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Old May 19, 2010 | 09:11 PM
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Hi everyone, I installed my HID's last night in my C5 and I had major problems with the resistor I used it kept smoking so I just took it off. I have seen a couple people using plug and play resistors but whenever I look for them they come up as capacitors. Will these plug and play capacitors work like a resistor? I am pretty sure they are doing the same thing so let me know thx
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Old May 22, 2010 | 07:38 PM
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Just buy one from JW motoring those work good no problems!!
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Old May 23, 2010 | 12:21 AM
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Are you sure you even need the resistors? None of mine use them. I'll second the nomination for JWMotorings resistors if you end up needing them.
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