fog light hid help
06-11-06, 08:25 PM
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fog light hid help
sorry for another hid help thread, but for those that installed hid's into their fogs... where did you mount your ballast??? i have the huge ballast and igniter in one deal and i have no idea where to mount it. it's so cramped behind the bumper and i just can't find enough room to put it. plus i don't even know how ima be able to wire the wiring harness into that area where the fog light is. can't seem to find a hole that leads into that area behind the fogs. any help would be appreciated!
06-12-06, 09:25 AM
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I mounted mine on the large wiring harness. I'm still not happy with the mounting spot, and may go back in again and see what I can come up with, but its secure.
My kit is a plug n play, so I had no wiring issues.
My kit is a plug n play, so I had no wiring issues.
06-12-06, 12:03 PM
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when you say no wiring issues, does that mean you didn't have to route the wiring harness for the hids from the battery to the ballast and then to the bulbs? i still have no idea how ima get the wiring harness into the fog light area. i think i might need to take off the entire bumper to see what i can do back there...
06-13-06, 10:54 PM
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finally did the install tonight. ended up using industrial strength velcro to attach it to the backside of the metal bumper beam. i wanted to zip tie it also but there was nothing to zip tie it to. the snaking of the wiring harness thru the engine was kinda tough. found a lil tiny hole that led into the fender area and went in thru there. ended up having to cut the wires on one of the bulbs and extend it with some other wires cuz the ballast was too far away from the bulb and wouldn't reach.
the light output is pretty bright. i think it might actually be too bright. it's a lot brigher than the headlights... probably cuz the headlights are projectors and the fogs are reflectors. also the hid bulbs i used are d2s rather than d2r. i can't necessarily see farther down the road but the road immediately in front of the car is lit up more as well as the corners.
the light output is pretty bright. i think it might actually be too bright. it's a lot brigher than the headlights... probably cuz the headlights are projectors and the fogs are reflectors. also the hid bulbs i used are d2s rather than d2r. i can't necessarily see farther down the road but the road immediately in front of the car is lit up more as well as the corners.
06-13-06, 11:13 PM
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Originally Posted by ULTiMaX99
finally did the install tonight. ended up using industrial strength velcro to attach it to the backside of the metal bumper beam. i wanted to zip tie it also but there was nothing to zip tie it to. the snaking of the wiring harness thru the engine was kinda tough. found a lil tiny hole that led into the fender area and went in thru there. ended up having to cut the wires on one of the bulbs and extend it with some other wires cuz the ballast was too far away from the bulb and wouldn't reach.
the light output is pretty bright. i think it might actually be too bright. it's a lot brigher than the headlights... probably cuz the headlights are projectors and the fogs are reflectors. also the hid bulbs i used are d2s rather than d2r. i can't necessarily see farther down the road but the road immediately in front of the car is lit up more as well as the corners.
the light output is pretty bright. i think it might actually be too bright. it's a lot brigher than the headlights... probably cuz the headlights are projectors and the fogs are reflectors. also the hid bulbs i used are d2s rather than d2r. i can't necessarily see farther down the road but the road immediately in front of the car is lit up more as well as the corners.
I'm not sure how long you wires were but I was able to do it w/o cutting any of the wires from my XenonDepot Xtreme 6500k kit. I thought I wouldn't have enough wire for the relay but I did!
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06-14-06, 12:58 AM
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Originally Posted by ULTiMaX99
i also went thru the hole with the washer fluid reservoir. my wiring harness was long enough to reach the driver side ballast but the ballast to the bulb wasn't long enough.
06-14-06, 08:45 AM
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i put both ballasts on the actual metal bumper beam. the one on the passenger side was within reach of the bulb but the driver side was too far... thats why i had to extend the wire a little.
dunno if it voids warranty or not... but you can always switch em out to stock.
dunno if it voids warranty or not... but you can always switch em out to stock.
07-04-06, 12:57 PM
#13
it's really not THAT hard... the hardest part is maybe finding a little hole to snake the wire harness thru on the passenger side. i also wish i had found a better place to mount the ballast rather than on the bumper beam. on my integra i hid em inside the fender. but on the IS i didn't even need to remove the bumper or anything.
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