Has anyone installed a HID light kit in their new Avenger. I hooked everything up the way the instructions said and they work great until I start the car. Once I start the car the driver light strobes a few times and then goes out. The passenger one automaticaly goes out. I tried changing the wiring thinking maybe they were backwards but nothing. Does anyone have any ideas???? Please help me out if you do.

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Yeah.. you will need a relay and some sort of capacitor to filter the signal coming from the car.. Dodge doesn't send a steady 12V signal, they pulse the voltage.. the HID ballasts don't like this..

I use a relay with a capacitor across the coil to help hold the voltage across the coil above the trigger voltage even during the short pauses in power..

They are pulsing the power supposedly to make hte halogen bulbs last longer.. not sure....

my magnum had the same problem..

 

Cool Thanks for your help. Actualy I ordered the cancelor kit that should do the same thing. They said that will cancel out the pulses from the computer and give it a steady 12V. Of course this cost almost as much as the kit cost. Anyway thank you for the help and I will post pics when I actualy get them working.



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cancelor kit? not aware of this being out there.. have a link and price? the relay and cap isn't an elegant solution.. but it does work

 

http://www.xenonpros.com/mcreplace.html

They cost about 80.00. I talked to the Tech Support guy and he said this will bypass the computer signal to the headlights that Dodge put in to pulse the signal. He said this is a plug and play system just like the light kits itself. When it comes in and I see how easy or hard it is to put on and make sure it works I will let you know.

 

you may need a adapter that will bring the power down to use the hid lights.
lights use to much juice. i have an 08 avenger. good luck j

 

I have had no further problems since installing a 6800uF capacitor across the coil of the relay i am using to drive the HIDs. (I had a bad relay and it was causing some issue but that is unrelated)




this is what I originally had done on my Magnum that had the same flickering issue... The Diodes are there for proper design, but really aren't needed since I think they are present on the output circuit for the headlights...



You can find the relay harnesses on Ebay in several places.. just add the capacitor and you should be okay..