Aftermarket HID install on non-HID 05 EVO 8 failure.

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Sep 26, 2005 | 02:24 AM

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Originally Posted by evo_dadi

my head hurts reading all of this

lol.....just some simple OHMS law. but i really just didnt want people to think increasing a fuse rating is a good idea if you dont know what your doing.

Sep 26, 2005 | 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Boost4me

i got 8000K kit from HIDPLACE.COM. really nice kit onlt thing is there seems to be a little yellow beam of light showing on the road on the passenger side other than that great buy ! anyone else having the same problem ???? oh and what do you mean where to find the right fuses ???? fuse box under the steering wheel right ????

fuse box in the engine bay near the battery

Sep 27, 2005 | 07:33 PM

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blue evo 8 is right.. when you install aftermarket hid's in your non ssl you you might want to change the 10amp fuses to 20amp. look in your owners manual at the fuses.. the evo's that came with hid's have 20 amp fuses in place of the 10 amp fuses. this is why i changed mine.

Sep 27, 2005 | 07:44 PM

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Sep 27, 2005 | 10:33 PM

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i never said he was wrong either, just because you upgrade to HID's DOES NOT mean you HAVE to change the fuse. the only reason to use a HIGHER fuse rating is because the HID unit REQUIRES more current. a lot of HID systems dont need that much current, thats why my NON SSL still uses the OEM 10amp fuse that it came with on my HID setup that I added. the only reason why the SSL does have a 20amp fuse is because the factory HID system probably takes about the same amount of current that you use on your aftermarket HID setup.

again, his HID system consumes 50watts for the bulbs themselves. standard HID's like mine only cosume 35watts at the bulbs. almost twice the current, hence the upgrade fuse rating. you might be able to get away using a 15amp fuse. if you can, thats really "protecting" because your NOT allowing the 20amp current to run through. unless stated w/ your HID system, just upgrading to whatever fuse rating will probably hurt your system. again i bet if you run a 30amp or maybe even an 25amp fuse for a while, you will probably fry your HID unit.

Sep 27, 2005 | 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Blue Evo 8

comments welcome!

FYI, my buddy parked his 05 MR next to mine as well the other night, and side by side, my HID's make his OEM HID's look like it was a stock 9006 bulb

They look great

Sep 28, 2005 | 10:11 AM

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On the passenger side I mounted the ballast behind the oil cooler. I used zip ties to secure it to the back of the oil cooler.

on the driver side I secured it to some pump like looking device behind the front bumper. Its out of the engine bay so it should be cooler there

Hmm... I thought about securing it to those but the oil cooler does get really hot and the pump thing on the other side didn't seem to have anything to secure it to.

I ended up mounting it to the metal bracket that runs behind the fender liner with heavy duty zip ties.

I used this kit which uses OEM Denso ballasts and OEM Phillips DOT approved 4300K bulbs. http://cgi.ebay.com/OEM-Denso-HID-ki...QQcmdZViewItem

Sep 28, 2005 | 06:52 PM

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They look great

thanks man!

Nov 28, 2005 | 11:46 PM

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I just installed my 8000k blinglight kit 50W..

The driver side is sometimes shuting off itself when i am driving and then it is coming back alive again... what can be the reason? I just put everything back so i will hate to take everything off again?

Any help would be great.

Thanks