vixen_w202
11-21-2012, 09:01 PM
Hey all,
If anyone can reply to this by tomorrow afternoon, I really need the help from the community to finish the conversion on my own.
I've done an install on my last car, an 03 altima....and it was an H1 kit. However it was back in 2008, and I've forgotten completely how I did it.
Long story short, I have prepped the car for this conversion by getting rid of the stock headlight assemblies and even though I'm aware the quality of tem is probably low, I bought the chrome projector headlight assemblies that come without the corners. Apparently, this assembly uses a different low beam bulb than stock...which ended up being an H7 bulb.
Tonight to streamline the install so I am spending less time in the garage and more with family, I went and ahead and found clean and tidy places for the ballasts to go. I am not 100 percent sure if I am going to be able to install the bulb without having to remove the assembly again, because unlike the stock 9003 bulb which I have experience replacing... This one seems to look like a screwed down retention plate bulb.
The last few things I will ask are:
Will I have to dremel a hole in the dust cover, and is it too difficult? (I have a dremel)
most of the connections are plug and play, but I am intimidated by where these little metal prongs go on the bulb harness for the power and ground. I vaguely remember on my last install it was a matter of hooking them up somewhere into the existing harness. All I literally have available for tomorrow are my tools, some zip ties and the kit. I literally didn't plan or expect anything too rocket science installing this. If I am going to need anything else from the store tomorrow, I'm screwed until Friday because everything's closed. If there's an easy way to plug these into the factory harness without significant modification, PLEASE let me know by tomorrow.
Thanks.
If anyone can reply to this by tomorrow afternoon, I really need the help from the community to finish the conversion on my own.
I've done an install on my last car, an 03 altima....and it was an H1 kit. However it was back in 2008, and I've forgotten completely how I did it.
Long story short, I have prepped the car for this conversion by getting rid of the stock headlight assemblies and even though I'm aware the quality of tem is probably low, I bought the chrome projector headlight assemblies that come without the corners. Apparently, this assembly uses a different low beam bulb than stock...which ended up being an H7 bulb.
Tonight to streamline the install so I am spending less time in the garage and more with family, I went and ahead and found clean and tidy places for the ballasts to go. I am not 100 percent sure if I am going to be able to install the bulb without having to remove the assembly again, because unlike the stock 9003 bulb which I have experience replacing... This one seems to look like a screwed down retention plate bulb.
The last few things I will ask are:
Will I have to dremel a hole in the dust cover, and is it too difficult? (I have a dremel)
most of the connections are plug and play, but I am intimidated by where these little metal prongs go on the bulb harness for the power and ground. I vaguely remember on my last install it was a matter of hooking them up somewhere into the existing harness. All I literally have available for tomorrow are my tools, some zip ties and the kit. I literally didn't plan or expect anything too rocket science installing this. If I am going to need anything else from the store tomorrow, I'm screwed until Friday because everything's closed. If there's an easy way to plug these into the factory harness without significant modification, PLEASE let me know by tomorrow.
Thanks.