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Need help! Hid f**ked my headlights

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Old Mar 15, 2010 | 04:47 AM
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Need help! Hid f**ked my headlights

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I JUST TRIED INSTALLING HID THAT I GOT
ITS A SLIM BALLAST HID KIT. BRAND IS ALLINE
so i stalled them along with the led parking light bulbs.
the only light thats working right now is my lower fog lights.
the hid doesnt even turn on
and the parking lights are also off.

i dont know what to do.
please help.
i think i fucked up my headlights!
 
Old Mar 15, 2010 | 10:21 AM
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Is your kit hi/lo or just low? Did you check the connectors from the stock harness try and move around the connectors determine which is the ground and move around the hi/lo wires. Also check your fuses if it's still good.
 
Old Mar 15, 2010 | 12:11 PM
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its actually quite simple. just trial and error. whatever you plugged and unplugged you should try and work the wires and connections to see if the lights will work. just play with the wires a bit it should work.

just remember you didnt just F*K up your headlights okee.
 
Old Mar 15, 2010 | 03:30 PM
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Thanks I'Ll try.
Its low beam Hid only.
Its a slim ballast. its really thin and small.
Does the slim ballast work like the normal ones?
 
Old Mar 15, 2010 | 04:11 PM
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recheck everything even start over most likely it is a groung problem.
 
Old Mar 15, 2010 | 04:26 PM
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ok. ima do that
but this kit is weird to me
this does not have direct battery cable lines or any battery support wires
it just links to the ballast and the headlight plug in.
and this kit did not come with any grounding wires or any.

this is what it came with
but its a slim ballast version.

 
Old Mar 15, 2010 | 05:52 PM
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since you they are low beam only, did you check to make sure that your switch isn't in the high beam possition?



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Old Apr 13, 2010 | 10:43 PM
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"Slim" ballast is usually a digital ballast, and they are the type you want.

So I'm assuming you're using rebased capsules? They pic doesn't show them. And understand that the stock reflectors in your headlights will scatter, not focus, the light from an HID capsule.

HID systems are far different from your stock headlights. Maybe a little research is in order. There's an excellent thread stickied in this forum about HID retrofitting.

If you've spent less that $100 on a "kit," then I'm not at all surprised you're running into issues.

Sorry if I'm sounding harsh, but I learned the hard way too. A real HID retrofit will cost in the neighborhood of $500- $1000 dollars.

Please read the info about the retrofit at the top of this section. He has great and accurate info.
 
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