Hooking up the HID conversion kit is pretty straight forward, so I'm really not going to go over connections, routing, etc, but when I installed mine I noticed that finding a place to mount the ballasts was a huge pain. If I simply had some pictures of easy mounting points the install would have take A LOT less time. Honestly, if you have everything ready to go, it should only take you about an hour for both top and bottom.
Things you will need:
- Flathead screwdriver
- alcohol
- scotch brite pad
- double sided tape
- zip ties
- 8mm and 10mm sockets with a long extension and wobbler
For the headlights, leave the car on the ground. There is really no need to raise it up yet.
Drivers side:
-remove headlight and run the wires through back of the "light socket" to in front of the battery and install in the new HID light bulb into the light housing.
-You really can't clean too well in front of the battery, so I just did the best that I could and put some double sided tape on the back of the ballast. Clean with a scotch brite pad and alcohol. I also installed the bracket so that I would have a place to attach a zip tie.
-slide the ballast through the light hole and attach it using the zip tie and double sided tape. The tape is what is holding it on, but I used a zip tie just in case the tape lets go. Pretty straight forward.
Should look like this when done. Nice and snug, with little/no movement.
Passenger side:
-once again, remove the headlight and rout the wires.
-I put the ballast under my JLT RAI, and cleaned off the mounting points once again with the pad and alcohol.
note: make sure that the clips are put in the ballast correctly. Make sure the red wire goes to the positive. It is easy to put in backward if you are in a hurry.
All hidden under the JLT
Fog lights were WAY more of a pain as there was really no place to mount them.
-put the car up on some ramps/jacks and run all your wires,
Drivers side:
-there is a small bolt right inside the hole next to your fog lights that I used to mount the ballast on. Use an 8mm socket with a wobbler extension as it is slightly off to the left and down from the hole.
Passenger side:
-slide under the car on your back right under the passenger side fog light and above you will be a cylindrical piece with a harness and clip going into it.
-put a 90 degree bend in your ballast mounting bracket (1).
-loosen up the 10mm bolt (2), and slide ballast under the plate the bolt is holding on. Put it at an angle so you can get as much under it as possible and tighten up.
Ballast should be vertical with the clips hanging down.
I zip tied all the fog light wires up tight to make sure that they didn't show from the bottom and then dropped my car.
Test the lights to make sure they all work and then enjoy :dancenana:
Things you will need:
- Flathead screwdriver
- alcohol
- scotch brite pad
- double sided tape
- zip ties
- 8mm and 10mm sockets with a long extension and wobbler
For the headlights, leave the car on the ground. There is really no need to raise it up yet.
Drivers side:
-remove headlight and run the wires through back of the "light socket" to in front of the battery and install in the new HID light bulb into the light housing.
-You really can't clean too well in front of the battery, so I just did the best that I could and put some double sided tape on the back of the ballast. Clean with a scotch brite pad and alcohol. I also installed the bracket so that I would have a place to attach a zip tie.
-slide the ballast through the light hole and attach it using the zip tie and double sided tape. The tape is what is holding it on, but I used a zip tie just in case the tape lets go. Pretty straight forward.
Should look like this when done. Nice and snug, with little/no movement.
Passenger side:
-once again, remove the headlight and rout the wires.
-I put the ballast under my JLT RAI, and cleaned off the mounting points once again with the pad and alcohol.
note: make sure that the clips are put in the ballast correctly. Make sure the red wire goes to the positive. It is easy to put in backward if you are in a hurry.
All hidden under the JLT
Fog lights were WAY more of a pain as there was really no place to mount them.
-put the car up on some ramps/jacks and run all your wires,
Drivers side:
-there is a small bolt right inside the hole next to your fog lights that I used to mount the ballast on. Use an 8mm socket with a wobbler extension as it is slightly off to the left and down from the hole.
Passenger side:
-slide under the car on your back right under the passenger side fog light and above you will be a cylindrical piece with a harness and clip going into it.
-put a 90 degree bend in your ballast mounting bracket (1).
-loosen up the 10mm bolt (2), and slide ballast under the plate the bolt is holding on. Put it at an angle so you can get as much under it as possible and tighten up.
Ballast should be vertical with the clips hanging down.
I zip tied all the fog light wires up tight to make sure that they didn't show from the bottom and then dropped my car.
Test the lights to make sure they all work and then enjoy :dancenana:
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