HIDs on Brainstorm Headlights
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Well.. I left work a bit early today to get some fun time today. The results are simply amazing, best 80 bucks I spent on the car. Xenarc 6k HID kit. Yes, they are not in projector housings, but they blow away the regular stockers.
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Hid the ballasts.. Pass side is against the shock tower, drivers side is tucked against the fender.
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Hid the ballasts.. Pass side is against the shock tower, drivers side is tucked against the fender.
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Sure here's the gangster version:
1> unbolt the screw holding the ground wire for the low beam, pull the H3.
2> plug up the ballasts to the bulb, place the ballasts where you want them
3> insert the new bulb, bolt it down with the screw. If your using JUST the screw it might not fit PERFECT (aka wobble on bumps). I would suggest using some kind of method for steadying it. Either a bigger head screw or just some tape around the hole.
4> remove the power and ground main from the BSPs (the little box that fits into the housing
5> plug the HID power and ground into there.
6> either splice into the ground for your high beam (because its still getting power just needs a ground) or ground it.
1> unbolt the screw holding the ground wire for the low beam, pull the H3.
2> plug up the ballasts to the bulb, place the ballasts where you want them
3> insert the new bulb, bolt it down with the screw. If your using JUST the screw it might not fit PERFECT (aka wobble on bumps). I would suggest using some kind of method for steadying it. Either a bigger head screw or just some tape around the hole.
4> remove the power and ground main from the BSPs (the little box that fits into the housing
5> plug the HID power and ground into there.
6> either splice into the ground for your high beam (because its still getting power just needs a ground) or ground it.
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Sure here's the gangster version:
1> unbolt the screw holding the ground wire for the low beam, pull the H3.
2> plug up the ballasts to the bulb, place the ballasts where you want them
3> insert the new bulb, bolt it down with the screw. If your using JUST the screw it might not fit PERFECT (aka wobble on bumps). I would suggest using some kind of method for steadying it. Either a bigger head screw or just some tape around the hole.
4> remove the power and ground main from the BSPs (the little box that fits into the housing
5> plug the HID power and ground into there.
6> either splice into the ground for your high beam (because its still getting power just needs a ground) or ground it.
1> unbolt the screw holding the ground wire for the low beam, pull the H3.
2> plug up the ballasts to the bulb, place the ballasts where you want them
3> insert the new bulb, bolt it down with the screw. If your using JUST the screw it might not fit PERFECT (aka wobble on bumps). I would suggest using some kind of method for steadying it. Either a bigger head screw or just some tape around the hole.
4> remove the power and ground main from the BSPs (the little box that fits into the housing
5> plug the HID power and ground into there.
6> either splice into the ground for your high beam (because its still getting power just needs a ground) or ground it.
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What brand is the kit? are the bulbs H3 or H4?
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putting HIDs in a reflector housing may seem cool, until you realize how much of a contemptible ******* you are for having done that.
In the third pic, that glare is EPIC.
Get some projector housings. I've been looking into this for a while. I'm looking for some Hyundai tiburon projectors. they are a small enough form factor that they just might fit the brainstorm housing.
In the third pic, that glare is EPIC.
Get some projector housings. I've been looking into this for a while. I'm looking for some Hyundai tiburon projectors. they are a small enough form factor that they just might fit the brainstorm housing.
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While everyone states that the lights are obnoxious, I really do not think they are. Granted, they are not extremely focused like projectors, but the light pattern really only sprays up onto the rear bumper of a normal height car. To be honest, I really just didn't want to sink any more money into headlights as I rarely drive the car at night to begin with. So spending 100 bucks per projector on the hellas was just not an option.
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