Minor Upgrade - HID Fogs w/Pix
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Since one of my aftermarket yellow bulb recently went out, I decided to do what many of you have already done, upgrade to HID. I got the 3000k temperature as I wanted to stick with the yellow for visibility for myself and others to see me coming.
It is amazing how small the ballast are now a days. Got this one off eBay for $39 shipped. Its more than half the size of the unit I placed in my wife's car a couple of years ago, and now its even waterproof.
Its rated at 35w and it outperforms my aftermarket 55w bulb by a lot. No error on display so all good.
Took about 10min each side, as I just remove 3 of the screws from the wheel well and squeezed my hand in to remove and install the bulb, and zip tying the super lightweight ballast. I was ready to jack up and removed the wheels but didn't need to.
All in all, well worth the cost. Next up, Daytime driving lights![Smilie](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif)
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To the right is the new HID, left side yellow 55w 9006
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It is amazing how small the ballast are now a days. Got this one off eBay for $39 shipped. Its more than half the size of the unit I placed in my wife's car a couple of years ago, and now its even waterproof.
Its rated at 35w and it outperforms my aftermarket 55w bulb by a lot. No error on display so all good.
Took about 10min each side, as I just remove 3 of the screws from the wheel well and squeezed my hand in to remove and install the bulb, and zip tying the super lightweight ballast. I was ready to jack up and removed the wheels but didn't need to.
All in all, well worth the cost. Next up, Daytime driving lights
![Smilie](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif)
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To the right is the new HID, left side yellow 55w 9006
![](http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w154/airtimecellular/IMAG0361.jpg)
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The beauty of these "cheap" setup is that I can swap out to different temp bulbs with fairly low cost ($15/pair shipped).
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hey airtime, good to see you still modding ![Wink](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/wink.gif)
you say waterproof and so did my cheap ones but i just replaced my 2nd ballast,, but like you mentioned that they are so cheap so its not a huge biggie... i have since tried to tape up and seal all the edges and especially the plugs on mines which has made one side last a little longer.
the mod you need to do next in addition to the drl upgrade is the ability to have fogs on separate of the headlights,, like i run with drl's (7500k) and fogs (3k hid) on only and i think it looks pimpin, myself...
nice writeup and looking good.
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you say waterproof and so did my cheap ones but i just replaced my 2nd ballast,, but like you mentioned that they are so cheap so its not a huge biggie... i have since tried to tape up and seal all the edges and especially the plugs on mines which has made one side last a little longer.
the mod you need to do next in addition to the drl upgrade is the ability to have fogs on separate of the headlights,, like i run with drl's (7500k) and fogs (3k hid) on only and i think it looks pimpin, myself...
nice writeup and looking good.
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hey airtime, good to see you still modding ![Wink](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/wink.gif)
you say waterproof and so did my cheap ones but i just replaced my 2nd ballast,, but like you mentioned that they are so cheap so its not a huge biggie... i have since tried to tape up and seal all the edges and especially the plugs on mines which has made one side last a little longer.
the mod you need to do next in addition to the drl upgrade is the ability to have fogs on separate of the headlights,, like i run with drl's (7500k) and fogs (3k hid) on only and i think it looks pimpin, myself...
nice writeup and looking good.
![Wink](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/wink.gif)
you say waterproof and so did my cheap ones but i just replaced my 2nd ballast,, but like you mentioned that they are so cheap so its not a huge biggie... i have since tried to tape up and seal all the edges and especially the plugs on mines which has made one side last a little longer.
the mod you need to do next in addition to the drl upgrade is the ability to have fogs on separate of the headlights,, like i run with drl's (7500k) and fogs (3k hid) on only and i think it looks pimpin, myself...
nice writeup and looking good.
What I want to do next is run dual DRL and Highbeam. I don't want to lose my high beam for the standard LED mod. Maybe I'll just do a HID DRL in 6000k.
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That one I got, they showed a dunked ballast underwater and running the lights to prove it was sealed. Again, no biggie if it fails.
What I want to do next is run dual DRL and Highbeam. I don't want to lose my high beam for the standard LED mod. Maybe I'll just do a HID DRL in 6000k.
What I want to do next is run dual DRL and Highbeam. I don't want to lose my high beam for the standard LED mod. Maybe I'll just do a HID DRL in 6000k.
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Looks very good. I may have to look into doing the mod.
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well yours do look a lot more water proof but mines were advertised somewhat similarly,, mine just ended up rusting out after about 6+ months.
i too want to see a 6k hid in my drl spot. will an hid ballast fit in that spot? what size bulb would you put in there cuz i actually have a set of 3k & 6k left over brand new 2006 hid bulbs so all i would need is a pair of cheapo ballasts (i mean water proof ballasts
) and it will be done.
thanks for the idea,, now i'm gonna be researching further
i too want to see a 6k hid in my drl spot. will an hid ballast fit in that spot? what size bulb would you put in there cuz i actually have a set of 3k & 6k left over brand new 2006 hid bulbs so all i would need is a pair of cheapo ballasts (i mean water proof ballasts
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thanks for the idea,, now i'm gonna be researching further
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