1. No clutter
2. Don't have to worry about them overheating
3. Every once in a while one side wont turn on

retrofit is when you have projector lens installed in your headlight housing from another vehicle that was designed for hid bulbs.

Em1 coupe - if you have the stock headlight housing w/o modification then it aint retrofit

trustdestruction

Yea HID aren't really worth it unless you do a retrofit, but they're still not worth it then to me really.

I prefer just some good halogen bulbs. I bought some Nokya 5000k Cosmic White bulbs for $23.50 shipped and they have great visibility, give off a pure white light, are of good durability/quality, and inexpensive compared to the way-overpriced Silverstar Ultras.

VTECROAR96typeR

what i actually like about my kit is that it comes with the low bwam switch as the hid and the high beam as the regular light, so if im driving behing=d someone i dont have to blind them

trustdestruction

Are you saying if you switch to the high beams it won't blind them? That's not true.

VTECROAR96typeR

my highbeams are regular lights like you see on your average civic

trustdestruction

They're still high beams though...

What makes you think that halogen high beams won't blind somebody?

I hope you don't drive around with your high beams on thinking it doesn't bother anybody...

VTECROAR96typeR

it dosnt damn it what dont you get about what im typing.. how are my highbeams gonna blind anyone

djslim23

Don't you get pissed when people drive at you with their hi's on?

VTECROAR96typeR

not really im not the type where any single little thing pisses me off, i will agree that some people over doit

trustdestruction

I get what you are typing, you are just flat out wrong though.

Just because you are too cheap to buy a bixenon HID kit doesn't mean you get to drive around with your high beams on all the time. The reason your high beams on your HID kit are halogen isn't because they don't blind anyone, it's because they are CHEAPER.

Do you not know what high beams are for or how they work? They raise the beam and thus give you better visibility by lighting up more in front of you. They are for using when there's no oncoming traffic and you need more visibility. When you turn your high beams on and have oncoming traffic, the raised beam is now glaring into peoples' eyes.