SNiiP3R

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Sorry for the crappy image quality, I broke my cam these were taken with an iPhone.

Day 1 (somewhere on the way home from Atlanta)


Day 2 (somewhere in New York)


Day 4 (Windows tinted, specs are in my sig)
The car is pretty dirty here





My 6000K HID Fogs
I've had way too many problems with aftermarket hid kits before, which is why I've got myself these Denso ballasts. I had to modify them though, the wires are extended so that I could put these babies under the hood, instead of placing them somewhere at the bottom of the car. D2S sockets are removed as well, they now use 9006 bulbs.




Hopefully I will get a new cam in future and take some better pics!

flipside909

I'm getting red X's.

1989Lexus

NY and rwd? ooh good luck in the winter if you drive in the winter.. I know NY can be just as bad as Boston in the winter.

The G Man

I thought there is a max length for the high voltage wire to the bulb, I forgot what the issue was, maybe it was power loss. BTW, I hope you use more than just electrical tape for your spice. There is about 15000 volts going to your bulb, you need special high voltage tape for that application.

SNiiP3R

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The past few years we did not have any snow at all here. I try not to drive when its snowing or even after, because the salt on the road is even worse than the sand in Texas.


I've done the same on my previous car, never had any issues. And yes, there is more than just electrical tape under it.

dunnojack

all those LS's in NY are fine.

no problem with RWD.


what phone are those pics taken with?
pretty clear.
my phone cam sucks.

RI-Lex

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the GS looks clean in black, car looks good man, HID's in the fogs already nice keep her clean

Joeb427

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Nice!
I love the look of the stock 5 spoke wheels!

The G Man

If you go to the LS board, you will see all the comaplain about the LS in the snow. It is among the worst RWD car in the snow if you exclude sports car.

The G Man

SNiiP3R, I am just wondering what you have under those electrical tape in the spice and if it is rated for 10,000 volts like those wires you are using.

SNiiP3R

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I used my iPhone to take these pics

Umm I'm not really sure what those things are called, I bought them from the shop that installs HID's. They are some type of wire connectors that look like this blue one in the picture below



I had to use some electrical tape on top, just in case....

The G Man

That blue thing is a butt splice connector, they are only rated for 600 volts AC. When I did my splice for my HID, I use the butt connector that had solder in it and use the heat gun to melt the solder. On top of that, I wrap it with high voltage tape, rated for 10,000 voltage and then put regular electrical tape on top of that. There is a lot of voltage going thru that wire, it may only last for a few milliseconds, but I would not want to take a chance with 10,000 volts. If you look at the small prints on the wire to the bulb, the wires are made from special insulation which is rated for 8000 volts or more.

LiCelsior

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its not THAT bad, just gotta go slow lol..

SNiiP3R

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Alrighty, I'll add some high voltage tape on top as well any particular tape/brand you can recommend ? Thanks

The G Man

I use the 3M high voltage splice tape and wrap the electrical tape on top of that because the high voltage tape is not sticky enough by itself. Again, you only need it on the wire from the ballast to the bulb.

http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/items/2A459