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HID install for 2000 LX470 help needed

Old Mar 5, 2011 | 09:33 AM
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Hello,
I am in need to desperate help. I had purchased the HID kit from HID Extra and I looked at the harness of the headlights of my car and I cant seem to understand how they should connect? It looks like the wiring harness provided does not fit my car's wiring harness. I am attaching pictures I took. The harness coming from my car directly seems to have the male metal prongs in a horizontal position while the female end of the kit harness is in a vertical orientation. Can someone please let me know how I should connect this?

This is the harness connector from my car:


This is the harness connector to my OEM lightbulb:


This is the harness connector from HID Extra kit which I think goes to the ballast?


and this is what I got from the HID Extra kit. Am I missing something or some kind of different harness?
Or am I connecting something wrong?


Your help will be greatly appreciated it.

Thank you
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Old Mar 5, 2011 | 10:30 AM
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What kind of bulb does your vehicle take?
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Old Mar 5, 2011 | 12:15 PM
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Look like your oem has an un-common wire harness. My suggestion is to cut the oem female connector in pic#2. Also, cut the red and black wires in pic#4 where you marked with the yellow question mark. Splice and connect the wires together to create a new female connector which you will connect to your oem male connector in pic#1.

And yes, the hid kit's female connector in pic#3 goes into the ballast's male connector shown in pic#4. Good luck.
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Old Mar 5, 2011 | 12:20 PM
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Also, be sure you get the polarity correctly. I believe the the green wire is positive and black wire is negative/ground. So, connect the oem green wire to hid kit's red wire, and oem black wire to kit's black wire.
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Old Mar 7, 2011 | 09:59 AM
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To rgarjr,
Its a H1 bulb. Thanks!

To jvxdriver,
Thanks for the tip, I also emailed the company I bought it from so hopefully they have an adapter or some other solution than cutting my OEM wires since I dont want to lose the ability to switch back to regular halogens if required.
But definitely thanks for your response, I appreciate it!
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Old Mar 7, 2011 | 02:21 PM
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That is a unique connector, I highly doubt they will have some adapter for it.
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