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Old May 24, 2012 | 12:43 PM
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Question HID Install help

I installed HIDS the other day, fogs and headlights. Fog lights work fine. But somethings wrong with my headlights. The headlights only work when I switch it to HI-BEAM. On just headlights theres nothing.

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Old May 24, 2012 | 12:46 PM
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what kit are you running and are you running a relay harness?

i had the buyhids bixenon kit and i had the same problem. thought it was the kit, just found out it was my relay harness
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Old May 24, 2012 | 12:58 PM
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xentec. its an ebay kit. I only have ballasts and bulbs.
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Old May 24, 2012 | 01:01 PM
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I run the same brand in my fogs, did u buy the bixenon kit or single? if it is not bixenon then thats probably ur problem.
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Old May 24, 2012 | 01:02 PM
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ooh i had the zentec one too before... idk man that kit sucked ass, my issue was one headlight not coming on until i turned them on and off enough times. in the end the ballasts gave out.

but my recommendation is to get a relay kit. the problem is, the ballasts need 35 watts each to work correctly, and you're not getting that out of your stock headlight wiring.

what the relay kit does is provide power and ground to the ballasts. you just hook up to the positive battery terminal under the hood, a ground bolt right behind your drivers headlight, and plug into the ballasts, it's really simple.

HID Relay Harness
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Old May 24, 2012 | 01:10 PM
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okay im going to order it now. Hopefully thats my problem.

thanks again
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Old May 24, 2012 | 01:32 PM
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no problem, i hope thats it

like i said though... the xentec kit was crappy for me but someone else said it lasted a while for them
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Old May 24, 2012 | 01:45 PM
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xentec.... never again
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