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Corvette mod hid resistors install
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Corvette mod hid resistors install
I RECEIVED THE HID RESISTORS TODAY FROM CORVETTE MOD BUT HAD NO DIRECTIONS.
whats up with that?
I tried hooking one up piggyback on the positive side of the line before ballast but did not work.
ANYBODY know how are these so pose to be wired?
whats up with that?
I tried hooking one up piggyback on the positive side of the line before ballast but did not work.
ANYBODY know how are these so pose to be wired?
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they hook between the low beam light power and ground wires. I thought they had plugs on the ends that you just disconnected the HID wires to the low beam socket and connected the resistor in the middle of the wiring. You will only need one. Almost any load is enough to get the headlights to start retracting again.
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Are these the resistors that require you to tap into the wiring? If so I would toss those out. We offer a plug n play resistor for the HID kits.
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Very good tip! I learned this lesson the hard way when trying to mount the thing...left my fingers with grill style marks.
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On another note, I have no idea why the aftermarket insists on you installing 55W resistors to keep the headlights retracting. A couple of watts is more than enough load to keep the headlights retracting. A 100ohm, 5W resistor or a side marker bulb wired to the headlight power would both work just as well.
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Thanks.
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On another note, I have no idea why the aftermarket insists on you installing 55W resistors to keep the headlights retracting. A couple of watts is more than enough load to keep the headlights retracting. A 100ohm, 5W resistor or a side marker bulb wired to the headlight power would both work just as well.
A 100 ohm-5 watt resistor would draw less than 2 watts of power, and not get very hot.
With a couple spice taps, and some shrink tubing, you could make a suitable load resistor for a couple bucks.
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If all we need to do for the headlights to open and close normally is to draw around 150mA extra, then there is no need to go beyond that and unnecessarily load the circuit with an extra draw of almost 3A when using a 5 ohms resistor, as I've read some people have done.
Does anybody know how many ohms has and how many watts is rated for the plug-and-play resitor mentioned above?
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