adzgti
29-12-2008, 12:34 AM
I have three items for you!
1: 15mm pipe lagging
2: Tap Washers and.......
3: Scissors
What a nightmare I had fitting this blooming things! No doubt you's have came across this problem already however it was quite unexpected for me. Mitsubishi in their infinate wisdom using H7 converters from an H4 plug type /Grrr . Anywho, after giving up on the first attempt as I nearly got my hands trapped on numerous occassions, I had a plan.
Off to B&Q I went for some plumbers pipe lagging. 15mm's the best to use as the 22mm stuff is too large to fit around the H7 bulb's base. I also picked up some handy tap washers.
Now if you offer up the H7 bulb, you can use this as a template to simply cut the pipe lagging into shape. simplying insert the bulb into the hollow part of the lagging and trim accordingly untill you have a like wise OEM style spacer. Attach this to the back side of your HID bulb and press into your bulb holder. Now for the tricky part. I used some tap washers on the back of each spacer(once in situe) as so the headlights spring clip would have something level to hold against. I must admit that this is very tricky however doing it this way will stop the spring clips from digging into the pipe lagging.
After doing this, I found that it was easy to alter the beam pattern also. as the pipe lagging is spongey, you can use numerous tap washer to raise and lower the beam without having to remove the bulb nor spacer. I've had no problems with this so far and as for the heat these bulbs produce, the lagging is more than capable of taking it plus some.
However I have noticed my headlight beam bounces all over the place once im driving on the motorway or bumpy roads. upon further investigation, I can physically move the headlight unit up and down. My guess is that they havent been fitted properly after the front mount and ATF cooler was plumbed in, either that or someone's snapped some clips somewhere prehaps? dont know if this is a common problem or not?
Anyway, I thought I'd share my finds with you guys, I hope its of some help to someone.
Cheers Adz
1: 15mm pipe lagging
2: Tap Washers and.......
3: Scissors
What a nightmare I had fitting this blooming things! No doubt you's have came across this problem already however it was quite unexpected for me. Mitsubishi in their infinate wisdom using H7 converters from an H4 plug type /Grrr . Anywho, after giving up on the first attempt as I nearly got my hands trapped on numerous occassions, I had a plan.
Off to B&Q I went for some plumbers pipe lagging. 15mm's the best to use as the 22mm stuff is too large to fit around the H7 bulb's base. I also picked up some handy tap washers.
Now if you offer up the H7 bulb, you can use this as a template to simply cut the pipe lagging into shape. simplying insert the bulb into the hollow part of the lagging and trim accordingly untill you have a like wise OEM style spacer. Attach this to the back side of your HID bulb and press into your bulb holder. Now for the tricky part. I used some tap washers on the back of each spacer(once in situe) as so the headlights spring clip would have something level to hold against. I must admit that this is very tricky however doing it this way will stop the spring clips from digging into the pipe lagging.
After doing this, I found that it was easy to alter the beam pattern also. as the pipe lagging is spongey, you can use numerous tap washer to raise and lower the beam without having to remove the bulb nor spacer. I've had no problems with this so far and as for the heat these bulbs produce, the lagging is more than capable of taking it plus some.
However I have noticed my headlight beam bounces all over the place once im driving on the motorway or bumpy roads. upon further investigation, I can physically move the headlight unit up and down. My guess is that they havent been fitted properly after the front mount and ATF cooler was plumbed in, either that or someone's snapped some clips somewhere prehaps? dont know if this is a common problem or not?
Anyway, I thought I'd share my finds with you guys, I hope its of some help to someone.
Cheers Adz