Outlander Sport (RVR) HID Kit
Apr 15, 2013, 11:24 AM
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Outlander Sport (RVR) HID Kit
Hi Guys,
I guess I will give this one last chance before surrender to the dealer price of $288
Does anybody know how to install the HID Kit based on the current pictures? I mean, I know how to do the whole ballast relay etc. How do I get the plug of the weather cap?? Has anybody done HID's on the Outlander Sport?
The SE 4WD doesn't with HID's, the low beam is an H11 in a projector housing.
Any help will be appreciated!
Diego
I guess I will give this one last chance before surrender to the dealer price of $288
Does anybody know how to install the HID Kit based on the current pictures? I mean, I know how to do the whole ballast relay etc. How do I get the plug of the weather cap?? Has anybody done HID's on the Outlander Sport?
The SE 4WD doesn't with HID's, the low beam is an H11 in a projector housing.
Any help will be appreciated!
Diego
Apr 15, 2013, 08:38 PM
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Hi Guys,
I guess I will give this one last chance before surrender to the dealer price of $288
Does anybody know how to install the HID Kit based on the current pictures? I mean, I know how to do the whole ballast relay etc. How do I get the plug of the weather cap?? Has anybody done HID's on the Outlander Sport?
The SE 4WD doesn't with HID's, the low beam is an H11 in a projector housing.
Any help will be appreciated!
Diego
I guess I will give this one last chance before surrender to the dealer price of $288
Does anybody know how to install the HID Kit based on the current pictures? I mean, I know how to do the whole ballast relay etc. How do I get the plug of the weather cap?? Has anybody done HID's on the Outlander Sport?
The SE 4WD doesn't with HID's, the low beam is an H11 in a projector housing.
Any help will be appreciated!
Diego
I bought this HID http://www.ebay.com/itm/271180513175--- slim ballast but only 35w vs 55w. All I did was connect the harness and ballast and slip the ballast inside the weather cap. Highly recommend a slim ballast if you dont want to drill a hole in your weather cap.
Apr 15, 2013, 09:35 PM
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I bought this HID http://www.ebay.com/itm/271180513175--- slim ballast but only 35w vs 55w. All I did was connect the harness and ballast and slip the ballast inside the weather cap. Highly recommend a slim ballast if you dont want to drill a hole in your weather cap.
Apr 15, 2013, 10:14 PM
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I bought this HID http://www.ebay.com/itm/271180513175--- slim ballast but only 35w vs 55w. All I did was connect the harness and ballast and slip the ballast inside the weather cap. Highly recommend a slim ballast if you dont want to drill a hole in your weather cap.
Do you have any pics of your install?
Apr 16, 2013, 10:28 AM
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Hey Outlandersprt13,
Do you have a picture of your install? I am curious. how did you manage to connect the harness and ballast and slip the ballast inside the weather cap with that grommet??
Thank you so much for the help guys! I always liked DDM..
Do you have a picture of your install? I am curious. how did you manage to connect the harness and ballast and slip the ballast inside the weather cap with that grommet??
Thank you so much for the help guys! I always liked DDM..
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Apr 16, 2013, 12:05 PM
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most of the time ballasts wont fit in the housing of the headlights from my experience. That is why you need to drillout a hole and run the wires. Most decent hid kits come with a grommet on the wires already to cover the hole.
HIDs in a non hid headlight is not exactly ideal but will work.
$288 for a HID from the dealer? would this be a whole headlight setup? just the OEM bulb? that doesn't sound right to me since you cant just throw the OEM HID bulb into a non HID housing. I remember for the evos with a HID housing with ballasts and bulb you were looking at $800-1000 when i worked at mitsu.
HIDs in a non hid headlight is not exactly ideal but will work.
$288 for a HID from the dealer? would this be a whole headlight setup? just the OEM bulb? that doesn't sound right to me since you cant just throw the OEM HID bulb into a non HID housing. I remember for the evos with a HID housing with ballasts and bulb you were looking at $800-1000 when i worked at mitsu.
