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Old May 29, 2013 | 08:06 PM
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Connecting new lights. Not sure what plug goes w what? Does long power cable go into red cable on ballets, or pigtail first them ballast, which connectors? Pigtail with two females and one male, does red and black wired connector go into hid connector with the two spade terminal ends? What do the spade terminals go into? What else plugs into pigtail?

The green and black wired connector goes directly into the high beams right?
The green ground from power cable goes into green of pigtail, right?

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Old May 30, 2013 | 04:55 PM
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did you follow what Patches posted. not having done this it may not be helpful to your situation.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-g...otsa-pics.html
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Yes, but not enough detail on the connectors. Also wire harness has changed over the years since then. thx
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Ok got all wires hooked up (removed one assembly w the spade terminals). Halos work, lights come on, but lows and high are on. Dash indicates highs are on when in low beam, but when I click on highs, the light on dash gets brighter, and the highs get brighter. Any ideas? Bad ground?
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you sure you didn't get the low & high plugs mixed up?
even though one has a single guide slot & the other has two, they will connect to the wrong one if pushed hard enough. the guys who painted my car did that when they put it back together
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I connected the one slotted connector w the one, and two w two.
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