man i was hoping that my car would be done today but it wasnt im hoping that it will be done tomorrow but they cant get the headlight mounted because of the a/c lines. they tried to bend my a/c line that was originaly on the car but broke it. they ordered another and got it in but know he ordered a pipe bender that mandro bends the pipe i hade a thread a couple days ago you could see the broken a/c line but heres some more pics of it.

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and thats not my hand its the guy at the body shop

 

You really only need to bend the part with the red cap back a little bit and it will clear. I hope they aren't charging you for all the extra work. Next time take it to a place that has done one before.

 

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no there not they kinda broke a piece of my light and if they charge me ill charge them $700 for that light

 

That sucks. I thought the newer Integras (00-01?) had room for the HID ballast. Opposed to the older ones as far as the AC lines go.

 

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The Hid ballast can be hidden under the frame of the car as well as under the headlight. At work when we rid up Stock HID setups on our cars we get creative with the Ballast.

 

2 things that might help... 1) move the wiper resivior back a little by undoing the bolt there, or melt the neck to fit the ballast... 2) bend the lines but be careful of the p/s pully... i had a big gouge on mine cuz i put it too close!

EDIT: o and i put the one w/ the blue cap right under the p/s resivoir

 

thanks for the info ill them tomorrow hope they get it done i wanted to go to the bay area dyno day at dsr, i signed up because i thought i would have got my car back, they told two weeks ago that i would have it last wensday that just past, but yea, dam it sucks

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by d8168055 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">2 things that might help... 1) move the wiper resivior back a little by undoing the bolt there, or melt the neck to fit the ballast... 2) bend the lines but be careful of the p/s pully... i had a big gouge on mine cuz i put it too close!

EDIT: o and i put the one w/ the blue cap right under the p/s resivoir</TD></TR></TABLE>

no way, get the JDM windshield washer reservoir, yo! j/k... actually you should ask integobsession or his roommate pdcdragon... integobsession said that his AC line actually was rubbing the ballast, and it caused a small hole in the line and all of his freon leaked out had to get it fixed at the dealer... so be careful with that.

 

ok.... well we did this for my roomates car... if you bend teh lines gently and try to make them go below and around instead of up and over then you will be more likely to have better luck.... and make sure that the ac lines are far enough away from the ps pulley so that when teh motor torques while driving that the lines won't get rubbed by the pulley.

 

i am realy not tripping off the p/s belt cause it was off and they put it on. most likely i am going to take off the belt agian

 

Just yank your A/C out and the problem would be solved.

 

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I would say do that too....but assuming you live in sac town...that might be cruel and unusual punishment

I didnt know there were so many problems with putting in the JDM front. I always thought it was just bolt on and go

 

might want to fix your ground cable(valve cover) also

 

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I would say do that too....but assuming you live in sac town...that might be cruel and unusual punishment

I didnt know there were so many problems with putting in the JDM front. I always thought it was just bolt on and go </TD></TR></TABLE>

****, I'm in southern california, don't talk to me about heat.

 

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****, I'm in southern california, don't talk to me about heat.</TD></TR></TABLE>

actually Sacramento/Davis gets as hot as some spots in SoCal... Inland Empire =

 

I actually think that sac town gets a little bit hotter than so cal. I wouldnt know in either case, im in SF so its a decent temp year round...maybe except for the fog.

 

I'm in Arizona with no A/C right now.

 

1.) Bend A/C Line around lower section of ballast in an L shape, set it up so that the Inlet/Outlet for the line is right under the P/S Fluid Container, this way it is easy to do an A/C System Flush (Just lift the bottle out of bracket and connect the A/C Lines to the machine.)

2.) Mark the height and depth needed for the ballast on the neck of the water tank, remove tank, heat up a piece of angle iron and slowly melt/form a right angle in the tank to accomodate the ballast.

 

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It does, you're right.

SoCal is relatively temperate.

 

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It does, you're right.

SoCal is relatively temperate.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Sacramento does get hot, but I've experienced some good heat before in Irvine. Now Barstow is a different story.

 

I have bent the AC line on my ITR by hand to fit the OEM 98 spec HIDS and it worked fine. I was very careful when I did it. I guess your shop was not. Honestly I don't think most mechanics get paid to do a good job anyway, so I don't expect anything from them but the bare minimum or worse.

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This is hearsay, and I bet it is due to his faulty modification of the pipe in the first place.

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Really? How do you get around the fact that the Japanese ITR 98 Spec ballast functions as a seal for the headlight housing? If you don't use it do you make your own seal and run the wires through? I frankly don't see why to do this. I think Hondas design is very substantial. There should be no reason to use anything else.