HID Install (H7)

[Northy]

last night Shao and myself installed our HID Kits (6500K). Fitting them into my car was not a prob, shaos sportivo on the other hand posed some interesting issues. The stock low beam globes in the non face lift corollas have an aditional mounting bracket that connects the the back of the blub as seen below

the problem with the HID kit is that it does not have this extra bracket and as the wires are soldiered onto the HID bulb its not an option to just the mounting thing. So we had to make a spacer somehow, went down to bunnings and got a tube of Plastic SELLEYS KNEAD IT, and I proceded to fill in the gap, after a big ot mucking round I got it to the stage where it looked ok fitted the pic below is during the final stages of shaping it to fit into the socket

So for those of you looking at getting HID's this most likly will be an issue due to the design of toyots headlight fittings. Hope this helps if you have any questions feel free to PM me, ill post up some pics of the cars with the HID's running tonight

Edited September 18, 2006 by Northy

[DarkWatch]

Hi mate,

May i know where you brought the HID from ? Brand? and price?

[HID8000K]

I will buy the Techone Kit, because it come with the bracket to hold the bulb. No hassel at all!!!!!

[tangcla]

I will buy the Techone Kit, because it come with the bracket to hold the bulb. No hassel at all!!!!!

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I wouldn't get the Techone kit; I've had so many problems with those, I've had no less than five customers literally throw out their Techone kits to buy my one.

You can't compromise with German and Japanese components in an HID kit... it's worth paying extra for. ;)

Oh yeah. My kit comes with the bracket as well. :P

Edited March 2, 2005 by tangcla

[Jimz]

hey Northy, can you upload the pix again? and what does the techone bracket look like?

[chanman]

"The stock low beam globes in the non face lift corollas have an aditional mounting bracket that connects the the back of the blub as seen below"

so does that mean the facelift ones shouldn't have a problem? i'm a bit confused, doesn't northy have a non facelift too?

[MT]

he does now.... didnt when he made that post almost 2 years ago

[Northy]

ok fixed the pics, back when i posted this had a face lift 1zz

[XploShun]

brackets.......

how do u know whether the kit has brackets or not?

what does it look like on a HID kit?

or do u always have to DIY one???

[Northy]

basically inbetween the 2 red arrows will be solid plastic and the red block would be where the gold pins are that the wires would attach to it.

[XploShun]

so u guys r saying...

many of the HID kits doesnt have those brackets?

wont it fit on the original one? i fitted the philips halogen b4... do they fit the same?

[Jimz]

I've just got my MTEC HIDs and they came with the bracket, so installation was a simple plug and play.

Got a friend how's kit didnt come with the bracket, and he ended up just drilling the stock brackets....

Have to agree with everyone else.. once Ive got the HIDs.. Halegon lights just doesnt cut it anymore...

oh btw, I bought the MTEC HIDs together with a mate and he no longer wants to install it... if anyone is interested. can PM me...

[DuGong]

i didnt use the bracket..

the bulb just sits there with tat metal clip securing it.

did u guys adjust the height of the light?

[Kenneth.]

Neither did I. I found the perfect place to install the ballasts. You won't see it at all and no need for any drilling =)

[levinboy]

What i used to compensate the gap of the black spacer on the pre-facelift rolla was (and i know this may sound dumb) but go to bunnings and get bath plugs.

Just get a size that will fit will i think i used 32-35mm, not to sure sorry, drilled the middle cut the excess off and they are working perfectly!!!!

[Kenji]

I just cut think speaker cable with lots of insulation to size and taped it to the top and bottom to create the spacers where the springs held the bulb in

I couldn't find anything and there was speaker cable near the wall because I'd just installed my full audio system no long ago