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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 12:37 PM
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Where do you hide your Xenon Kit parts?

Hello everyone.

I was offered a Xenon Kit for my car which arrived and was installed yesterday. By searching on eBay mine is like this one: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/H4-43...ht_5568wt_1165


The pieces were almost all hided just behind the bulb, where the red cover of the head-light protects it. I would like to know by who have installed a kit similar to mine where you hided your's and opinion's, if it will be protected there from water and the heat.

I didn't tested mine much because it was still day but I'll try to get some photos and put it here later. About the installation, all went kinda ok, I had to cut just a bit of the fiber to let the new bulbs fit and at parking in garage, noticed that the left side wasn't moving up/down while regulating the high - will try to check that this weekend, need to see what's on the way
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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 02:58 PM
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i hid mine under the headlights, attached to the frame. used double-sided adhesive tape and also wire-tired them in place to be safe.





although these old ones are getting replaced with some SakeBomb Garage projector HIDs this weekend
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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 04:10 PM
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Very nice I also considered in there but altough my kit is slim, it didn't look it would be safe in that position, was scared that the headlight would hit the pieces and oil cooler and water would be more in check.
Your's isn't slim and you fitted there, I wonder if it has to do with my plastic's. I've seen some photos of those fiting the light perfectly, I'll show photos later on

The ones you are putting aren't retractable correct? I don't like much in Red, would consider if it was MB or Black, even Yellow

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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 06:39 PM
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i did pretty much the same exact thing
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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 06:40 PM
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Mine is in that general area too
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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 07:57 PM
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i hear some people mount them right under the pop-up cover (if they're the small ballasts)
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Old Oct 29, 2010 | 06:57 AM
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Here are some photos.

http://i53.tinypic.com/2zp3yiv.jpg
http://i53.tinypic.com/2yx3at5.jpg
http://i54.tinypic.com/28sq70p.jpg
http://i53.tinypic.com/bhg7ll.jpg
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Old Oct 29, 2010 | 07:34 AM
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Note to self for later
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Old Oct 29, 2010 | 08:13 AM
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Just like Theorie mentioned, if you have the slim ballasts, you can mount everything under the headlight covers...
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Old Oct 29, 2010 | 08:54 AM
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+1 like theorie except vertical not horizontal... uses double sided tape to hold but mostly so it wont bang metal on metal and vibrate and make noise... then zip tied em
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Old Oct 29, 2010 | 12:06 PM
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It was where I hided, the main problem was the size of the cable that goes to the other headlight. Since I have to open one of the sides to fix it I'll take some photos to post here


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