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Old 03-31-11, 02:36 PM
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Originally Posted by aEO 37
I had made a custom harness for my 92 (97 conversion) and tapped the parking light as a 12v switch so that my fogs turn on as my parking light did also. I had HID on them and they flash every time I lock/ unlock the car and never had a problem with them for 1+ year.
Though you haven't had a problem, it's not good to "hot-fire" HID systems, you ARE decreasing the life of the components, and I would strongly recommend against anyone flashing their HID's, this is also why it's not a good idea to use them for brights (aside from the warmup time.)
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Old 03-31-11, 05:38 PM
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Its nice, but i hate that it wont auto shutoff. My old car used to shut it off.Meh ill keep it for now.
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Old 03-31-11, 10:41 PM
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True. HIDs do needs time to warm up and are not suppose to be use for quick flashes.

At the same time for me, my old TL came with hid and when the alarm sounded/ flash on that the HID did the same. It came from factory like that so it good for me.
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Old 04-04-11, 05:33 PM
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Originally Posted by IntenseMX
Its nice, but i hate that it wont auto shutoff. My old car used to shut it off.Meh ill keep it for now.
if you use my method to wire up, it WILL auto shutoff... here is a video...

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/725/video14137c.mp4
you hear the door open before the lights shut off
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Old 05-06-11, 04:51 PM
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Just did this to mine today since I also installed my HID's for headlight and fogs.. Great DIY! I love it! My car is da bomb now!
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Old 06-05-11, 11:46 AM
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will 12g wires work?
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Old 04-08-12, 09:12 AM
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For some reason the pictures are not showing up for me
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Old 04-09-12, 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Revhead95
For some reason the pictures are not showing up for me
Yeah same here I want to do the mod but im stuck with out pics.
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Old 04-10-12, 12:41 AM
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I must have deleted the pics from my account. I will see if I have them saved on a SD card somewhere and re upload them.
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Old 04-22-12, 06:09 PM
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Fixed the links to the pictures...
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Old 04-24-12, 05:59 AM
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Thank you much better. thats a very simple mod
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Old 04-24-12, 06:15 PM
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After about 2 years my passenger fog light stopped working. I ordered a new hid kit because I thought the ballast went bad. There ended up being no power at the harness after the new kit was connected. Checked the relay and a few of the connections at the car started to burn up. Hooked it back up without the mod and it worked fine. It blew my bulb and started to fry the wiring.

So i'd be a bit leery about doing this.
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Old 01-31-13, 08:52 PM
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No pics ! And i want to do this mod=[
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Old 02-04-13, 05:58 AM
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Originally Posted by 93Gotjuice
No pics ! And i want to do this mod=[
Pics work dude, i had it and took it off because i would occationaly leave them on and destroy the battery.. They stay on no matter what, its like running direct line from battery to lights to a switch inside..
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Old 02-11-13, 01:00 AM
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Going on 3 years with my set up and no problems, I cant believe it has been that long . Man time flies. I will have to take new pictures of my setup...and take the car apart.
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