HID HELP PLZ!

[zieg200]

Hi, sorry for posting another hid tread but i really need help finding a installing guide on how to install my HID kit. its a philps brand, 4300, h11. THANKS in advance.

[sydemoid]

try this:

http://www.apexcone.com/JimPowellHomepa ... s/HID.html

Anyway....

If your kit didnt come with a wiring harness, I recommend you get a relay kit, or create one. This way you dont burn out your bulb connector.

but it should go a little something like this:

-------{stock bulb connector
)---- Ballast input
-----(Ballast output
]----HID bulb connector

so a diagram would be like this

--------{)------BALLAST----(]------HID bulb
12VDC Boosting to 20Kv Nice brite lite

A--------------------------------------------->Z

thats the simple way to put it.

lol

hope this helped.

[MikeATL]

sydemoid: where can i get a good relay harness?

[sydemoid]

I would google it, or create my own, I attempted this, but my system didnt need the relays.

I could sell you the relays for $30 plus shipping (probably like $4 continental US). I bought them for $45, and didnt get to use them.

But its basic as heck... here's a few links:

http://faqlight.carpassion.info/headlamp-harness.html

http://www.suvlights.com/index.php?cPat ... c0c599e5fd

http://www.plasmagarage.com/HIDballast.html

[bluesolara]

sydemoid: where can i get a good relay harness?

plasmagarage is good. My Solara is posted up on their site.

[MikeATL]

Optional Battery Relay Kit


If you are experiencing intermittent problems with one side of your HID
system, the cause may be that not enough stable power is being delivered to
the ballast on that side. This issue occurs mostly in economy vehicles,
vehicles with older batteries, and vehicles running electronic accessories.
Therefore, before making a ballast purchase, you may want to consider
buying an HID Relay Kit to increase the supply of stable power to your
ballasts. The HID Relay Kit features two 20 Amp fuses, the same plug-in
style installation as our HID Conversion Kits, and can be integrated
seamlessly to maintain plug-in style installation with our HID Conversion Kits.


The HID Relay Kit has also been known to help the following problems:
- Headlight Warning illumination on European vehicles
- One light out in cold weather and where trouble is experienced with Auto-on
systems.

Everyone rants and raves on Hidplanet about how you need a relay harness. But it sounds like we are ok with our newer model cars. And I dont have a system or anything drawing more power.

hmm, what to do, what to do.

[zieg200]

alright guys... i toook my xenondepot kit to a mechanics and guess what... they hooked everything ( the whole kit) but there was no light...(HID). the mechanics basically hooked the harness to one of the headlight and connected the postive and ground wires.... Again my lights didnbt trun on... could there be something wrong with the product? its a new kit and i dont understand what is going wrong. THANKS!

[sydemoid]

Dunno, you coulda run into the same issue I had with my fogs... for some reason, the ballasts plugged straight into the harness wouldnt work, but, once i made an extension cable from the harness to the ballast... it worked fine. Has been for over a month.

Only thing I can come up with is low voltage or not enuff cranking amps.

and yes, HID uses less amps than halogens.... but they are very demanding on proper voltage/ground requirement.

[krawzyazn]

damn that sucks you paid soo much for a top quality product and it failed should have went with the McCulloch lol

[MikeATL]

Just hook them straight up to the stock headlight plug, then you will know for sure.

[zieg200]

sydemoid can you expalin alittle more? i notice on this kit there is only one harness plug. i called the xenondepot and they say it dosent matter which plug the harness are connected to. another downside was that the kit didnt come with instructions or manuals... so.... argh... i waited 3 weeks by now and still cannot install this kit

[zieg200]

PLZ HELP THANKS AGIAN

[sydemoid]

ok.. weird

my harness kits (provided with my HID kit) has 2 connectors, one for each bulb connector off the stock bulb harness.

But the relay kits are supposed to allow you to have direct connection from the battery to the ballasts, using the stock harness' 12 volts DC on an inductor, pulling a single stage magnetic switch.

but... your ballasts should work when connected to the stock harness.

I would buy a 9006 bulb connector from autozone ($4), and crimp some small blades on the wires. insert the blades to your headlamp harness, and then plug the 9006 connector to your ballast. If it doesnt light up, reverse the blades. If it lights up... bling bling, you got it working.

If not... I would take the ballsts to get checked. they do go bad at times.

had to explain, but the links I provided made it easy for me to understand... if not... I will see about taking a picture of my setup... as tedious as it would be to remove it, and re do all that work... lol

[zieg200]

ok.... i think i got the problem all figured out. it seems like the kit;'s ground wire, which was connected to the relay was not functioning. I took it to an electrical shop and they tested the wires and concluded that the groun wires was not working. Well enough said... hopefully i can get my kit on sometime tomorrow!!! YES!!! and for all you gen 2 out there with HID installed, did you took out the battery or fused before you install the kit (drivers side deadlight)??? cause iam afriad there wont be enough room for thje blub to be insert to the headlight. THANKS AGAIN!!!

[cklinh]

It's a tight squeeze, but it's doable without removing anything.