I've had HIDs for quite some time, but I decided to install a relay kit just to be safe when I got my gen 4 lights. That was like two months ago. This morning I get out of work only to find my headlights will not turn on. Nothing I tried worked. I ended up driving home with the parking lights and fogs on. This is what happened to the fuse and the holder on this kit after such a short period of time:




Notice how the actual fuse is still good in there, but it's useless because of the corrosion. The one tab actually broke off when I wiggled the fuse just a tad. I ended up going to crappy tire an buying a 12GA fuse holder to replace this piece of crap, and it actually seals the fuse completely from the outside world, so no more of this corroding fuse junk. This is a pretty simple problem to avoid, if you happen to be adding one of these fuse holders to a circuit, but it may not always be the first thought when it's a part of something else already. Now you'd figure since the relay kits go in the engine bay, that you would think the fuse holder should be self contained so that the elements don't screw with it. Turns out mine obviously was not the type that seals, and I didn't pay attention when I installed the kit. Lesson learned I guess...

 

I had a corrosion issue with my 01 Cavalier. Headlights didn't work. Ended up tracing it back to a corroded (sp) ground wire. I had to cut a foot of wire off and redo it. Wasn't fun trying to find that, lol. **** looks nasty

 

where the hell did you put that near for it to be like that..i've had mine in for like a year or something already and mine looks NOTHING like that...btw do you keep that flag in the back like in ur sig? i don't mind doing that during euro/ world cup but not all year round lol ppl just think ur weird

 

It was just below the fuse box, since it's on the wire attached to the post. Tucked away in there and still went to ****.

 

mines right up by the hindge of the hood and no problems (right by the top of the strut mount)

 

Short answer - road salt. Not something you would see alot of around Vancouver

They use tons of it here, everything under the hood ends up looking like a salt lick by the time the snow is gone......

 

They go ape **** with the salt down here in Kentucky. I thought it was something I wasn't gunna have to worry about anymore once I left NY. Man was I wrong...soon as you see a snowflake...town salt trucks come through and drop 3" of salt... ridiculous here

 

no vancouver uses a lot of salt..not as much though..they're starting to use more and more sand now

 

mine started to look like that turned out the spot i put it was getting drenched with washerfluid when i spilled a little bit. replaced the fuse and moved it to a dryer spot and its all good now.