HIDs installed, what did I do wrong
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Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '12-'13-'14
HIDs installed, what did I do wrong
Got my HIDs fro Dave (djmotorsports.com)
Installed them last night and I'm a little worried. Everything went exactly as Dave and his instructions said. And they worked first time. And I didn't have any parts left over........
What did I do wrong? Mods just don't go in that easily and work that good. I MUST have missed something
Seriously, Dave THANKYOU!!!!
These things are incredible.
old low beams
new low beams
The only problem I have now is that I like them so much I want to
1) try to outrun them, and
2) install the hi beams even though Dave talked me out of them. (and that is some kind of customer service, talking me out of buying something from him, thanks again).
Installed them last night and I'm a little worried. Everything went exactly as Dave and his instructions said. And they worked first time. And I didn't have any parts left over........
What did I do wrong? Mods just don't go in that easily and work that good. I MUST have missed something
Seriously, Dave THANKYOU!!!!
These things are incredible.
old low beams
new low beams
The only problem I have now is that I like them so much I want to
1) try to outrun them, and
2) install the hi beams even though Dave talked me out of them. (and that is some kind of customer service, talking me out of buying something from him, thanks again).
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St. Jude Donor '08
There really isn't a good reason to install HID high beams unless you live in an area where there isn't a street light for miles. HID conversion kits are one of the most easy installs i've ever done....once i got the headlight off
Intermediate
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From: Northport NY
I have my kit from Dave waiting in my garage to be installed. It's tough to find time to mod when you have three kids under five running around.
I can't wait to see how they look on the mountain roads here at night. The weather is just about right for topless nighttime pleasure rides.
I can't wait to see how they look on the mountain roads here at night. The weather is just about right for topless nighttime pleasure rides.
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Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '12-'13-'14
Oh, and I did my install according to the directions (and have the scratches to prove it). I did remove the hood stop bolt on the passenger side but that is all.
MAN I love these things!!
Le Mans Master
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St. Jude Donor '07-'08-'09-'10-'11
no parts left over, ya you did something wrong
j/k
Glad you like them. These really are a great bang for the buck.
j/k
Glad you like them. These really are a great bang for the buck.
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St. Jude Donor '08
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Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '12-'13-'14
Has someone figured out the fix to keep all four lights on when in hi beam? That would be awesome for the mountain roads I think. Someone on the GM-Truck forum did it. I don't know if would be the same fix or not.
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St. Jude Donor '08
Yes it is the same fix. What you do is run your low beams off a relay and splice the high beam wire as a switching means to the relay. It's commonly reffered to as the High-4 mod.
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09
You have to hold it there though. But with the HID lows Id be surpised it you can see the stock highs to good.
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H4's ?
Look Great! Anybody know of an HID bulb in the H4 format. I haven't found a set of H4 bulbs that are as good as I'd like. I live in an area without streetlights for many lonely miles. In addition I was chasing a friend in his C6 to Lake Tahoe at night and had to give up the lead over the mountain 'cause I couldn't see w/low beams.
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St. Jude Donor '07-'08-'09-'10-'11
Look Great! Anybody know of an HID bulb in the H4 format. I haven't found a set of H4 bulbs that are as good as I'd like. I live in an area without streetlights for many lonely miles. In addition I was chasing a friend in his C6 to Lake Tahoe at night and had to give up the lead over the mountain 'cause I couldn't see w/low beams.
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09
Look Great! Anybody know of an HID bulb in the H4 format. I haven't found a set of H4 bulbs that are as good as I'd like. I live in an area without streetlights for many lonely miles. In addition I was chasing a friend in his C6 to Lake Tahoe at night and had to give up the lead over the mountain 'cause I couldn't see w/low beams.
Here's what the bulb looks like
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St. Jude Donor '12-'13-'14
That worked for about thirty minutes.
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St. Jude Donor '07-'08-'09-'10-'11
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St. Jude Donor '04-'05-'06-'07
You need to cross those wires.. that'll fix ya!
Congrats! That's one of my all time "favorite/worth every penny" mods...
Congrats! That's one of my all time "favorite/worth every penny" mods...
Burning Brakes
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St. Jude Donor '07-'08-'09
No street lights...
Literally... I am the rural area west of Houston... and this plug and play HID kit from Davis has been the best mod money spent Even my wife agreed.. she's not real thrilled about the rest of the mod money though! and that has only been cosmetic mods with the exception of the B&B single tip Bullets....
Great Kit Davis....
Even my wife agreed.. she's not real thrilled about the rest of the mod money though! and that has only been cosmetic mods with the exception of the B&B single tip Bullets....Great Kit Davis....
Burning Brakes
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St. Jude Donor '07-'08
Wink wink nudge nudge
Obviously you are not an accomplished shade tree mechanic or you would have been able to either break something else while installing this kit, dropped a part and broken it before you got it installed, lost one of the nuts/bolts by dropping into the engine bay, or at least had parts left over..... Keep trying though, I'm sure you can improve, shoot, simply getting older tends to cause half of the above mentioned issues. Have a great day!!