The Ronin

[TheSwapnessMonster]

Well they do need to be grounded. There's a grounding on the passenger's side motor mount. Then any bare screw on the body should be good on driver's side. Don't remember where I grounded. I'm going out to my car in a bit. PM me your email and I'll send you some photos of my set up for comparison.

 

[bskatesto]

Tomorrow I'll remove ballasts + bulbs and test straight from the battery to make sure they're all good .
Tonight while I'm at work I'll see if I can borrow a voltmeter to go about testing the stock wiring

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[Maxx Mazda]

I'm confused here. Are you using a relay setup or are you powering the ballasts right from the headlight wiring?

 

[bskatesto]

I'm confused here. Are you using a relay setup or are you powering the ballasts right from the headlight wiring?

Currently I have it wired with a relay but I want to make a direct connection to make sure the ballast + bulbs are actually working . hids currently do not come on at all
.
Is there a separate fuse for low beams I could check?

 

[bskatesto]

So I went and bought a multimeter , found my 12v low beam trigger and tied into it .
Tested my ballast outputs
Driver side - 6.8
Passenger - .6

Both inputs to ballast avg 12.20

Hids still do not come on at all

 

[bskatesto]

Got these done otherwise

 

[TheSwapnessMonster]

The output voltage at the ballast should be hundreds of volts.

 

[bskatesto]

Spoke with the retailer , after explaining in detail they still want me to do a direct wired test from the battery before doing a refund or exchange for a new kit .
I'd really like to just have it all working so I can move forward but I don't think I want to wait that long again for shipping from these guys.
Although I highly doubt I'd get two screwy kits in a row ...

For reference this is a Genssi kit + Relay

 

[bskatesto]

Went ahead and ordered a kit from ddm tuning

There's a 10% off hids sale until the 30th

 

[bskatesto]

Finally

 

[bskatesto]

Also went about patching a crack in the bumper , will plastidip tomorrow

 

[Valk]

Get ready to be flashed everywhere you go heh.

 

[bskatesto]

Get ready to be flashed everywhere you go heh.

Had to run for work , but doesn't the headlamp housing have the ability to be angled?

 

[Valk]

You can angle it with the adjustment screws and the mounting tabs but you will have to aim it super low and peeps will still flash you.
Just comes with owning hids.

 

[TheSwapnessMonster]

You could also do a projector retrofit. TheRetrofitSource.com is having a big cyber monday sale.

 

[bskatesto]

You could also do a projector retrofit. TheRetrofitSource.com is having a big cyber monday sale.

Wooh planning a Mazda b series lifted build for work , definitely bookmarked

 

[bskatesto]

Initial plan was to black plastidip - nozzle worked fine for a layer then spat all over everything and never stopped .
So I improvised

 

[Valk]

Just rattle it silver? Get good quality body supply rattle though. The $30 stuff not $7. Grey primer first right over the red.

 

[bskatesto]

Just rattle it silver? Get good quality body supply rattle though. The $30 stuff not $7. Grey primer first right over the red.

I'm keeping it its a shiny bronze almost maroon in person - has a textured feel with the black splatter.
I think I def want to take it a few shades darker though
I'll do the same effect / color on the rear views
Get the rims done black + tint in the rear

 

[bskatesto]

Didn't like the color enough so I edited .

Plus

I didn't cut the edges on the first paint job and it shows :/ , if it bothers me enough I'll do a proper paint in spring