Just installed my bi-xenon 6000K HID kit. Mine is the kind that has a solenoid and moves a metal piece to vary the angle of light. My problem is when I turn the lights on, the Hi-beam indicator is on even though the headlight lever is where low-beam should be. When I switch the lever to what is supposed to be hi-beam, the lights turn off!!! Any suggestions???

 

do you have hi and low beams??? thats kinda weird? mine dont have high beams

 

I beleive i dont have high beams?!?! I mean, aren't the bulbs that have the sliding metal reflector supposed to give you both high and low??


To clear things up----when the lights work( headlight lever in normal a.k.a. low beam) the metal reflector ispushed away from the driver. When you try to switch to hi-beam, the lights shut off, and upon inspection, the metal reflector is towards the driver. And like I said, the hi-beam indicator light stays on ALL the time. Did I just misunderstand the HID kit---and I dont get hi-beams, or did I do something wrong???

eBay Motors: H4 Bi-xenon 6000K AUTO HID CONVERSION KIT-FREE SHIPPING (item 130111857584 end time Jul-08-07 16:36:42 PDT) this is the exact kit I got.

 

What happens when you pull the light stalk to flash the high-beam, and not push it forward to actually turn the high-beams on? Does the light stay on if you just pull to flash?

 

No, they turn off also when you pull the light stalk towards you.

 

I think the problem is from their so-called "plug-and-play, no harness required" install. How exactly is the kit attached to the car electrically? H4 male harness on either side feeding the ballast and powering the movable shield?

Most cars that use dual filment halogen bulbs (hi/lo in same bulb) are wired from the factory so that the low beam filment shuts off when the high beam is activated. Otherwise you'd have a 120w (55w+65w) of power and heat in the headlight and wiring whenever you run the high beams. So if the kit is wired so that only the factory low beam wire is powering the ballast, then yes, the low beam will go out when the high beams are activated.

Weird part is that you said it goes out as well when you just pull to flash. The factory switch keeps the low beam ground when it's just a pull to flash, so your low beam shouldn't go out in this case. This brings up another issue. The Fit headlights are switch grounded, not bulb grounded as in most other headlights.

Also your high beam indicator is feed by the same wire as the one powering the left side low and high beam. If the kit somehow grounded this wire, then yes your indicator in the dash will light up. This was also an issue people had earlier when they attempted the independent fog light mod.

 

does the plug have three plugs or two???

 

the plug has 3. I'll try to post the wiring diagram that came with the kit, so that you may understand where the problem might be....

 

here it is....

 

Oops, forgot about this post. Sorry.

Looks like only the low beam is triggering the relay for the ballast. I can't see how the high beam side is wired up in your diagram. Where does the movable shield ground? shared with the bulb?

 

wow that's friggin complicated. On my bi-xenon bulbs, it was 4 wires total: 2 were going to the balast and 2 were going to the oem wiring (for the solenoid trigger). Then the 2 from the balast's other end were going 2 the stock wiring.