Installed my Hid's today
Your wires are backwards, if you read the directions it says the harness with the relay on it needs to be swapped around to fit the factory harness.
Find a wire diagram of your stock headlight setup, if you have the ground in the middle pin of the HID harness its wrong, the ground is not the middle wire its either the left or right i cant remember.
To fix the harness get a small flat head push the clip in and pull out on it, then pop it in the new hole and try again...
blue wire = high beam, orange or brown is low, and white is ground.
The reason your fogs are not working is because your shorting your high beams causing the fog lights to turn off...
also if you ever plan on installing the foglight HID kit, dont use the 55w use lower ones, they will melt the housing if you use 55w, and more then likley you will have to hardwire them in, as the stock harness is not strong enough to support all the voltage and frys the switches pretty easy, it also messes up your high and low beam...
view the write up i did and what it fixes when you install the hard wire fogs.
https://dodgeforum.com/forum/2nd-gen...hid-setup.html
if you have any questions you know how to contact me.
Find a wire diagram of your stock headlight setup, if you have the ground in the middle pin of the HID harness its wrong, the ground is not the middle wire its either the left or right i cant remember.
To fix the harness get a small flat head push the clip in and pull out on it, then pop it in the new hole and try again...
blue wire = high beam, orange or brown is low, and white is ground.
The reason your fogs are not working is because your shorting your high beams causing the fog lights to turn off...
also if you ever plan on installing the foglight HID kit, dont use the 55w use lower ones, they will melt the housing if you use 55w, and more then likley you will have to hardwire them in, as the stock harness is not strong enough to support all the voltage and frys the switches pretty easy, it also messes up your high and low beam...
view the write up i did and what it fixes when you install the hard wire fogs.
https://dodgeforum.com/forum/2nd-gen...hid-setup.html
if you have any questions you know how to contact me.
As for your problem:
Swap the high beam wire and the low beam wire on the blue connector that plugs into your factory headlight socket. Had the same problem with my dakota when I put in HIDs.
And no there is no difference between the high and low. Pointless unless you need to pass inspection like I do.
Swap the high beam wire and the low beam wire on the blue connector that plugs into your factory headlight socket. Had the same problem with my dakota when I put in HIDs.
And no there is no difference between the high and low. Pointless unless you need to pass inspection like I do.
The HID kit he is using has a magnet in the bulb when highs are activated the magnet is engaged to pull the bulb back into the housing having LESS of the bulb covered, and how the headlights are set up if you move the bulb back the beam moves up creating a high beam, low beam will usually sit about 5-7in lower then high.
I have used 4 of these kits, and not 1 has given me any problems what so ever besides the fact of using figs and headlights at the same time. I had to hard wire the fogs, which in my opinion is better anyways as i can bypass the switch all together
yes there is a difference in high and low beam with HIDs, im not sure what type of bulb your running, but the high and low is night and day difference on this kit.
The HID kit he is using has a magnet in the bulb when highs are activated the magnet is engaged to pull the bulb back into the housing having LESS of the bulb covered, and how the headlights are set up if you move the bulb back the beam moves up creating a high beam, low beam will usually sit about 5-7in lower then high.
I have used 4 of these kits, and not 1 has given me any problems what so ever besides the fact of using figs and headlights at the same time. I had to hard wire the fogs, which in my opinion is better anyways as i can bypass the switch all together
The HID kit he is using has a magnet in the bulb when highs are activated the magnet is engaged to pull the bulb back into the housing having LESS of the bulb covered, and how the headlights are set up if you move the bulb back the beam moves up creating a high beam, low beam will usually sit about 5-7in lower then high.
I have used 4 of these kits, and not 1 has given me any problems what so ever besides the fact of using figs and headlights at the same time. I had to hard wire the fogs, which in my opinion is better anyways as i can bypass the switch all together
But i had to switch the high and low beams in my kit as well.
On my 2000 the headlights where set at normal height, i got flashed a few times and my high beams would light up the trees, i never got around to fixing it as the truck burnt down a few months after, so i didn't have to worry about it anymore
as for the 2001 my current project, i got smart and shaved the headlight brackets to have them shine down a little more then normal, due to the brightness of the HIDs in a crystal lens shining down more still lights up more of the road then normal halogen, when i hit the high beams on this one it lights up road sides and everything a good ways in front of me, i measured the height and its about 5-7in difference from low to high. Enough to make a big difference on the road.
Another good thing about that is im not blinding people now, and its still very bright.
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You made this in response to someone talking about a 10K bulb...
"Only" seems to imply that since you used a lower number it is less bright. That is not the case.
With HIDs, going up in number DOES NOT mean you are getting a brighter bulb.
The K refers to the COLOR of the light emitted. It is based on, I think, the temperature of the sun. So, the sun is like 5800 degrees Kelvin (that is its temperature - very hot). That makes WHITE LIGHT. So, obviously, your headlights are not generating this much heat, right? Your 6000 K lights are just making light that is a little on the blue side from what the sun is putting out. Likewise, 4000 K lights would be making light on the yellow side of what the sun is putting out.
4300 K bulbs put out the most light. Plain and simple.
http://www.sharphid.com/hidinfo.htm
"Only" seems to imply that since you used a lower number it is less bright. That is not the case.
With HIDs, going up in number DOES NOT mean you are getting a brighter bulb.
The K refers to the COLOR of the light emitted. It is based on, I think, the temperature of the sun. So, the sun is like 5800 degrees Kelvin (that is its temperature - very hot). That makes WHITE LIGHT. So, obviously, your headlights are not generating this much heat, right? Your 6000 K lights are just making light that is a little on the blue side from what the sun is putting out. Likewise, 4000 K lights would be making light on the yellow side of what the sun is putting out.
4300 K bulbs put out the most light. Plain and simple.
http://www.sharphid.com/hidinfo.htm
Thanks user for giving me some info on the kit as far as directions I didnt recieve any I kinda figured it was a pretty simple process which a idiot could do(hardest part was finding the right drill bit lol). When I get the money again projectors and the fog kit is next. Thanks everyone
btw user I love you truck.
btw user I love you truck.
Switched the 2 wires and everything works perfect and there is a difference between high and low beams still bright as hell but it doesnt shine up as far. I have yet to try these out on the road yet looks like they will get tested tom.
I just put the same kit in my '03 QC. They are super bright, but I'm afraid they need to be pointed down. Did you do any headlamp adjustment? Also thinking about getting the projector headlamps, any suggestions on those?



