Nubz Got Lasik Surgery! 56K Beware!

[Judee]

So I finally got a free weekend to install HIDs on Nubz!

Finding a place for the ballast was a real challenge, there's really no room in there... until I took the fender-liner off! I think there's more room in there than in the trunk!

So here are the results. The lights' blue-ish color don't really show up very well in these pictures. They're 4300K so they are very white with just a hint of blue. I'll probably take some more pics after the sun goes down tonight... I know I'll be trying these babies out!

That's my boyfriend's S14 next to Nubz... and while I'm at it... he's actually the one who did the install. I just watched... He's really cheap labor. He works for food.

[Judee]

I just noticed I posted in the wrong forum... can someone move this thread into the New Beetle Pics Forum for me?

[topless kitty]

well, technically there's another ride in the pic

looks good, i'm jealous. must be nice to be able to SEE at night!

[The Cheat]

mmm, nice s14.

technically, the hid is not needed amanda. just gotta get better bulbs for the existing h1 setup.

night shots or it's stock.

[topless kitty]

Originally Posted by The Cheat

technically, the hid is not needed amanda. just gotta get better bulbs for the existing h1 setup.

if YOU want to come pull my car apart to replace my bulbs, be my guest!

[Judee]

I tried to get some pics of where the ballasts are mounted, but you can't see them at all from the engine bay. If anybody wants, I can persuade Cheap Labor to take the fender-liner off so I can snap some decent pics. You can catch just a tiny bit of the blue/red wires going from the ballast to the bulb. All the slack is bundled up inside the fender.



Night Shots! The first night I was test-driving around, the passenger side housing socket (the trapezoid thing with all the pins) worked itself loose, so I was driving around with only the driver-side HID... it was still more light than with both OEM bulbs. I didn't even notice until I got home, and then it was fixed in 5 seconds.

If you see them in person, they're instantly recognizeable as HIDs, but in pictures you really need a "dull" yellow bulb to make them look blue.

This is the passenger-side light:






Maybe I need to find a "placebo" car with regular lights to take a picture with Nubz. All our cars have HIDs.

[The Cheat]

Originally Posted by topless kitty

if YOU want to come pull my car apart to replace my bulbs, be my guest!

i'm game, i should be in trumbull next week to pick up a new major mod for the jetta (and no, it's not wheels ). it's not that bad, just sucks if the headlights have never been out.