Apr 16, 2013, 02:08 PM
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most of the time ballasts wont fit in the housing of the headlights from my experience. That is why you need to drillout a hole and run the wires. Most decent hid kits come with a grommet on the wires already to cover the hole.
HIDs in a non hid headlight is not exactly ideal but will work.
$288 for a HID from the dealer? would this be a whole headlight setup? just the OEM bulb? that doesn't sound right to me since you cant just throw the OEM HID bulb into a non HID housing. I remember for the evos with a HID housing with ballasts and bulb you were looking at $800-1000 when i worked at mitsu.
HIDs in a non hid headlight is not exactly ideal but will work.
$288 for a HID from the dealer? would this be a whole headlight setup? just the OEM bulb? that doesn't sound right to me since you cant just throw the OEM HID bulb into a non HID housing. I remember for the evos with a HID housing with ballasts and bulb you were looking at $800-1000 when i worked at mitsu.
What I find unbelievable is that I ask them about the plug and they suggested to cut the cable and that they have never done any RVR WTF........
Apr 16, 2013, 06:24 PM
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Attached pics is ****ty but hopefully you get the idea.
Apr 16, 2013, 07:00 PM
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I actually bought it for $10 to try it out, not entirely sure if its still $10 bucks but it works. plus easy install. Took me only 5 minutes. Plug everything and just slip the ballast inside and closed it with the weather cap without drilling a hole.
Attached pics is ****ty but hopefully you get the idea.
Attached pics is ****ty but hopefully you get the idea.
Very slick install > Slip the whole ballast box into the housing.
For $10 bucks, I'll take a dozen please.
Apr 17, 2013, 06:19 AM
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I actually bought it for $10 to try it out, not entirely sure if its still $10 bucks but it works. plus easy install. Took me only 5 minutes. Plug everything and just slip the ballast inside and closed it with the weather cap without drilling a hole.
Attached pics is ****ty but hopefully you get the idea.
Attached pics is ****ty but hopefully you get the idea.
Apr 17, 2013, 08:44 PM
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I actually bought it for $10 to try it out, not entirely sure if its still $10 bucks but it works. plus easy install. Took me only 5 minutes. Plug everything and just slip the ballast inside and closed it with the weather cap without drilling a hole.
Attached pics is ****ty but hopefully you get the idea.
Attached pics is ****ty but hopefully you get the idea.
SicLanEvo as the dealer goes I don't trust them at all!! They are very very shaddy the never done an RVR before and when I talked to the guy in parts he said that the kit for the RVR has a special harness and is an extra 120 putting the whole kit at almost $500 retarded!!
At least I am pumped that if a slim ballast fit I will put it all inside the cap!
Apr 20, 2013, 08:14 AM
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I actually bought it for $10 to try it out, not entirely sure if its still $10 bucks but it works. plus easy install. Took me only 5 minutes. Plug everything and just slip the ballast inside and closed it with the weather cap without drilling a hole.
Attached pics is ****ty but hopefully you get the idea.
Attached pics is ****ty but hopefully you get the idea.
I have a Mitsu Operations Manual for the Outlander Sport/RVR and there makes no mention of to what is inside there?
I just don't want to cause a major fire or for the ballast to start getting hot and cause one.
Any mitsubishi techs out there?
Apr 20, 2013, 09:40 PM
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Is there any danger on having the whole system inside the cap?
I have a Mitsu Operations Manual for the Outlander Sport/RVR and there makes no mention of to what is inside there?
I just don't want to cause a major fire or for the ballast to start getting hot and cause one.
Any mitsubishi techs out there?
I have a Mitsu Operations Manual for the Outlander Sport/RVR and there makes no mention of to what is inside there?
I just don't want to cause a major fire or for the ballast to start getting hot and cause one.
Any mitsubishi techs out there?
However if there's no heatsinks on the ballast module, it wouldn't be that hot to begin with, right? The headlight housing are design to withstand the "standard" heat output of a 50W halogen bulb, so it should be fine... theoretically.