i looked everywhere trying to find a way to install HID w/ Ballast into my 2000 Volvo S80 T6, to no avail.
so i semi-engineered a way using duct tape thought id share my idea in case someone was looking to do the same.

1. Unplug & Remove your headlight from your car (3 star screws)
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2. Remove the interior Dome Reflector.
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(should look like this )
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4. Put your HID bulb through the dome reflector
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5. Use tiny strips of duct tape to hold the bulb to the reflector. (Make sure to not touch the HID bulb with your fingers or tape)
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6. Re-Insert the dome reflector back into the Fog Light.
(with the addition of tape, you wouldn't hear a click when inserting, but it should be sitting in tightly)


7. Now all you need to do is add tape on the exterior lip to prevent water from going into the Fog Light.


8. Re-install your fog light with the three star screws you removed earlier. (i think i used the T25 tip)

9. The wiring process from the fog light to the ballast to the vehicles' battery source is rather simple from there-on-out. Simply connect all the wires to the ballast and the positive (red) wire from the ballast will be connected to the white wire that was originally connected to the fog-light via plug, and the negative (black) wire from the ballast connected to the black wire coming from the car's original plug. I cut off my original fog light plugs because i didn't want water to play a factor in shorting anything.. you can choose to keep them and just slit them without removing the plugs. That is totally up to you and will work either way.

These steps completely bypass the original grommet used on this Volvo, which sandwiched the H1 bulbs between itself and the fog light, making it impossible to install a HID ballast kit. Feel free to do any adjustments you see fit, as i am an amateur.

it might not look like its sturdy in the pictures or description, but it is.

..and yes... i installed green HIDs with a film of green tint

 

 

that duck tape is only gonna last a couple of months and cause you nothing but problems

 

that this is bright and m not into green lights..maybe inside the car but not outside.
but i like the idea of HID fogs

 

suggestion?

 

all interior lighting is green

 

Its a good thought, but the tape wont last and your going to blind other traffic and could get pulled over depending on state. Buy a set of fog light projectors and retrofit an H1 HID kit, did this on my SVT contour along time ago and i'm going to be starting it on my s80 since i just did a projector retofit on it.

 

yeah they actually make a HID bulb that fits that fog housing you just have to drill a hole through the plastic stock backing to run the wires

 

the little research that i did gave me an understanding that fog lights are not the same as headlights, whereas the headlights can only be yellow/white/light blue. Fog lights in the state of California can vary in colors. They would be 100% street legal if i remove the green tint film, because the bulbs themselves are more white than green. But then again, i do not plan on keeping these lights on at all times as they have a switch inside the car, very convenient.

as for the duct tape, i was well aware that it is not water proof and melts/decays with heat. It should, however, give me a lengthy amount of time before they wear out.

I should mention that I've done all this for the sake of fun. I'm not taking this at all one bit serious, hence my sloppyness. I've also swapped all the interior lighting to green (kept the original ones in case i choose to revert)

i also got this kit for a rather cheap price of $20 (XenTec), more that im willing to invest in "fun." Took me approx. 20 min to remove, mount, and replace the bulbs. But im interested in seeing how you install the bulbs w/ projectors on your S80, so snap pictures and post back to this thread, could be helpful to many of us amateurs.

btw the pictures give the lights more justice than they deserve, the lights are soft and will not blind drivers. The HIDs i got are only the 3k version. Compared to the usual 6k-15k people use on their vehicles.

 

I'm sorry but your wrong on the fog lights, pulled right from the law book for CA:

(a) The emitted light from all lamps and the reflected light from
all reflectors, visible from in front of a vehicle, shall be white or
yellow, except as follows:
(1) Rear side marker lamps required by Section 25100 may show red
to the front.
(2) The color of foglamps described in Section 24403 may be in the
color spectrum from white or yellow. (3) An illuminating device, as permitted under Section 24255


However i'm not ******* on your project because i know you mean good intentions but HID in a halogen housing will blind others, look in front of a mirror and it will be way to bright, trucks here do it all the time and we pull them over for it, its distracting to other motorists and very dangerous.

 

Where can this kit be found? or what is it called?