Yes, I was looking at the slimmer digital ballast.
Any link to the othe kits that you recommend?
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Light Bulbs and Wires?
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delusional29
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Also, while we are on that subject, I need to replace the bulbs on my amber side parking lights. There are no screws on the outside, so I assume you need to remove the bulb/housing from the inside.
Since I am removing the bumper (as per usual - lol) I'm going to take a look. But has anyone changed these on their Kizashi yet? If so, how do you remove the housing to get to the bulb?
Thanks in advance!
DeLuSioNaL29
Since I am removing the bumper (as per usual - lol) I'm going to take a look. But has anyone changed these on their Kizashi yet? If so, how do you remove the housing to get to the bulb?
Thanks in advance!
DeLuSioNaL29
I think this is the kit that a few members have: http://www.theretrofitsource.com/hid-sy ... GbZ4nPTnqA
I'm not sure if you can avoid drilling if using the relays. Maybe someone else can chime in as my kit doesn't have relays.
I'm using this kit: http://absolutehid.ca/35w-regular-hid-kit.html
It doesn't have slim ballasts but I was still able to fit them inside the housings.
I'm not sure if you can avoid drilling if using the relays. Maybe someone else can chime in as my kit doesn't have relays.
I'm using this kit: http://absolutehid.ca/35w-regular-hid-kit.html
It doesn't have slim ballasts but I was still able to fit them inside the housings.
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delusional29
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I will definitely upgrade to one in the future. Thanks for the links!
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If you get a kit with the relay harness, you won't be able to seal in the ballast into the headlight like Bootymac's kit. I have a Morimoto kit which uses a HD relay. My headlight's low beam cover has a hole in it with a rubber grommet running wires out of it. The reason being that the ballast is outside the headlight. I could fit it inside, but it's pointless as the HD relay harness has to attach to the ballast so drilling a hole in the cap to allow for that is still necessary.
It's basically a call to make over convenience vs. reliability. The HD relay basically allows for the HID kit to be powered directly by the car battery instead of just the pre-existing OE headlight harnesses. This helps to resolve flickering issues often seen with HID kits. It also helps stabilize and equalize power issues from the ballasts to the bulbs. It consequently helps the bulbs look the same in output and color from each other.
The setback is the extra wiring and harness routing which makes things like putting the ballast in the headlight moot because wires will still have to run out of it. A kit like Bootymac's is solely powered by the pre-existing headlight wiring inside the headlight. Therefore, if you can fit the ballast in there, you can seal it up and have the headlight powered by the single main connector.
I've previously owned a high quality HID kit that had a slim ballast without a HD relay. It's this one: http://www.xtralights.com/xetronicdigit ... epair.aspx
However, having owned this expensive "Made in Japan" HID kit yet still experiencing ballast failure (though covered by warranty) I'd now rather get a Morimoto kit for about half the price. The Morimotos are what I have in the Kizashi now and I've had no issues with them. The website that sells them has excellent customer support and a very long warranty to back up their product. Features like the HD relay also make their product superior to many rivals including more expensive ones like the Xetronic kit I previously had.
Anyhow, I'm sure you've seen this by now, but my write-up details just about everything you can expect with buying and installing a Morimoto kit in the Kizashi.
http://www.kizashiclub.com/forum/viewto ... =32&t=2861
It's basically a call to make over convenience vs. reliability. The HD relay basically allows for the HID kit to be powered directly by the car battery instead of just the pre-existing OE headlight harnesses. This helps to resolve flickering issues often seen with HID kits. It also helps stabilize and equalize power issues from the ballasts to the bulbs. It consequently helps the bulbs look the same in output and color from each other.
The setback is the extra wiring and harness routing which makes things like putting the ballast in the headlight moot because wires will still have to run out of it. A kit like Bootymac's is solely powered by the pre-existing headlight wiring inside the headlight. Therefore, if you can fit the ballast in there, you can seal it up and have the headlight powered by the single main connector.
I've previously owned a high quality HID kit that had a slim ballast without a HD relay. It's this one: http://www.xtralights.com/xetronicdigit ... epair.aspx
However, having owned this expensive "Made in Japan" HID kit yet still experiencing ballast failure (though covered by warranty) I'd now rather get a Morimoto kit for about half the price. The Morimotos are what I have in the Kizashi now and I've had no issues with them. The website that sells them has excellent customer support and a very long warranty to back up their product. Features like the HD relay also make their product superior to many rivals including more expensive ones like the Xetronic kit I previously had.
Anyhow, I'm sure you've seen this by now, but my write-up details just about everything you can expect with buying and installing a Morimoto kit in the Kizashi.
http://www.kizashiclub.com/forum/viewto ... =32&t=2861
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