i just installed a pair of retro headlights that i bought. i got them all wired up and when i was checking them out noticed a problem. im not sure on the brand of hids. i know they are 35w and 6000k

with the engine off if i try to turn the brights on nothing happens. but, once i start the engine and try it they come on. but when i go to turn the brights off the drivers side stays on.

any ideas??

i will try to take a video of it tomorrow and post it up.

 

Without knowing how you wired them it's tough to say....

 

i pretty much followed this step by step

https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/how-...arness-204719/

but mine didnt have a relay. each side has a "hid controller"

 

What's an Hid controller lol?

 

its pretty much a relay but is called a controller

 

here is a pic of the wiring..



the black box in the middle is the controller.

like i said though the wiring i figured out. i just have the problem with the brights staying on on the drivers side. i dont really need brights so can i just disconnect a wire and not have the brights work?

 

ok so i went and pulled the fuse for the hi beams. all good to go now!!

 

Sounds like either the controller is messed up or something is wired backwards.

 

probably a controller. but it is fine i just pulled the fuses and they work fine. no need to have brights when u have hids.

 

but the highbeams in retro projectors are just so sick.

 

yeah i never used them anyways though. maybe if i get bored one day i will mess with it and see whats wrong.

 

did u switch the blue and white wiring on the harness

 

did you pull your drl fuse?

 

i am an 06 so i dont need to. right?

 

no i kept it how it was.

 

ok so i got everything to work. i went to aim them and this is how my cut-off is. the drivers side slants up at about a 45 degree angle. how can i fix this?

 

take it apart and file down the sheild

 

^^^^ this or make a custom cutoff shield. That's just how the G3s are. You do need to rotate yours though, the flat lower cutoff should be level with the ground.

 

mine arnt that way , guess i just got lucky

 

lol looks like my old set

 

More like you got a different set. He's had 3 different projector styles since he started selling retros.

 

true. did you buy his newest set tommy or did you buy from sum1 else? looks like his new set but that doesnt mean anything

 

I've got his newest set. I bought mine from The Retrofit Source, but they're the same thing. The ones shown with the slope cutoff are his 2nd ones he had, which he no longer sells.

 

yeah thats what i used to have now im gonna get his new kit the morimoto mini projectors

 

I have the second set that they were selling, g3s there kind of ovalish