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Old Feb 14, 2010 | 11:02 AM
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How-To: Installing HIDs W/ Relay Harness

How-To: Install HID Bi-Xenons Into Stock Headlights W/ Relay Harness




9007 10,000k Bi-Xenon kit Bought From www.BuyHIDs.com - #1 Plug-N-Play Xenon HID Kits

Tools Required:
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10mm Socket
Socket Wrench
3/4 Extension

Step 1: Remove the 4 top bolts that hold the headlights and bracket in place & the 3 Push clips on the grill.



Step 2: Pull headlight out from the outside as shown. Takes some wiggling but it will come out



Step 3: Remove the 2 lower bolts that hold the bracket in place.



Step 4: Remove the headlight bracket by wiggling it out.



Step 5: Mount your ballast under the headlight bracket as shown. Double sided tape works best. If your in the colder states heat the area up with a hair dryer before hand to help it stick. Mines been there for 1+ years without issue.



Step 6: Here is a diagram of the Relay harness. It looks complex but its very simple.



Step 7: Now take your relay Harness and wire the (+) Wire to the (+) post in the fuse box. The post just twist off. Install wire and tighten post back down.




Step 8: Take the (-) wire and connect to to the bolt on the fendor. 10mm socket works.



Step 9: Now run the wire for the passanger side (longest wire from relay harness) with the wires that run across the front beam of the car. Below is a picture and the red line is the "wire".



Step 10: Now Take your Blue connector harness. Blue connector plugs into stock harness. The Male plug is not used on the passanger side, while the driver side it connects to the female connector on the relay harness. Refer to the relay harness diagram above to see what the connector looks like. The smallest wires connect together and the 2 plugs also connect together as shown below.




Now put everything back together, bolt it down and you now have Bi-Xenon HID kit installed into your ride.



*Thanks Dman090 for letting me use your pic without asking
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Old Feb 28, 2010 | 11:52 AM
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Old Mar 20, 2010 | 02:50 AM
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I installed this same setup for a friend of mine today, however, when you turn the brights on, the lights go off. Can you help me with this?
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Old Mar 20, 2010 | 02:52 AM
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I have problems too

I gotta rev the engine to make the HI's go on
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Old Mar 20, 2010 | 02:57 AM
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Originally Posted by HB_SS/TC
I have problems too

I gotta rev the engine to make the HI's go on
What?!

David we gotta look at yours. That or pick up a DDM kit.
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Old Mar 20, 2010 | 02:59 AM
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yeah it's weird I'll show you tomorrow
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Old Mar 20, 2010 | 03:00 AM
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ok, i gotta see this haha.
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Old Mar 20, 2010 | 02:08 PM
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thanks for the great write-up; i'm supposed to get mine on monday so i'll definitely have this how-to close-by
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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 08:58 AM
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Some relays, you need to flip the resister thing around and remove the jumper cable. I know my Harness's you need to but the changes are done before there shipped. Every car is different. Like my sunfire you reverse the resister but you leave the jumper cable.
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Old Mar 26, 2010 | 08:14 PM
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just installed this tonight thanks for the write up
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Old Mar 27, 2010 | 04:37 PM
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This an awesome write up! I grounded everything a little bit different but did everything else pretty much the same.
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Old Apr 5, 2010 | 06:12 PM
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used this how-to. everything ended up working and turning on but the brightness of the 8k's I got was awful, like it was lower than a ceiling fan halogen bulb. very confusing
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Old Apr 6, 2010 | 04:18 AM
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Originally Posted by chadnky
I installed this same setup for a friend of mine today, however, when you turn the brights on, the lights go off. Can you help me with this?

i have the same problem except i think that my ballast is messed internally as the shielding on it does not seem to be grounded at all but yet on my other side it is... been trying to get a hold of Alumina to figure out whit that is happening
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Old Apr 6, 2010 | 07:42 AM
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Should of bought HIDs from me we cover everything no matter what hassle free.
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Old Apr 6, 2010 | 07:52 AM
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good rightup. for the ground tho does the paint need to be scratched off the fender to create a good ground?
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Old Apr 6, 2010 | 08:35 AM
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it wouldn't hurt...but I didn't
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Old Apr 6, 2010 | 11:36 AM
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Are HID's bright enough for projectors? I have the black Halo projectors off eBay.
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Old Apr 6, 2010 | 11:52 AM
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Originally Posted by BULLETSSMOKE
Are HID's bright enough for projectors? I have the black Halo projectors off eBay.
They are not designed for HIDs but yes they are bright.

Originally Posted by 07MetallicSC
good rightup. for the ground tho does the paint need to be scratched off the fender to create a good ground?
Always good to remove paint but i didnt as it would bug me with chipped/missing paint around the bolt lol.

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yeah i hear ya, that would bug me too.
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Old Apr 6, 2010 | 02:50 PM
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I honestly dont think mine will work with projectors. Either that or my bulbs are dim as hell. My 8ks aren't getting enough power or they shitty bulbs.
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Old Apr 6, 2010 | 02:56 PM
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DDM tuning is the way to go. except I dont know if theirs are bi-xenon or not. I dont think bi-xenon is all that important anyways.
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Old Apr 11, 2010 | 02:59 PM
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i bought some hids for my 05 cobalt but i can not figure how to install the bulbs into the headlights it seems like the hid bulbs remain loose on the headlight, can some one please help me with this?
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Old May 8, 2010 | 01:13 AM
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I got an hid kit for my 06 cobalt but to have my hids I need to have my high beams on ... I'm pretty sure I missed up something can some please help
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Old Jun 24, 2010 | 01:13 AM
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when you got the xenon bulbs, they were only a single type. I did this by accident before too, they are intended to be only low-beam, not both hi and low. So in order to get high and low beam you need to buy Bi-Xenon or Hi-Halogen/Low-Xenon bulbs. Check them out on Ebay. I recommend the Bi-Xenon, that way you will have HID for hi and low beam.
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For the gen 1 projectors, you have to drill on the top of the socket for the lead to fit. The lead is not supossed to go sideways.
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