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Old Feb 18, 2011 | 10:26 PM
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installed HID kit. Now pop ups are intermittently not working all the time. I've done some research. Would a "Xenon HID Warning Decoder Error Canceller Capacitor" Fix the problem?
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Does the lights flicker when on? Sounds like you need a HID conversion relay kit which pulls power directly from the battery. The "secret" capacitor thing-a-mag (since you don't know what's in the little black box) might work.....then might not!
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installed HID kit. Now pop ups are intermittently not working all the time. I've done some research. Would a "Xenon HID Warning Decoder Error Canceller Capacitor" Fix the problem?
Do you mean the lights are not 'lighting', or they aren't rising into the 'open' position?
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Do you mean the lights are not 'lighting', or they aren't rising into the 'open' position?
Not rising into the open position.
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Not rising into the open position.
If you unplug the HID's does the headlights raise up to the open position? Also, when they are plugged in does the HID's come on?
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