Where do you guys put the HID Ballast. I tried installing mine 2nite, but I could not find a suitablespot for it?

pictures please of a succesfull installation in a 2001 Blazer?

 

Please limit your questions to one thread at a time. Double posting is against forum rules. I have moved your post and the replies that it has received into a new thread.

As far as locations go to mount the ballasts, you can find room in back of the radiator core support as well as possibly in the front below the lights. You may have to remove some things to gain access to these areas, but it is do-able.

 

I put mine to left or right of the corner lights, there is a rubber sheild there, and some surface area of the support to mount the ballasts too.

 

I mount my ballasts on the inside fender

 

Sorry, you are completely right and I am very sorry.

do you have any pictures of that mount? It would really help me.

I saw indeed there was some space in there, but it is not easy to access. How did you do it? do you have any pictures of it?

Somebody over at the chevroletforum.com installed it near the radiator.
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would that be safe and dry enough for an installation?




Untill now I did not remove the grill for installation, but now I see it makes the install a lot easier. Maybe I'll try again 2nite.

I'l make some pictuers and share them here, so others might benefit from them too.
thanks sofar guys! really love this forum.

 

i put mine on the core supports for the rad.
the ballasts I have are a perfect fit there, i dont have pics of where they are mounted, but there is enough room to mount them safely there

 

thanks for the help, but

can you please explain what the "core support" of the radiator are? I am Dutch and not familiar with that part. Where would I find these core supprots and what do they look like?

 

Ill use the left side headlight for an example.(standing in front looking at the truck directly)

When you remove the headlight assembly, in that "hole" to your immediate right will be the core support for the radiator, then directly behind it will be a metal panel connected to the rest of the nose of the truck, there should be a couple bolts coming through it, they are grounds. and this panel is tack welded to the radiator core I beleive, to your left will be the point of your fender.

Im referencing a 97 Bravada so my headlight design is different then yours, however the concept for the trucks is the same.

depending on the size of your ballasts for HID's you can mount along the right side of that "hole" which is the support.

I did notice though with my HID kit, I had long enough wiring to mount wherever and the core support was NOT my only option... I did make it my only option because I was lazy, and DID NOT feel like removing other parts to put the ballasts in dedicated spots for the sake if a ballast went it wouldnt be hard for me to replace it.

hope this helps out

 

Check out oktain's build thread in the Builds section. He has pictures of where he mounted his.

The radiator is the big finned thing in the center of the grill on the front of the truck. It is what cools the engine coolant. The radiator core support is the panel that the radiator, headlights, grill, and fenders all mount to.

 

Here's where I put mine, behind the signal lights.

I had 2 balasts on each side originally, but have since removed 2 (high beams and low beams, I took the high beams out because I lost my Daytime Running Lights)

Driver's side:


Passenger side with grille in place