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Ok guys,

I recently purchased a HID kit off of Slide.

Its a 10,000K 55w kit and im very impressed. Throws a nice light and it isnt too blue.

Heres the pics and a bit of a run through of my install :D

heres where I mounted the passenger side unit. I used one of the many threaded holes that were already present (probably from the airbox)

and simply used a tek screw for the other hole. Remove the airbox if you have one.

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You can see in this photo, that the rubber grommet assembly that came in my set had the wires for powering the unit running through it. I decided I would cut these off because it would have been a little messy to fit the new grommet and the old into the one fitting (if you dont understand hang in there, the next few pics may help).

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Heres what your car has (sorry about the blur)

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Heres the cap for your headlight. The small hole is where the original lamp power cables run. I drilled mine out with a 25mm holesaw so the new rubber seal would sit nicely.

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Heres what it looked like after drilling. The hole is offset a little to make sure it drilled over the older smaller hole.

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I stripped back the power cable that I had cut loose from the rubber grommet on the light assembly and added some lugs. This was done to the original lamp power cables also. On the original cables, my green wire was positive (the one that originally connected directly on the back of the lamp). Take care with your polaritys. I managed to accidently put the power plug in the unit upside down originally. I Didnt hurt it, but there was alot of confusion when it would work.

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This is what my wiring looked like (note, you can see the power cables I had cut running through the new grommet. It is cut flush on the inside and out, I left the cores there as a sort of plug :down:.

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A little pre- tidy up photo of the wiring.

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Heres a photo of where I mounted the electronic starter on the drivers side. Washer bottle is removed for ease of install.

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Heres some photos I have of the lights turned on. This is the original bulb I had (clear blue phillips type)

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10,000K light. Note the colour of the parkers, which are the same coulour as my original halogen lights.

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Thats it guys. So far im very impressed. The light is great and the original reflectors throw the light out pretty nicely.

Sorry about the blur. The pics were a last minute idea taken with my phone.

Any questions feel free to ask :P

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They are very white for 10,000k.

Its hard to compare different kelvin ratings as some 8000k kits are very blue and some 10,000k kits look the same as some 6,000k kits out there.

A quick search on google you will be able to compare different branded kits and you will see there is a big difference in the colour, of the same kelvin rating.

I think ill get the 6,000k off Slide. Nice tutorial BTW but i dont think cutting the wires was needed.I have installed a few kits with no cutting what so ever.

They are very white for 10,000k.

Its hard to compare different kelvin ratings as some 8000k kits are very blue and some 10,000k kits look the same as some 6,000k kits out there.

A quick search on google you will be able to compare different branded kits and you will see there is a big difference in the colour, of the same kelvin rating.

I think ill get the 6,000k off Slide. Nice tutorial BTW but i dont think cutting the wires was needed.I have installed a few kits with no cutting what so ever.

hmm. It will be interesting to see how you do it without cutting the wires. I had quite a think about it and though that taking the chop was the neatest option.

Thanks for the feedback.

im about to install a set of these but in the instructions for the ones i got it mentions running a wire from the battery in the boot (+) to the "generator" located in the fuse box, and the use of a polarity ajustor provided with the kit, ne ideas??? i have no clue, i hope all i have to do is that^^

Shouldnt have to.

Should be able run run the positive off the ballast to the globe then the negative off the headlight assemble to the ballast.

Easy! All this stuff about running more wires and cutting and so forth should not be needed.Unless you have a cheaper quality HID kit?

it should also be noted since this is a tutorial that this modification is illegal and cannot be engineerd legal. also R33 projectors will work very poorly with HIDs as evidenced in your 2 last pics. poor cut off, big hot spots and some nice glare. they will be very annoying to all other road users and provide you with quite poor light.

it should also be noted since this is a tutorial that this modification is illegal and cannot be engineerd legal. also R33 projectors will work very poorly with HIDs as evidenced in your 2 last pics. poor cut off, big hot spots and some nice glare. they will be very annoying to all other road users and provide you with quite poor light.

Sorry to nit pick but its reflectors :P

well i put my set on y'day and u were rite,no wiring needed at all, didnt even have to change a fuse, totally plug and play and the globes i have are 6500k and are nuts,so white and bright, not poor light at all and i dont think its too blinding at all. i got my kit for $150! and am told there 100% legal?????!!

  • 1 month later...

yeah i put in a set of 8000k HID xenons few months ago and let me tell you ive never even used my high beams since, these things are that bright its not funny, its like double high beam power but pure white light.. best upgrade ive ever done.

note

i never put a sliding kit in and mine are only 35w and from ling long land off ebay so yeh

ill get some pics up when i find mine

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Edited by l0WRB

I love my hids.. Got BELLOFs (jap brand) - very expensive and totally love it.. have had in my car for 2 months now i think and never had a problem.. no ones flashed me yet etc etc.. driven past cops, people, cars, dogs, cats etc.. lol.. even had a cop on the other side of the intersection.. Got a friend to drive in front me and he said its fine.. no glare etc.. So im happy!!

^ heheh yup havnt used my hi-beams since!!

Actually mine is much brighter than the hi-beams..

Edited by siddr20
it should also be noted since this is a tutorial that this modification is illegal and cannot be engineerd legal. also R33 projectors will work very poorly with HIDs as evidenced in your 2 last pics. poor cut off, big hot spots and some nice glare. they will be very annoying to all other road users and provide you with quite poor light.

Hmm. Those pics are pre-adjustment and the lights are shinning on the hill. After I adjusted them up a little, theres no doubt in my mind they give off better light. Haven't used my high beam since installing them and as yet have not been flashed by anyone. Even though I think they would be slightly brighter to oncoming traffic, I dont believe they are too bright at where I have them.

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