[Brinskil]

HI all,

I just bought a HID kit for the other half's 2012 i30. I purchased it after reading through a lot of posts here so thanks for that!

One more question - Does anyone have a recommend location for fixing the ballast in place? I don't want to drill or modify anything in the engine bay and I will need to remove the kits every 2 years for the NCT (National car test) as it would fail with the kits in place, so it need to be secure but removable.

Any tips would be great.

Thanks!

[CraigB]

Hi and welcome Brinskil 


Cable ties would be the easiest solution to secure in place if needing to repeatedly remove them.

[Brinskil]

That's the plan alright but it's more the location I'm thinking of. Not much room on the right side where the air box is. I was wondering where others have mounted the ballast on their cars.

[CraigB]

This is how I mounted mine with the supplied 3m sticky

[CraigB]

You could also remove the bumper and mount the ballasts under the lights, then you wouldn't have to bother removing them for inspections as they wont be visible

[Brinskil]

Yeah that's what I'm looking for alright, fair play! How does that work out with vibration on the ballasts, how long has it been there any issues so far?

[CraigB]

They've been in since July 2016, no more vibration there than inside the car itself and no problems with them so far.

[Brinskil]

I noticed you drilled through the side of the headlamp housing to run the cables, did you remove the headlamp to do that of leave it in place? I was going to drill a hold in the dust cover but wasn't too happy with that idea to be honest because the outside isn't flat and I though some moisture might get in to the headlamp. 

[CraigB]

Headlights were left in place, I think it was a 20mm or 22mm hole I drilled though each light for the grommet, plug connections were a tight fit and awkward to squeeze though the hole from the inside but with perseverance I got it eventually

[Brinskil]

Went to install last night and found that the H7 bulb for the dipped beam is fixed in place with a plastic twist clip that also has the power cables connected to it. Now the HID kit I have requires the bulb be held in place in the light housing without the power cable connected with original power cable connected to the kit harness- how do I get around this?

I can see how to get around it by clipping the cables but as I mentioned I'll need to remove and return to stock lights for the vehicle tests so I'd prefer not to do that. Can a metal spring like what's on the main beams be fitted to the dipped beam housing or is there another solution?

 

[CraigB]

You need the H7 socket adaptors to secure the HID's in place 1 Pair H7 HID Headlight Socket Bulb Holder Adapter Base Clips for Hyundai Santa | eBay

[Brinskil]

Beautiful, fair play!!