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    Default fitting hids to a preface, where have you mounted ballasts?

    really dont fancy dropping the bumper for the 10 mins it takes to fit the hids, so for the people out there who havent, where have you mounted the ballasts?

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    My CDTI had one in the battery box and other stuck down the wing side of the air box... I whipped bumper off however for mine.

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    As above, lol

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    stuck with double side tape or screwed/cabled tied to something?

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    Same with mine... one in the battery box, the other behind the airbox

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    As above, lol
    Quote Originally Posted by taffy bhoy View Post
    stuck with double side tape or screwed/cabled tied to something?

    Cant rember as moved them, ask Dan lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by taffy bhoy View Post
    stuck with double side tape or screwed/cabled tied to something?
    No more nails double sided sticky - great stuff is that

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    Quote Originally Posted by taffy bhoy View Post
    really dont fancy dropping the bumper for the 10 mins it takes to fit the hids,
    Dropping the bumper only adds another 10 mins to the job.

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    Cable tied to the top panel. Should get a reasonable amount of airflow

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