Hid

[bomper04]

So I understand that HID plug and play units are illegal but I bought some anyways for offroad use... so when I finished and tried it, only one would work while the other one wouldn't. So I thought it was the bulb and ballast so I switched it from that side to the other and it wasn't the bulb or the ballast because it was lighting up just fine. So what's the deal? why can't I get them both to work?

one more thing to add, the OEM headlight works but the HID doesn't..weird. please help!

 

[burbage2001]

First thing that comes to mind is that the light may be defective.

 

[divinaand_1]

Try putting the working one on the not working side and put the not working side to the working side. (switch them around)

or check the plug pins, might be bended and didnt go in the pin hole.

 

[blownturbotsi]

I think he said that he tried that? I would say to check all of your wiring and get a multimeter or test light to be sure.

 

[bomper04]

I tried every possible combo. right side working, left side not. tried one ballast on the right side, works, tried the other ballast on the same side, works too. put one ballast on the left side, no response;light doesn't work. put in the OEM light on the left side..works just fine. Spliced the wires and put in a new 9006 harness, plugged in one of the ballasts..still doesn't work. I hope I clarified enough so that you guys kinda get what i'm saying..your help is needed!

 

[97 4G63]

You need to make or buy an hid wiring harness because powering the hid's from the stock plug will not work the hid's takes a lot of power at start up but use less after it has been on for a while here's what you need to do..

You must be logged in to view this image or video.

 

[bomper04]

wait, the harness came with the whole package. the ballasts, wires and bulb. are you saying that i'm going to have to make some changes in order for them to work?

 

[awild]

You need to get a relay to make sure you HIDs are getting enough power at start up. I have a hid plug and play on my Jeep and the pass side stopped working. It wasnt getting enough juice to power up. Thus, get a relay, hook it up to the battery then the hids then bingo...they'll never lose power.

 

[awild]

Wonder if thats why mine don't work when i turn on the low beams. My HIDS are just connected to 12v feeding them from a toggle switch inside. But as soon as i turn on the low beams, they go off.

This was the way it was when i bought the car, and thought it was normal.

There shouldnt be a reason for a toggle switch. But probably your problem if there's no relay.

 

[FlatBlackTerror]

You are talking about angel eye's which in no way are anything like HIDs.

I can honestly say that the whole rewiring thing for HIDS is completely wrong. I have a plug and play kit i got from SharpHID.com (actually one of out sponsors) and it bolted right up and worked fine. Only catch was the positive and negative on the control unit plug was backwards form the factory harness so i just have to turn one of the plugs upside down and plug it in and its been working flawlessly for over a year now.


Good luck with the install, hope this helps

 

[97 4G63]

Can you or someone please post a picture of your HIDS so i can compare them to mine..

These are the only pics i have of my hid's i hope it helps..
there 8k

You must be logged in to view this image or video.

You must be logged in to view this image or video.

 

[bomper04]

flatblackterror- could that probably be my problem? that my negative and positive for my OEM harness is backwards? it's weird because OEM works on that side but HID doesn't.

 

[knochgoon24]

Sounds like you need to take a volt meter to it and find out.

 

[bomper04]

yea, my cousin told me to just join wires from left to right (it all comes from the same source so there should be no difference) so since the right side works, he told me to just splice those wires and connect the left harness to those wires as well and it should work. true?

 

[gekido666_1]

on the bad one try switching pos to neg and neg to pos...

 

[bomper04]

HID's come with extra wiring to a ballast because they need to able to produce that specific color temp (mines 8000K), like somebody explained earlier, they take more to initially power up but after that they run more efficiently than OEM ones. So I finally got my lights working, spliced the harness wires from the HID itself and spliced the harness wire for the housing/actual light and connected them with crimp caps. Now they work beautifully. But does anyone know how to aim them higher? they're pretty much pointed straight at the ground and I'm not getting as much visibility as I'm supposed to

 

[Got Rice Galant]

I would swap the negative and positive on the side that doesn't work. If you got a cheap kit it is possible to just turn the plug around.

 

[awild]

Aiming the headlights is easy. Open the hood, look at the turn dials on the headlights, and be parked 25' from a wall at night to see which way you are turning them.

 

[mavisky]

HID's are bulbs.

You have projector housings with halo's (angel eyes) and normal halogen bulbs. Most ebay projector housings use H3 foglight projectors since they're relatively cheap to use. I have them in my truck and I'm ordering an H3 kit from forum sponsor SharpHID.com - Automotive HID Xenon Conversion Lighting Products for my h3 headlights housings. I'm lucky in that my truck at least sits up high enough tha the lighting is about equal to stock with some 75watt halogen H3 bulbs. You may be better off swapping in some tsx projectors or something into your housings.

 

[TalonTsi31]

HID's are bulbs.

You have projector housings with halo's (angel eyes) and normal halogen bulbs. Most ebay projector housings use H3 foglight projectors since they're relatively cheap to use. I have them in my truck and I'm ordering an H3 kit from forum sponsor SharpHID.com - Automotive HID Xenon Conversion Lighting Products for my h3 headlights housings. I'm lucky in that my truck at least sits up high enough tha the lighting is about equal to stock with some 75watt halogen H3 bulbs. You may be better off swapping in some tsx projectors or something into your housings.

ibought the ebay HID kit for 9006 bulbs and i have projector lights. i dont think they will hook up . ami right? are u saying i need the h3 HID kit instead? or can i use the ones i have ?

 

[awild]

ibought the ebay HID kit for 9006 bulbs and i have projector lights. i dont think they will hook up . ami right? are u saying i need the h3 HID kit instead? or can i use the ones i have ?

Pull out your headlights and we'll find out. If they are h3s then no, 9006 wont fit unless you retrofit some hid projectors in there.

 

[TalonTsi31]

Pull out your headlights and we'll find out. If they are h3s then no, 9006 wont fit unless you retrofit some hid projectors in there.

i did not realize untili orderedthe HID's that my bulbs are h3's. they have the skinny flat base and the the bulb. all i want to know is , is there anyway to use the ones i have?
or if i order a h3 kit will that work?

 

[mavisky]

h3 kit will work. I'm sure you can "make" yours work somehow, but I have no idea how to go about it really.

 

[TalonTsi31]

h3 kit will work. I'm sure you can "make" yours work somehow, but I have no idea how to go about it really.

thanks im going to take a good look at my car then probably order the h3 kit.
thanks
pat

 

[awild]

put the oem housings back in and use your 9006 kit on them. You arent going to get very much light out of h3 hids. h3's are made for fog lights which do not project very far especially inside ebay headlights.