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Old Apr 26, 2009 | 09:56 PM
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hey everyone, i juts brought a halo kit and wanted to see how the colors is before installing it, was wondering if anyone know how i can test it out? i heard that you can use your comp. anyone know for sure how. thanks in advance.

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Old Apr 26, 2009 | 11:45 PM
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my help is to not install it.


heh.. honestly, for what I have seen, installing these halo kits end up giving you more trouble in the long run.

What troubles?

1. Not properly sealing your lamps will cause condensation.
2. Cheap stuff tend to burn out quite quickly... thus causing more trouble to change/replace.

So, as for me, i rather not deal with it... plus.. Halo's are for BMW.
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Old Apr 27, 2009 | 12:46 AM
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i meant to test it, not installing it

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my help is to not install it.


heh.. honestly, for what I have seen, installing these halo kits end up giving you more trouble in the long run.

What troubles?

1. Not properly sealing your lamps will cause condensation.
2. Cheap stuff tend to burn out quite quickly... thus causing more trouble to change/replace.

So, as for me, i rather not deal with it... plus.. Halo's are for BMW.
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Old Apr 27, 2009 | 07:01 PM
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Test.... you should be able to test it by using a portable jump...

Or if you have jumper cables.... i urge you to be careful on this... Connect the jumpers to you the light.. and the other end to your battery...

Pretty much a 12V AC/DC would be able to power up the lights.

You can also use your computer's PS to test as well. Computer parts are usually 12V.
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Old Apr 27, 2009 | 10:14 PM
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Test.... you should be able to test it by using a portable jump...

Or if you have jumper cables.... i urge you to be careful on this... Connect the jumpers to you the light.. and the other end to your battery...

Pretty much a 12V AC/DC would be able to power up the lights.

You can also use your computer's PS to test as well. Computer parts are usually 12V.
how would you go about using the computer PS to test it, i have some extra power connector free, but it have 4 slots and the halo only have 2, do i just plug it into only 2 of them?
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Old Apr 27, 2009 | 10:23 PM
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http://www.hidplanet.com/forums/view...t=power+supply
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Old Apr 28, 2009 | 01:29 AM
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i dont have an extra PSU laying around so i dont want splice any wires up especially when i just paid $100 for it. i was wondering if i could just plug the positive and negative wire of the halo kit to the black and red wire on the molex plug?
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Old Apr 28, 2009 | 08:14 AM
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you know what... i think you can use your 194/168 parking lights to test it...
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Old Apr 29, 2009 | 11:24 PM
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hey everyone thanks a lot for your help i finally got it to work, totally forgot that i have a cig. plug that i can hook up the positive and negative wires too lol.
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