I just put my HIDs in last weekend. I read that I was supposed to grind a slot on the bottom of the housing to make room for the return lead. On my projectors, there was a slot to the right or left that looks perfect for the return lead. Does anyone else have this? Does it make a difference which way the return lead rests?
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One of my bulbs is purple and the other one is white. Hopefully VisionBulbs sorts that out for me.

Also on my left headlight (driverside), there are two plugs and i cant figure out one of them. I know ones for the headlight but wats the other one for?
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i think the light patter will be messed up with the bulb turned that way, but i could be wrong. and i dont know about the other wire, maybe turn signal?

 

you have your bulbs twisted to hell in there.

do you think everyone would be going to the trouble of grinding their headlights if there was a slot there that works? lol

get em out before you damage the return lead, and grind a slot for em.

 

I only did one to see how it would turn out but i forgot which one i did They arent twisted tho cuz for me theres a long gap that they fit perfectly in to. Do ur projectors have that? Maybe mine were made different. Im gonna mess around wit em on tuesday and il get more pics.

 

the gap is made for the return, and is totally safe to use. the return is just on the wrong side of the bulb, which is why you can see the shadow it makes on the road, so people make a second return on the correct side

it may also be possible that the old projectors didnt have a return

 

I dont get y they would make the return lead gap on the wrong side. Can it be there for any other reason?

Its definitely not the tun signal cu thats on the headlight harness. Anyone else hve an idea? I dont have it plugged in to anything and its only on the driver side.

 

Are you using a relay?

 

the gap is made for the return?

do you have a picture of it?
because unless they started putting a gap on the top or the bottom, that gap is not for the return lead.
the gaps on the side are for the little nubs on the bulb base that stop it from rotating.
your bulb should have the return lead directly above or below the bulb.
not to the side.

 

^^^ Tells the truth... I don't know what those two connectors are that you have...

 

i think they did. i probably wont have any pics for a while...i would guess around the time i get my FIC put on, i can take a pic at the same time

anyway, its a perfect fit, even some wiggle room, and its in a perfect spot....im assuming they started including one

 

you have to drill a slot at the bottom of the projector so the lead has room to fit. not to the side's or top, return lead HAS TO BE FACING DOWN

 

Nope. Its coming from the same wire that the main headlight plug comes from. No one else has this? Everything in my car seems to be workin.

Are u supposed to actually use a drill. I tried to but it jus slides all over the place. Instead i jus used scissors but that takes forever and im not finished. Is there a better way to do this?

 

use a demel, or go to the hardware store and buy a round file slightly larger than the return lead.


note: MAKE SURE all your filings come OUT, not into the projector.

speaking from experience, pay special attention to it. it sucks if you let any get in there

 

i used a drill, buy a good bit, a non walking one.... also like an0malous said, dont let ur fillings fall in the headlight, its a real pain to get out

 

So nobody else has this second plug?

 

i do but i have yet to find out what it is.

 

i need to know this too. subscribed

 

i put the part number in gmpartsdirect.com and the description said sensor on it so maybe its the temp sensor or something.

(not the plug the cap that goes over the plug)

 

I think i figured it out. I jus noticed a week ago that on my DIC the outside temperature is missing. At first when i noticed three dashes to the left of my total mileage, i didnt know wat was supposed to be there. Now i just need to know where to plug it in. Any ideas?

 

theres a little gray cap where it goes. its attached to the headlight bracketin the back on the left side. i'll put up some pics tonight cuz i got to go to work right now.

 

here are the pictures of where the plug is.

i circled where the plug is in the headlight bracket.


close up


and this is what it looks like when you take it out.


hope this helped

 

did u ever find it?

 

thats for the temperature in your computer... to tell you the how hot or cold it is...mine doesnt stick in anymore. u can do without it connected..

the pass side wont have it

 

are u sure cuz i put the code on that little cap into gmpartsdirect and the description said sensor. didnt say what kinda though, just sensor

 

yep temperature sensor