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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Topic started by: rolty_gti on 20 May 2011, 23:34
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hi guys, i'm going to be fitting my h.i.d bulb kit 2mrw but having looked around the engone bay earlier i can't seem to find an easy way of mounting the ballasts!
any of you done it before,if so where have you put them?
thanks :smiley:
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Lhs screws to the back of the light (on the cover) and the rhs bolts on the wing lip (above the air intake) as there os no room cos of the battery hope this is of guidance!!!! :smiley:
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Lhs screws to the back of the light (on the cover) and the rhs bolts on the wing lip (above the air intake) as there os no room cos of the battery hope this is of guidance!!!! :smiley:
definantly of some guidance mate cheers,will have to have a look at those locations in the morning,thanks again :smiley:
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Its somethin like that anyway as my mate has done it but cant proper remember!!! :embarassed:
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lol, cheers mate just needed pointing in some sort of direction! will be able to look at it properly in the morning :grin:
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Might be better to think about not fitting them, mot laws will be changing next year.
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Might be better to think about not fitting them, mot laws will be changing next year.
i've already bought them, if the laws do change next year i still get a fair few months use out of them.
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Might be better to think about not fitting them, mot laws will be changing next year.
i've already bought them, if the laws do change next year i still get a fair few months dazzling out of them.
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they don't dazzle i've had them on previous cars,aslong as you make sure your headlights are adjusted properly it won't dazzle any cars around you
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i'm going to be fitting my h.i.d bulb kit
:rolleyes:
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Take the front bumper off and mount them beneath the front of the wings, will look loads better
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I'll get you a pic of where my ballasts are mounted in a mo as I have the bumper off
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Mines got hids on, didnt even know what they were before I bought it, theyre great! Its like the suns back out :grin:
Are the kits worth oat though cos if the mot laws are changing then Im getting rid?! :laugh:
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i had them in my mk3 and thought they were mint i did have them in projectors though. i do still have them but have been put off putting them in the mk4.. :undecided:
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I'll get you a pic of where my ballasts are mounted in a mo as I have the bumper off
did you manage to get a pic of your ballast mounting points mate? didn't get round to doin mine today cos i was doin other bits to the car.cheers :wink:
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Drivers side
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0803/WesRS/2011-05-21122107.jpg)
Passenger side
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0803/WesRS/2011-05-21122129.jpg)
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From Jan they're an MOT failure. Enjoy them while you can!
nick
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Where does it say that mate? Not seen any solidarity proof myself yet
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http://www.the-ace.org.uk/stricter-mot-test-from-2012.html
Nick
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Ok cheers