Modification Of The Hid Bulb Question

[treehan]

I took a picture of my HID bulb since i'm still waiting on the relay harnesses I ordered and didn't get...
...So can anybody show me exactly what i have to do? I have a Dremel tool. Am i supposed to make the bottom just like the top, as far as cutting the round edge square but leaving the center notch? Am i going to be removing the metal from the areas i colored red (green arrows are pointing to)? See picture.

[Foolish_Mortal]

QUOTE (treehan @ Apr 18 2011, 07:59 PM)

I took a picture of my HID bulb since i'm still waiting on the relay harnesses I ordered and didn't get...
...So can anybody show me exactly what i have to do? I have a Dremel tool. Am i supposed to make the bottom just like the top, as far as cutting the round edge square but leaving the center notch? Am i going to be removing the metal from the areas i colored red (green arrows are pointing to)? See picture.

Yes. You are supposed to make the bottom just like the top so that the wire is at the 6 o'clock position.

[treehan]

QUOTE (Foolish_Mortal @ Apr 18 2011, 07:06 PM)

Yes. You are supposed to make the bottom just like the top so that the wire is at the 6 o'clock position.

so it doesn't matter that the opposite side has a ridge and this side after modification will not?

[Foolish_Mortal]

QUOTE (treehan @ Apr 18 2011, 08:20 PM)

so it doesn't matter that the opposite side has a ridge and this side after modification will not?

No. It won't matter for our application. On some headlamps, it would. Not ours.

[jasen1]

better and quicker is just to cut straight across.
ok maybe not better but it sure was quicker.

dremmel with a cutoff wheel works best.

[jasen1]

a picture with modified bulb base.


and one without the base modified:


you can clearly see the shadow created by the white grounding strip.

[JamesEarl15]

We have to modify this bulb from HIDextra? I ordered mine but I thought this company fixed the 6 o'clock fix?

[jasen1]

hidextra you will have to modify the bulb.
that's where I ordered from.
for reference those pictures are 6000K

[JamesEarl15]

QUOTE (jasen1 @ Apr 18 2011, 09:22 PM)

hidextra you will have to modify the bulb.
that's where I ordered from.
for reference those pictures are 6000K

Darn....time to find a dremmel!!!!

[treehan]

QUOTE (jasen1 @ Apr 18 2011, 08:22 PM)

hidextra you will have to modify the bulb.
that's where I ordered from.
for reference those pictures are 6000K

wow that looks really blue. does it look almost white with just a little blue when actually using them or are they noticeably blue like the picture you posted?