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Old 10-31-07, 11:15 AM
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Originally Posted by l4wr3nc3

Does anybody know which wire is positive in the fog light wire harness? Is it the white wire or the green wire with the yellow stripe? I'm guessing the green wire, but would rather not have to switch wires, in HID power connection to the ballast, around in the adaptor plug if I got it wrong.

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Originally Posted by l4wr3nc3

Does anybody know which wire is positive in the fog light harness? Is it the white wire or the green wire with the yellow stripe? I'm guessing the green wire, but would rather not have to switch wires around in the adaptor plug to the wire harness if I got it wrong.
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Originally Posted by HotShotEng
Does anybody know which wire is positive? Is it the white wire or the green wire with the yellow stripe? I'm guessing the green wire, but would rather not have to switch wires around in the adaptor plug to the wire harness if I got it wrong.
I have no idea??? but take a multimeter and check for continuity from each wire to ground (WITHOUT POWER APPLIED TO THE CAR!!!). whichever wire has continuity......thats your ground wire. the opposite is the power!
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hey thanks a lot for the DIY, it worked great i installed jdm yellow luminis. After i installed the bulbs the 2 10 mm bolts one is longer the other one is shorter i got confused which one goes where so i put the short one next to the tire and the long one under the bumper. But thanks a lot anyways
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My next project is installing 6500K Fogs and replacing the factory 4300k low beams with 6000k's from XenonDepot. Does anyone know how to wire the foglight HID kit? Will it work just like the factory fog lights or will I need addition switches, relays, etc?

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UPDATE: 6000k Garax bulbs will replace stock HID bulbs.

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Old 10-05-09, 06:22 PM
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after i installed the foglight bulb, it got pretty hot, not scorching, but very warm, is this normal? im running nokya 2500k stage 1's for the fogs
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It appears with the 3GS, you cannot replace the foglight bulb by removing the two screws in the front that secures the entire fog light housing like how the 2GS foglights are.
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Thanks for the tutorial. I was able to install 6500k HID Fogs, ballast, fuse, and relay using ur directions. Only thing I did different was removing the two 10mm screws able the wheel. I removed the clips and the 10mm below the bumper.

6000k Garax low beams will be here this week .

Thanks Again!!





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Originally Posted by mnkyprince
after i installed the foglight bulb, it got pretty hot, not scorching, but very warm, is this normal? im running nokya 2500k stage 1's for the fogs
i've had those for 2 years, no probs. even oem bulbs get real hot.
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Thanks for the tutorial. Project complete:

6000K next to Stock HID Lows and 6500K HID Fogs.


6500K HID Fogs with 6000K Lows


6500K HID Fogs with 6000K Lows


Thanks Again!
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Originally Posted by HotShotEng
Does anybody know which wire is positive in the fog light wire harness? Is it the white wire or the green wire with the yellow stripe? I'm guessing the green wire, but would rather not have to switch wires, in HID power connection to the ballast, around in the adaptor plug if I got it wrong.
I don't know which one is which but you will have to turn it around when connecting to the ballast. I had to shave the tubs an all ballasts in order for the plug to work. Had to do it on 98 300 and on 06 430.
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Originally Posted by HotShotEng
Does anybody know which wire is positive in the fog light harness? Is it the white wire or the green wire with the yellow stripe? I'm guessing the green wire, but would rather not have to switch wires around in the adaptor plug to the wire harness if I got it wrong.
If you haven't already puchased the ballast, get the XD conversion kit. It has the Ballast, fuse, and replay all built in. Plug and play.
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where did everyone mount there ballast?
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Originally Posted by xmike714x
where did everyone mount there ballast?
For me, the left ballast is attached to the left bumper. Right ballast is on the right side of the bumper.
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It looks like the fogs are full of dust or something like mine, it's been bothering me but I guess there's not much that can be done about it.


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