Xenon HID installation help...
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Further update... - 3/18/2007 6:22:17 PM
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Dennis C
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I've got the hard part finished now - I found a good location for the ballasts and mounted them. After attaching the wiring as mentioned in my previous post, I now have HID low beams. They seem quite nice - they are 6000k in color temperature and the light seems to be very pure white. The high beams, however, are another story. When I switch to high beam, the lights flicker - both the xenons and the halogens and then they stop working completely.
I almost think this is an improper ground issue. I've tested all three wires with a voltage meter to determine if the wiring was correct, and I am not able to confirm it - I get strange readings. Assuming blue is the ground wire, when I activate the high beams I don't get full voltage to the pink wire (explaining the flickering). I do get full voltage to the orange wire when the low beams are on, which is why my xenons work well. If I switch the wires, the halogens light up at expected brightness, so I think the bulbs are OK.
I have pulled fuse number 39, and deactivated my DRLs. If I "flash to pass", I get the same flickering of both lights as mentioned above. It's quite strange.
Any ideas from those of you who have installed these lights before? Is it possible that blue is low beam, pink is high beam and orange is ground? Anybody have a wiring diagram?
Thanks for any suggestions or comments.
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RE: Further update... - 3/19/2007 6:55:12 AM
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Dennis C
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Thanks importkiller. I contacted the manufacturer, and they suggested that I ground the high beams seperately from the headlight wiring harness. I'll try that this week and see if it works.
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2006 Hummer H3 (Victory Red)
2004 Porsche Cayenne S (Crystal Silver Metallic)
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2004 Saab 9-5 Aero (Black)
1979 Alfa Romeo Spider Veloce (Green, tan top)
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RE: Further update... - 3/19/2007 11:03:34 AM
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ZX10R
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What brand Kit do you have. Also do you have any picts of the lights at night. I am probably gonna get the JDM kit on Ebay for $200 shipped. JDM is a quality brand that has been around. Not to sure about other brands on Ebay. Which do you suggest? Thanks.
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RE: Further update... - 3/19/2007 11:55:56 AM
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altrestle
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I bought the bi-xenon kit also and had the exact same trouble. I then removed them and sent them back to the manufacturer. They told me they tested the lights and they were not defective. I did get my money back minus the shipping. I had them installed exactly the way they said. There must be a trick to it. I also had purchased the JDM but decided that I did not want to do without the high beam. I could not return them so I sold them on Ebay. The buyer now says he can't get them to work either.
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RE: Further update... - 3/19/2007 1:06:07 PM
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Dennis C
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I purchased my kit on ebay from Autopialighting. It is the 6000K bi-xenon kit. It was advertised as "plug and play", but it has been far from that. According to the manufacturer, the polarity of the H3 requires them to provide spades that slide into the factory light harness rather than a real plug. The spades that they provided were too wide to fit, so I had to shave them down with a Dremel tool to fit. Once they fit, I had the problems listed above. The company is very friendly and they are trying to help, but it is quite obvious that they didn't know much about the installation in an H3. I am anxious to try the additional ground wire as they suggested, but I won't have time until this weekend.
If I am unable to use high-beams, I don't know if I will keep the kit. Even though it isn't "plug and play", it is fully reversable and it didn't require modification to mount the bulb - it fit right into the existing socket.
The xenon low beams look great! I'll try to post a pic later in the week, and I'll post the result of the new ground wire.
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2006 Hummer H3 (Victory Red)
2004 Porsche Cayenne S (Crystal Silver Metallic)
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Gone but not forgotten:
2004 Saab 9-5 Aero (Black)
1979 Alfa Romeo Spider Veloce (Green, tan top)
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