Installed the HIDs tonight. I'm pretty OCD about stuff looking right so it took me forever and a day to pick a spot to put the ballasts, but it's finally done.
Took everything apart so I could easily access everything.
Put the driver's side ballast on the outside of the storage box
passenger side on the inner fender next to the battery
and finally the comparison! Halogens:
55w 5ks:
and with the 4Hi highbeams on, which are now irrelevant
after adjusting them, I am incredibly pleased with the results. So nice to have pure white lights