HID Retro Solution INSTALL tips?
01-06-2011, 01:22 PM
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HID Retro Solution INSTALL tips?
Just got my 55w HID kit from Retro Solutions, are their any pointers on installing the Hi/Low Digital Kit on a 2010 GT? Where did you mount the Ballast? Ground? I want to install them tonight or tomorrow morning.
01-06-2011, 05:02 PM
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i mounted the ballasts with velcro, mount wherever you find space. if you are able to i extended the ground wires that the kit came with and used the factory grounds found underneath the plastic cover thing at the front of the engine bay.
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01-06-2011, 05:07 PM
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01-06-2011, 06:07 PM
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I mounted each ballast with two industrial zip-ties. You will spend 80% of the time routing wires and making everything look neat.
Don't touch the HID bulbs with your bare fingers.
I would also recommend disabling your headlights when you unlock the car. You have to do a sequence of ignition key turns and pressing the unlock button on the door. Unfortunately I don't have the instructions handy.
Don't touch the HID bulbs with your bare fingers.
I would also recommend disabling your headlights when you unlock the car. You have to do a sequence of ignition key turns and pressing the unlock button on the door. Unfortunately I don't have the instructions handy.
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01-06-2011, 07:35 PM
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I mounted each ballast with two industrial zip-ties. You will spend 80% of the time routing wires and making everything look neat.
Don't touch the HID bulbs with your bare fingers.
I would also recommend disabling your headlights when you unlock the car. You have to do a sequence of ignition key turns and pressing the unlock button on the door. Unfortunately I don't have the instructions handy.
Don't touch the HID bulbs with your bare fingers.
I would also recommend disabling your headlights when you unlock the car. You have to do a sequence of ignition key turns and pressing the unlock button on the door. Unfortunately I don't have the instructions handy.
I have the Retro Solutions kit as well...I have the ballasts 3m double sided taped to the strut towers.The kit is pretty nice except for I had the light tips coated (extra $50) to prevent blinding people, and it started chipping off after a couple months. They offered me to send the light bulbs back to cap them, but im not sure its worth not being able to drive at night for 5 days +.
01-06-2011, 08:20 PM
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think I'm going to uses double sided tape to mount the ballast instead of drilling into the engine bay...I've asked a few car peeps, they said it should be ok. What do you all think?
01-06-2011, 10:10 PM
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Something I have read and I did when i installed my RetroSolutions kit. The one gasket that comes with the HID bulb is really not quite thick enough and I was advised to also use the gaskets on the stock bulbs when I removed them , so there is two gaskets on each bulb. Makes the bulbs a bit tight to install but they will lock into place. In the 3-4 years I have been using them I have never had any condensation whatsoever.
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