another hid question...
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Le Mans Master
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St. Jude Donor '08
another hid question...
well after 2 yrs of good operation, my hid's started acting funny and now they don't fire at all, so i ordered a relay harness. since it's for only low beams, could i add fog lamp hid's in the future?
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St. Jude Donor '08
Burning Brakes
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An afthermarket HID unit was in my '04 C5 when I got it and acts up occasionally. After a lot of "head scratching" and hit and miss replacment of relays, etc. (even a ballast which wasn't cheap, $100)) I found the problem. In the wiring to the special bulb there is a twist connector that resist you unscrewing it apart. In it is a "brush" type of electrical contact that fries itself over time. For some reason it's the driver side on mine, the passenger side has not been a problem. Next time I'm going to direct wire it and seal it up with double sided waterproof electrical tape.
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Le Mans Master
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St. Jude Donor '08
ok so i removed my headlight assemblies and my balasts to inspect everything and one of the wires to the right hid bulb was cut. spliced it and gonna install relay harness. {on cell. continue next}
