HID ballast - water bottle removal?

[CRAIGLCR]

i havent!!

 

[bozwellox]

Sounds like a good solution so long as there's no risc of damaging it if you accidently over fill your washer fluid? Is there a nice out of the way place on the nr side to match?

If you take off the plastic headlight cover on the passenger side there is a shelf underneath it that the ballast fits nicely on, I just secured it with a double sided sticky tab. Once the headlight cover is back on you can't see the ballast at all and it should be pretty well protected from road muck etc.

 

[CRAIGLCR]

If you take off the plastic headlight cover on the passenger side there is a shelf underneath it that the ballast fits nicely on, I just secured it with a double sided sticky tab. Once the headlight cover is back on you can't see the ballast at all and it should be pretty well protected from road muck etc.

cool good spot!!!

 

[lofer]

If you take off the plastic headlight cover on the passenger side there is a shelf underneath it that the ballast fits nicely on, I just secured it with a double sided sticky tab. Once the headlight cover is back on you can't see the ballast at all and it should be pretty well protected from road muck etc.

I don’t know the spec of your car and weather you have other cold air ducting but (I may have mis-read) it sounds like you have put your ballast in the manufactures cold air scoop! ?

 

[MDS]

There is no need whatsoever to remove the water bottle.

Bind 2 tie-wraps together, go round the bottle.


Glue the ballast on the Waterbottle and use the tie-wraps just to hold it in place.

 

[bozwellox]

There is no need whatsoever to remove the water bottle.

Bind 2 tie-wraps together, go round the bottle.


Glue the ballast on the Waterbottle and use the tie-wraps just to hold it in place.

Agreed, there is no NEED to remove the water bottle. However if you want the bottle to be nicely hidden away for that OEM engine bay look then people may not want zip-ties wrapped around their water bottle! This is just another option.

 

[richybigman]

You do need to remove the washer bottle if you want the ballast completely hidden, it's not difficult to remove the washer bottle but if i was you i'd do it when the bottle is empty. IIRC there is just 2 bolts that hole it in and then you can wiggle it out. The motor is push fit in the bottle so all you have to do is pull it out, i did this with a full washer bottle which is why i recommend doing it with an empty bottle

 

[bozwellox]

You do need to remove the washer bottle if you want the ballast completely hidden, it's not difficult to remove the washer bottle but if i was you i'd do it when the bottle is empty. IIRC there is just 2 bolts that hole it in and then you can wiggle it out. The motor is push fit in the bottle so all you have to do is pull it out, i did this with a full washer bottle which is why i recommend doing it with an empty bottle

Not a problem - my car has been beeping at me for the last week or so nagging me to fill it up! I'll give it a go.

 

[MDS]

Problem is if you need to change a faulty ballast...

Thats the mais reason why i kept mine ate hand...

 

[CRAIGLCR]

You do need to remove the washer bottle if you want the ballast completely hidden, it's not difficult to remove the washer bottle but if i was you i'd do it when the bottle is empty. IIRC there is just 2 bolts that hole it in and then you can wiggle it out. The motor is push fit in the bottle so all you have to do is pull it out, i did this with a full washer bottle which is why i recommend doing it with an empty bottle

LMAO as if you did it with a full water bottle!!!

 

[richybigman]

LMAO as if you did it with a full water bottle!!!

Unfortunately i did I wasn't going to take it out but my mate who was giving me a hand (needed his tools) told me to stop being lazy. It was him who pulled the motor out and drained the washer bottle for me

 

[richybigman]

Problem is if you need to change a faulty ballast...

Thats the mais reason why i kept mine ate hand...

But to change a faulty ballast all you would have to do is take the washer bottle out, which is pretty easy.

 

[JamesL]

unlike having to cut away at double sided sticky pads and leaving a mess