HID resisiter wiring
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Le Mans Master
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From: Knoxville Tn
HID resisiter wiring
Des anyone now exactly where how to wire in the resister to allow the buckets to work when the HIDs are installed? I did a quick search and found nothing.
Le Mans Master
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From: Hillsboro Oregon
Did you install a battery based relay wiring harness to supply full voltage to your new HIDs?
Using resistors is a bandaid approach, usually all you need is a good wiring harness.
Something like this
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-HID-Xenon-Relay-Wiring-Harness-W-25-Fuse-40-AMP-9004-9007-/180832705106?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item2a1a781a52&vxp=mtr
Using resistors is a bandaid approach, usually all you need is a good wiring harness.
Something like this
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-HID-Xenon-Relay-Wiring-Harness-W-25-Fuse-40-AMP-9004-9007-/180832705106?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item2a1a781a52&vxp=mtr
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The harness IMO is key to these upgrades working correctly. That and good ballasts. The OEM electronics were not designed for the HID energy demands so you need the harness to act as steroids to help the pop-up lid functionality. That's why HID fogs don't require separate harnesses and usually fire up faster.
Le Mans Master
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From: Hillsboro Oregon
The harness IMO is key to these upgrades working correctly. That and good ballasts. The OEM electronics were not designed for the HID energy demands so you need the harness to act as steroids to help the pop-up lid functionality. That's why HID fogs don't require separate harnesses and usually fire up faster.
I have been pointing this out for years but many just ignore the wiring.
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Def agree w those guys. Always had probs with one light not getting power .. Finally did a relay harness to run off my battery & runs great. You don't have to use the resistor (which I had )
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I agree and have said so for years.
I don't understand the reluctance to use a relay harness. They can be had for under $15 on eBay and are very easy to install. Plus they save your expensive OEM wiring and multi function switches. I have one set for my ACA HID headlights (came with the ACA kit) and another for my HID fogs. Been over 5 years and many thousands of miles and never a single issue with the wiring, never a failure to rise or lower my C5 headlights.
Example,
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Car-HID-Xenon-Conversion-Harness-Fuse-Relay-For-9005-9006-/220899772934?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item336ea70a06&vxp=mtr
I don't understand the reluctance to use a relay harness. They can be had for under $15 on eBay and are very easy to install. Plus they save your expensive OEM wiring and multi function switches. I have one set for my ACA HID headlights (came with the ACA kit) and another for my HID fogs. Been over 5 years and many thousands of miles and never a single issue with the wiring, never a failure to rise or lower my C5 headlights.
Example,
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Car-HID-Xenon-Conversion-Harness-Fuse-Relay-For-9005-9006-/220899772934?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item336ea70a06&vxp=mtr