Hey all.
I bought a set of HID lights from Amazon. I have bought these lights for my other vehicles before.

It seems that somehow this is a reoccuring problem and I am wondering if you can spread some light on it.

It turns out that the lights will light up, but usually one. Then I flick the high beams real quick and the one light will light up too now.

Just wondering what is wrong or what I can do to fix this.
Seems to happen over various vehicles, different headlight sides, and different manufactures of HID headlight kit.

Any help would be great
Thanks

 

From my experiences installing a vast amount of HID kits in vehicles of all different brands is that you need a relay kit. Without the kit the power is drawn from the small factory wiring to fire the capsules (bulbs) which requires a large spike of power. Relay kits allow that power to be pulled directly from the electrical system through thicker wiring and a relay.


Most kits will work out of the gate just fine without a relay kit but for long term reliability the relay kit is the best route. Although most kits will still eventually have issues. After retrofitting HID's in my vehicles since they first hit the consumer market, I eventually ditched them in my H2 and went with full LED headlights. I was tired of messing with them.


However, I think a relay kit will solve your issues.

 

Lojac I know you posted a thread but could you post a link to the LED lights . Im tired of the HID . Also got a lot of mad drivers flsshing lights due to the high intensity .

 

My headlights are 24 volt military lights given to me by a member of the forum. He had two sets and decided to give me a pair after a long convo about our H2's.


I believe any 7" round headlight should work. The headlight housing basically sandwiches the actual headlight between the two halves.


Here is a similar set of lights a forum member recently bought:


Amazon.com: Kuryakyn Phase 7 High Intensity 7" LED Headlamp Harley FL/ Metric 2249: Automotive


I cannot confirm if those will work or not, simply a reference to one of the products out there. Just search around for 7" LED headlights and you should get plenty of hits.


Unfortunately this is the only pic I took during the install: