All lights updated and bumper blackout.

rbutler752 · Sat Apr 06, 2013 2:42 am

HID low beams and LED everything else. Blacked out bumper with plasti dip, and Led fog lights and position lights.

rbutler752 · Sat Apr 06, 2013 2:46 am

Low beam HIDs 6000k

Sat Apr 06, 2013 3:36 am

Nice, looks like you figured out the HID installation just fine. It's not hard.
Where did you end up mounting the ballasts?

Also, where did you get your LEDs?

Wonson92 · Sat Apr 06, 2013 10:47 am

Are your fog lights still as functional as they were with LED globes? Ive been considering the same set up but I use my fog lights a lot, for some reason I imagine LEDS wouldn't be as affective in there.

Are the HID kits essentially plug and play minus mounting the ballasts?

rbutler752 · Sat Apr 06, 2013 3:31 pm

Wonson if you need them as fogs I'd stay away from the LEDs. They are much much brighter than I thought they would be but the stream of light isn't up to par as traditional fogs. But they are pretty. Mine were pretty much plug and play and I got a relay as well so it would pull from the battery too. But i used alot of electric tape just to cover any open ends.

Special thanks to KuroNekkos tips - I wouldn't have tried if he didnt make sound so easy. I mounted the ballasts on the side of battery with the help of some wire ties and the other on the left is on the side the washer fluid lid.

I got the kit and relay from http://www.ijdmtoy.com/
All the LEDs I got off of Amazon
Here are the pics of them.

High beam/DRLs

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Fogs

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Positions and the interior/door lights

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If anybody wants links to them let me know. I got everything super fast courtesy of standard or free shipping.

Sat Apr 06, 2013 11:43 pm

Nice.

Just a warning, you said you mounted a ballast to a battery. Just make sure the ballast is not touching the battery in case of any electrical problems or battery leaks. The ballast is a high wattage device so you just want to take precautions with it.

Also, did you end up drilling the headlight caps for the bulb wires?

Wonson92 · Sat Apr 06, 2013 11:47 pm

Thanks for the feedback, ill probably do hids and led parkers/position globes if thats what you guys call them:P and something brighter in the fog lights. Doesnt matter if they dont match if im getting use out of them I guess.

rbutler752 · Sun Apr 07, 2013 2:22 am

Well there is metal rod on the side of the battery that holds it in place so I secured it there. I tried to not let be in direct contact with the battery and I drilled holes in the caps to run the wires through.

Now it looks like I need to adjust the beams because they are a little too high for my liking after taking it on the road.

Sun Apr 07, 2013 2:48 am

Nice.
Not sure where you live, but North American Kizashi's have an adjuster screw cover for horizontal adjustment. This cover blocks access to adjust. I know you want to adjust height, but if you also wanted to adjust side to side, keep in mind there is a cover that you have to remove. I did a write-up on removing this cover in the DIY section. Murcod stated that this cover in not found in his Australian spec Kizashi.

Wonson92,
As for the fog lights, what rbulter said is right. LEDs just don't output much light to see, but do a decent job of being seen.
The good thing about the fog light housing is that it does not have a bulb shield that blocks the center of the bulb. This allows for maximum light output.
The previous owner of my car put in yellow (probably 2500K) HIDs for fog lights in my car. They are pretty bright and do a nice job of lighting up the sides of the road in dark rural roads.
I just need to get around to adjusting their height properly (done easily with a dial on the fog light housing, but requires getting under the car and removing some splash shields.)

Sun Apr 07, 2013 2:53 am

Wonson92 wrote:Thanks for the feedback, ill probably do hids and led parkers/position globes if thats what you guys call them:P and something brighter in the fog lights. Doesnt matter if they dont match if im getting use out of them I guess.

That's pretty much my set up:
Low Beam: 6000K HID
Position bulb: 6000K LED
High Beam/DRL: Halogen blue-type bulb (not my choice, but previous owner put them in.)
Fog Light: 2500K HID