# HID Install
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hid-install/262014
**Category:** Shift518 Automotive
**Created:** [December 25, 2011, 6:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hid-install/262014 "2011-12-25T18:32:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 2
### Author:  [@IOM\_G8\_GT\_888](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/IOM_G8_GT_888)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2011, 2:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hid-install/262014/21 "2011-12-26T14:44:04Z")
Where do I get this retard strength velcro? lol
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### Author:  [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2011, 2:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hid-install/262014/22 "2011-12-26T14:44:46Z")
:lol
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### Author:  [@offroadzj](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/offroadzj)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2011, 4:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hid-install/262014/23 "2011-12-26T16:09:57Z")
If you decide against doing the install yourself I am willing and able to do the install. You can take a peak at my remote start install thread for my credentials. PM me if interested. I just helped a good friend (crazybrew) put HID’s into his Lexus… so I can handle just about anything… lol.
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### Author:  [@IOM\_G8\_GT\_888](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/IOM_G8_GT_888)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2011, 3:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hid-install/262014/24 "2011-12-27T03:22:12Z")
> [@risk + simcity with a pinch of civilization for good measure](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/risk-simcity-with-a-pinch-of-civilization-for-good-measure/46848/959):
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> If you decide against doing the install yourself I am willing and able to do the install. You can take a peak at my remote start install thread for my credentials. PM me if interested. I just helped a good friend (crazybrew) put HID’s into his Lexus… so I can handle just about anything… lol.
I’ll keep that in mind, only problem is you’d have to come to the garage cause I have it stored for the winter.
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### Author:  [@offroadzj](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/offroadzj)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2011, 3:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hid-install/262014/25 "2011-12-27T03:57:10Z")
I’m willing to travel. There is a slight fee for it (mainly because I have all my resources here at my garage and it usually is a little tougher without all the resources). Just let me know whatever you decide.
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### Author:  [@IOM\_G8\_GT\_888](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/IOM_G8_GT_888)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2011, 2:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hid-install/262014/26 "2011-12-27T14:22:49Z")
Yeh I’ll most likely be able to handle it.
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### Author:  [@Phate](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Phate)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2011, 1:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hid-install/262014/27 "2011-12-28T13:25:09Z")
> [@Don't stay a virgin!! defend Net Neutrality!!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dont-stay-a-virgin-defend-net-neutrality/47421/22):
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> 4th Gen Maxima is a 9005 bulb. I miss my 4th Gen. :lol
Just checked, 9004 bulbs are what his car takes (or at least what I ordered and installed). Its a late 4th gen, so maybe they changed it. Also 9005’s are a high beam bulb that tends to go alongside 9006 low beams.
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### Author:  [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2011, 7:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hid-install/262014/28 "2011-12-29T07:34:03Z")
> [@Poll: GTR or ZR1](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poll-gtr-or-zr1/47556/51):
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> Just checked, 9004 bulbs are what his car takes (or at least what I ordered and installed). Its a late 4th gen, so maybe they changed it. Also 9005’s are a high beam bulb that tends to go alongside 9006 low beams.
My bad, typo. Didn’t catch it till you quoted haha.
Yeah, it’s a 9004 with many people doing the 9007 conversion. I did it on my 99 and my 97. Helped a little with the output.
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### Author:  [@ErnGotti](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ErnGotti)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2011, 6:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hid-install/262014/29 "2011-12-29T18:04:40Z")
When I bought my Grand Prix it had a McCullough HID kit in it but The ballasts were all nasty and corroded from NY salt and water. Do your best to protect them.
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### Author:  [@Phate](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Phate)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2011, 11:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hid-install/262014/30 "2011-12-29T23:31:54Z")
> [@Nuwer Junkyard?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nuwer-junkyard/47586/6):
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> When I bought my Grand Prix it had a McCullough HID kit in it but The ballasts were all nasty and corroded from NY salt and water. Do your best to protect them.
My DDM ballasts are still going fine, and they are from the cheap kit. The screws on the case rusted, but I don’t have a fender liner on one side, and the ballast got crusted in a mix of dirt/grit and salt. Washed it off, its fine. Put them out of the way, but as long as its not a shitty kit you don’t need to go too crazy with protecting them.
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### Author:  [@IOM\_G8\_GT\_888](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/IOM_G8_GT_888)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2011, 3:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hid-install/262014/31 "2011-12-31T15:41:32Z")
The amount my car is driving in nasty weather I’ll be fine. Its stored in winter.
I just bought a delay for the wiring harness so the HID’s wont fire until the car is done cranking. This will ensure that there are no HID misfires.
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### Author:  [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2011, 5:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hid-install/262014/32 "2011-12-31T17:40:20Z")
Where did you get that?
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### Author:  [@IOM\_G8\_GT\_888](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/IOM_G8_GT_888)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2011, 5:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hid-install/262014/33 "2011-12-31T17:47:16Z")
Some guy had em on my forum… want one? Ill buy it for you if he has some left… Matter of fact I’ll text you.
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### Author:  [@ReDevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ReDevil)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2011, 5:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hid-install/262014/34 "2011-12-31T17:51:55Z")
Does your car turn them on automatically? If they are running as daytime running lights, does the decreased voltage do anything/harm the ballasts? Just curious.
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### Author:  [@IOM\_G8\_GT\_888](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/IOM_G8_GT_888)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2012, 9:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hid-install/262014/35 "2012-01-01T09:23:41Z")
I heard that the car starting and HID’s firing at the same time sometimes mess them up and cause a misfire.
and yes they turn on automatically
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### Author:  [@IOM\_G8\_GT\_888](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/IOM_G8_GT_888)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2012, 6:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hid-install/262014/36 "2012-01-02T18:46:23Z")
Going to wait for the delay to install the HID’s hopefully early next week.
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### Author:  [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2012, 6:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hid-install/262014/37 "2012-01-02T18:57:45Z")
How does the delay get wired up? I’m interested…the price is cheap. But need more info on it.
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### Author:  [@IOM\_G8\_GT\_888](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/IOM_G8_GT_888)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2012, 7:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hid-install/262014/38 "2012-01-02T19:17:35Z")
wires up to the harness, I’ll try to upload it H/O
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### Author:  [@IOM\_G8\_GT\_888](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/IOM_G8_GT_888)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2012, 7:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hid-install/262014/39 "2012-01-02T19:21:00Z")
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### Author:  [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hid-install/262014/40 "2012-01-02T20:04:03Z")
Too much work on my car. The IPDM (which controls a lot of crap in my car) will throw a fit with this setup me thinks.
Thanks Chad.
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