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Old Sep 14, 2007 | 10:03 PM
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Mygirlfriend purchased an hid kit for my car and I have no idea how to plug in. Or if I did it right they don't work. Does the original plug that went to the old bulb connect to the ballast or the hid bulb?
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Old Sep 14, 2007 | 11:33 PM
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Mygirlfriend purchased an hid kit for my car and I have no idea how to plug in. Or if I did it right they don't work. Does the original plug that went to the old bulb connect to the ballast or the hid bulb?
If your HID kit is a plug and play kit, it should be pretty simple. Connect the main positive and negative wires for the ballast. The original plug that connects to the old bulb connector should connect to the ballast, and install the new HID bulb in place of the old one. If it doesn't light up when you flip the switch after 3-5 seconds (sometimes the bulbs don't light right away because they have to heat up and operate at a higher temperature), your main plug to the ballast may have crossed positive and negative wires. All you have to do is unplug the main plug that connects to the ballast and flip it around so the plugs go in the opposite way and you should be fine. That's the same thing that happened on my SC. Also, be sure to turn the lights on and off manually. I'm not sure if your setup will be exactly like mine, but with my setup when the lights turn on when I turn the car on, both bulbs don't always light up and I have to turn the lights off and back on again to get both bulbs to light up. Hope that helps and good luck with the HIDs, if your stocks were as dim as mine you'll love the upgrade.
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Old Sep 24, 2007 | 09:55 PM
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I plugeed them into my high beams and they work fine.Sorry its so blurry
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Old Sep 24, 2007 | 09:57 PM
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one more picture. Man I suck at pics
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Old Sep 24, 2007 | 10:03 PM
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one more picture. Man I suck at pics
lol yeah you do! hahahaha











jk.
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Old Sep 24, 2007 | 11:20 PM
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I tried and I'll keep trying :-) lol
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Old Sep 24, 2007 | 11:22 PM
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lol yeah you do! hahahaha











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but I love love the output
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haha- yeah, it's definitely a difference.
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Old Sep 24, 2007 | 11:58 PM
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here is the last one I took, oh and the hood was lost on the I-10 at 80 m.p.h
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why dont you put them in your low beams?
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Old Sep 25, 2007 | 01:01 PM
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they are in the low beam housing but using the high beam plugs
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Old Oct 2, 2007 | 08:20 PM
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U can tell I didn't take these,and pay no attention to the hood,it was just a quick replacement, and temporary
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Old Oct 2, 2007 | 08:46 PM
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so she bought the wrong kit?
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Old Oct 3, 2007 | 11:14 AM
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excluesive,she bought the right kit its just my wires sre preety much fried from when I had the Nokyas in,I 've been replacing the connecters every so often
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Old Oct 3, 2007 | 11:43 AM
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ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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