HID headlights

[Patmine]

Just finished installing HID lights into my P5. The light kit was taken out of a 99 BMW 3 series. Modification was easy, installing them was a nightmare. The whole from bumper cover had to be removed to access the light housing. It was worth the effort. LIghts look really good.

 

[FunkyBuddha]

Pics!!!! And a HowTo would be nice too!

 

[Familia323]

show us how they look. ????

 

[Patmine]

Heres a few shots of the ballasts, the install isnt that pretty. I will be fabricating new brackets when i get back to work on mon. The last shot is the ignitor on the drivers side of the car. I had to zip tie it in because of the limited amount of mounting space. As far as pictures of the modified bulb socket and the headlight housing, i will post those when i take the car apart again to change the bulbs to a different color. Now the color is white. Im looking to get the blue or purple.

 

[Familia323]

wooooo biiiggg pictures.... Looks good so far. Good luck. I want to see some finished product.

 

[Patmine]

wooooo biiiggg pictures.... Looks good so far. Good luck. I want to see some finished product.

sorry about the size of the pics, straight out of the camera

 

[Bijou-MP5]

hmm...I don't think it's good spot to attach your ballasts...
I attached mine right next to fusebox.

 

[Patmine]

hmm...I don't think it's good spot to attach your ballasts...
I attached mine right next to fusebox.

Did you get both of them near the fuse box? Why is the location not a good spot??? Will move them if necessary.

 

[Bijou-MP5]

one for fuse box, and the other one I used brackets to mount it.
I think that area is easy access to water to get it, if you do high pressure car wash, in any case you want to avoide water getting to ballasts.

 

[RiceWagon25]

I ended up installing my ballasts underneath the headlights, behind the bumper rebar inside of the bumper. It's a nice and secure spot out of the weather and it won't get wrecked unless I get in a pretty heavy-duty front end collision.

 

[Bijou-MP5]

I ended up installing my ballasts underneath the headlights, behind the bumper rebar inside of the bumper. It's a nice and secure spot out of the weather and it won't get wrecked unless I get in a pretty heavy-duty front end collision.

good choice