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Old Dec 13, 2011 | 08:19 PM
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Has anyone put reverse hid lights in a nnbs? ive been reading about people doing this on other vehicles. but not on the nnbs trucks does anyone know how to do this? im really wanting to put some on my truck just dont know what the procedure is.... thanks
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Old Dec 13, 2011 | 08:34 PM
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has anyone done it on a nbs ?
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Old Dec 13, 2011 | 11:15 PM
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I'm pretty sure its just your standard installation.. Remove the old bulb, plug the wire in the ballast, and plug the HID bulb in the housing and make sure the Ballast is mounted somewhere..
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Old Dec 14, 2011 | 12:54 AM
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Originally Posted by 04SilverBullet
I'm pretty sure its just your standard installation.. Remove the old bulb, plug the wire in the ballast, and plug the HID bulb in the housing and make sure the Ballast is mounted somewhere..
Exactly, but you might have to lengthen the wires and mount the ballast underneath the truck if you can't cram it behind the tail lights.
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Old Dec 14, 2011 | 01:20 AM
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I made a post of my setup on my 09 crew cab its really easy to do let me see if I can find it... I'll just copy and paste my whole thread

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Old Dec 14, 2011 | 01:23 AM
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Well iv been running some HID's in my low beams and in my fogs well decided the other day to step it up and put some HID's in my high beams and in my reverse lamps lol. I cant think of anyone or have seen anyone who has put HID's in there NNBS reverse lamps around here so decided to do it. Yes I know OVERKILL but I have 2% tint on my front windows and 0% on all my rears so its a lil hard to see at night. These pics are not the best ill try and get some later tonight when it gets dark so you all can see how they look...the reverse lamps are REALLY bright now and I can actually see at night when i back up now lol let me know what you all think.......



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Old Dec 14, 2011 | 01:24 AM
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lol thanks for the comments guys here are the night pics i promised..........




^^^ in this pcture you can really see how they light things up but still these pics dont do it justice they look 100 times better in person
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Old Dec 14, 2011 | 01:27 AM
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Originally Posted by WHITE5.3L
haha dang that looks bad *** man! how exactly did you mount the ballast? If you dont mind taking a picture of where you mounted that, it would help me alot!
thanks and here you go bro went and took my tail lamps off and took some pics just for you lol .....yeah there is a ton of room in there to mount the ballast were ever you want to



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Been a whole year of having the HIDs in my reverse lamps and havnt had a problem I'm running them in my 2011 now. There really easy to put in just order a H13 kit and they will fit right in with just a slight trimming of the big tab on the bulb. Power and ground to to the reverse light power and ground and done.
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Old Dec 14, 2011 | 06:54 AM
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can you use hids for the brake lights ?
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