HID reverse light on my ThirdGen
05-20-2012, 09:07 PM
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HID reverse light on my ThirdGen
At night I cant see to back up at all. To make matter worse, day or night it was as if people didn't know I was backing out and they would zoom past me. Pretty dangerous.
I picked up this HID kit for 39.95 from a local stereo shop. Its 35w and even fully warmed up it is still cooler than the incandescent's. I was a very easy swap, the included grommets fit perfectly in the hole.
This is how I wired it up, real simple and the ballast fit nicely in the area next to the reverse lights. I did have to cut just a little to get them to slip in.
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I picked up this HID kit for 39.95 from a local stereo shop. Its 35w and even fully warmed up it is still cooler than the incandescent's. I was a very easy swap, the included grommets fit perfectly in the hole.
This is how I wired it up, real simple and the ballast fit nicely in the area next to the reverse lights. I did have to cut just a little to get them to slip in.
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05-21-2012, 06:52 PM
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Re: HID reverse light on my ThirdGen
I haven't had it in long, but after install I left it in reverse for like 10 minutes and it was still cool to the touch. These bulbs are very cool when compared to incandescent bulbs.
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Re: HID reverse light on my ThirdGen
H.I.D. "capsules" run much much cooler than conventional bulbs.
05-24-2012, 07:34 PM
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Re: HID reverse light on my ThirdGen
what bulbs did you use.....
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05-24-2012, 11:17 PM
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Re: HID reverse light on my ThirdGen
the bulbs are just generic 6000k that came with the kit.
05-25-2012, 11:28 AM
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Re: HID reverse light on my ThirdGen
Are all HID capsules or just the ones in these cheap hid kits?
05-25-2012, 11:31 AM
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Re: HID reverse light on my ThirdGen
They're all capsules. It doesn't matter if you bought them on ebay, or they came as OE on an M6.
05-25-2012, 01:25 PM
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Re: HID reverse light on my ThirdGen
The black part going into the housing is a grommet included in the kit. It actually fit perfectly.
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