HID ballast mounting?
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Staging Lane
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HID ballast mounting? i was looking at buying a set of HIDs for the impala and i was wondering where everyone here mounted their ballasts? and if anyone has any feedback on http://www.hidextra.com/HID+Conversi.../H11-6000K.htm. thanks
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Mine really weren't even mounted. At first I had them mounted to factory grounds but it was screwing up the ground, so I just left the drivers side right behind the headlight and the passenger side kind of in the area behind the fender behind the headight, kinda hard to explain. With the headlights in place they didn't move at all. CenTexSS probably has a little better method haha.
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It's not so bad once you have it in front of you and lay it out and see what you're doing. Pretty straight forward install. If that kit doesn't come with a relay harness, I'd personally recommend getting one. Some will come in and argue til their blue in the face that you don't need one, but for 10-15 bucks it's cheap insurance to not fry your stock wiring.
Mine really weren't even mounted. At first I had them mounted to factory grounds but it was screwing up the ground, so I just left the drivers side right behind the headlight and the passenger side kind of in the area behind the fender behind the headight, kinda hard to explain. With the headlights in place they didn't move at all. CenTexSS probably has a little better method haha.
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I used self tapping screws and screwed them into the support beam like stated above. I also tried to mount in on the grounds, but my trip computer kept saying that my trunk was open whenever I turned on the left blinker. All it took was once driving home from work and that annoyed me enough to change the set-up.
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I used self tapping screws and screwed them into the support beam like stated above. I also tried to mount in on the grounds, but my trip computer kept saying that my trunk was open whenever I turned on the left blinker. All it took was once driving home from work and that annoyed me enough to change the set-up.
Here's a brief writeup I did for my first HID kit install. Most of it still applies.
http://www.naioa.com/v2/modules.php?...wtopic&t=19821
http://www.naioa.com/v2/modules.php?...wtopic&t=19821
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I used self tapping screws and screwed them into the support beam like stated above. I also tried to mount in on the grounds, but my trip computer kept saying that my trunk was open whenever I turned on the left blinker. All it took was once driving home from work and that annoyed me enough to change the set-up.
