Headlight Motors acting up, help
Maybe somebody who has done them before will chime in and correct me if I'm wrong.
It is a pretty common thing to install HIDs and have the lights not close properly (the HIDs use less voltage and the system doesnt operate properly) but whatever they do, they usually both do it (both stay open, both stay closed). The solution to that is installing a resistor in the circut (vendors on the site here have them made up, they are plug and play, just plug it in between your drivers side and pass side lights).
Another thing that happens to the pop up lights is that the plastic gears inside the motors go after a while, but if it were that you might also hear a ticking/grinding sound as the light tries to open/close. There are kits to replace the stock plastic ones with brass ones.
The only other thing would be the head light controller. Its bolted to the fender under the pass side headlight. You may want to make sure you didnt jostle any of those connections when you did your install.
Really not sure where you're at since you mentioned "switching the position of the bracket", you have to get them back to the way you found them to start. And also, if you ran the battery down doing the install, that may also be screwing with the open/close cycle.
Might want to:
Get it assembled the way you found it.
Make sure the battery is charged and in good shape (11 ftlbs on the terminals)
See if there is a way you can temporarily bypass the hid setup, if they use the oem connectors for power you may be able to just unplug the hid ballasts and reconnect the old low beams (they dont have to be installed, just out of the way of the lights when they open/close). If the light work correctly with the old bulbs, you know its the resistance.
Id bet its the resistance.







