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Old Mar 17, 2009 | 02:35 PM
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HID FOGLAMP ISSUE

Has anyone done hid's in the foglamps because i am running into an issue of the hid kit not connecting to the lamp housing correctly . Do you have to do modifications to the lamp housing ?
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Old Mar 17, 2009 | 03:32 PM
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what housing issue are you having problem with? I had problems installing it as well
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Old Mar 20, 2009 | 09:45 AM
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yes you have to cut the housing for wiring. i cut off the L shape housing.
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Old Mar 20, 2009 | 01:23 PM
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yea, dats right, u need to modify the housing to stall the bulbs; BTW, guys, where did u put ur ballasts? behind the bumper? underneath the hood? or just attach to the housing?
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Old Mar 20, 2009 | 04:12 PM
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Old Mar 23, 2009 | 10:37 AM
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thanx for all the help guys . i customized the "L" bracket to hold the hid's and it worked great . i put the ballasts under the hood on mine . i did 12000k on my hid's . what did everyone else do ?
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Old Mar 23, 2009 | 02:01 PM
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Originally Posted by BAD430BENZ
thanx for all the help guys . i customized the "L" bracket to hold the hid's and it worked great . i put the ballasts under the hood on mine . i did 12000k on my hid's . what did everyone else do ?
i did 6000k
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Old Mar 26, 2009 | 11:50 PM
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heck, go 8k - the bluer the better. LOL. If you want to LOOK like someone who doesn't want to see the road. (shakes head)
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