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Offline rolty_gti

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mounting h.i.d ballasts?
« on: 20 May 2011, 23:34 »
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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Re: mounting h.i.d ballasts?
« Reply #1 on: 20 May 2011, 23:43 »
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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Re: mounting h.i.d ballasts?
« Reply #2 on: 20 May 2011, 23:45 »
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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Re: mounting h.i.d ballasts?
« Reply #3 on: 20 May 2011, 23:52 »
Its somethin like that anyway as my mate has done it but cant proper remember!!!  :embarassed:


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Re: mounting h.i.d ballasts?
« Reply #4 on: 20 May 2011, 23:55 »
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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Re: mounting h.i.d ballasts?
« Reply #5 on: 21 May 2011, 00:00 »
Might be better to think about not fitting them, mot laws will be changing next year.

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Re: mounting h.i.d ballasts?
« Reply #6 on: 21 May 2011, 00:07 »
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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Re: mounting h.i.d ballasts?
« Reply #7 on: 21 May 2011, 00:16 »
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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Re: mounting h.i.d ballasts?
« Reply #8 on: 21 May 2011, 00:26 »
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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Re: mounting h.i.d ballasts?
« Reply #9 on: 21 May 2011, 01:12 »
i'm going to be fitting my h.i.d bulb kit

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80% of your posts are total tripe, as they are mostly replies to sh1te posts created by the morons that, unfortunately this forum attracts.

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