dark night pics with new 20" silver wheels, CRT monitor forget it
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dark night pics with new 20" silver wheels, CRT monitor forget it
Dropped the nose about 3/4" while I was in there. Pics are dark and no working photoshop at present, sorry.
For those with LCD monitors... Enjoy.
For those with LCD monitors... Enjoy.
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projectors, HIDs, 90mm Hella projector driving lights, smoked sidemarkers and tail light centers, oh and 2006 w164 grille retrofitted. I have only had it since 12/29/2005...
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Originally Posted by ricky.agrawal
I have a CRT 
Looks very nice, what other mods have you done besides wheels and drop?
Looks very nice, what other mods have you done besides wheels and drop?
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I like the HID conversion on the Volvo, I have owned various T-5's & 3 "R"s over the years. always wanted to do the sub as you did, just never got around to do it 
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I know I keep buggin you about this... you used a jaguar HID set in the halogen projector fixtures... 1) did you need to do any fancy rewiring or was the ballast plug and play(not including turning it on from the ECU) and 2) does the halogen projector lamp fixture have room for A ballast to be tucked inside of it? My pre 02 headlights on the ML55 have a factory location where the ballast slides in to...
my goal is to purchase a set of halogen projector fixtures and install my xenon ballast and headlight bulbs in it
my goal is to purchase a set of halogen projector fixtures and install my xenon ballast and headlight bulbs in it
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If I could do it again, I would just buy the bi-xenon ones for another $150 (paid $380 for lights and $175 for HIDs). The valeo ballasts do fit in the housings with some manipulation. The D2R base bulbs required rings to be made (frustrating, since "normal" H7 clips like H1 clips would have worked, but Hella made these lights for adapters). Fortunately, H7 and D2R/S bulbs have identical filament placing. Also Jaguar for some reason has heatsinks installed on ballasts, Audi does not on the same ballasts; I removed mine to tuck them into the headlight.
Edit: Do you have the old chunky Hella ballasts? There is no way they will fit into the housings, but you won't have a problem with the ignitors.
Edit: Do you have the old chunky Hella ballasts? There is no way they will fit into the housings, but you won't have a problem with the ignitors.
Originally Posted by 55fanatic
I know I keep buggin you about this... you used a jaguar HID set in the halogen projector fixtures... 1) did you need to do any fancy rewiring or was the ballast plug and play(not including turning it on from the ECU) and 2) does the halogen projector lamp fixture have room for A ballast to be tucked inside of it? My pre 02 headlights on the ML55 have a factory location where the ballast slides in to...
my goal is to purchase a set of halogen projector fixtures and install my xenon ballast and headlight bulbs in it
my goal is to purchase a set of halogen projector fixtures and install my xenon ballast and headlight bulbs in it
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Ill take a pictures of the ones I have... I just ordered a set of 6000k Ultinon D2S bulbs for my current headlights, I know Im suppose to buy the D2R bulb but I bought the D2S in anticipation of the switch on the headlamp fixture. If I have a chance Ill even take a picture of the inside of the old style headlight.
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Here is the cheap *** 8000k Bulbs I had from before... This is the one that died
And here is the ballast I have,
would this be easily installed in to the Projector style headlights or will the bulbs not fit? On the headlights i have, there are a set of clamps or "rings" that get screwed down over the Xenon bulbs to secure them in place, same way on the projectors?
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Originally Posted by 55fanatic
[URL=http://imageshack.us]On the headlights i have, there are a set of clamps or "rings" that get screwed down over the Xenon bulbs to secure them in place, same way on the projectors?
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Originally Posted by 55fanatic
but the ballasts wont fit? What was the rewiring you needed to do or did you use the pig tale wiring adapters?
It sounds more involved than it is, especially if you are an installer. It's cake.
