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Old Oct 24, 2010 | 11:28 PM
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I have a quick question about getting my HID's in my truck to work i purchased a set of projectors off of ebay w/HID 8000k built in

Everything looked ligit and it was not a cheap set, When installing them fog lights and headlights, only the drivers side of my truck lights up, im not sure why. I dont think the passanger side is getting enough power, i have replaced the HID ballast and bulb i dont know what else to check

any help would be greatly appreciated

if this does not work, i may run a wire directly from the battery to the passanger light to make sure enough power is running to it then hook the ground to the driver side ground so it would act as a switch..good or bad idea??

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Old Oct 24, 2010 | 11:39 PM
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Originally Posted by mx450r171
good or bad idea??

Please help!
first bad idea....

second.. did you get the relay kit with it. the factory computer will read hid as a blown bulb or something and they will not work right. you have to get the relay kit to power it.
 
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Old Oct 25, 2010 | 12:04 AM
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i did not get a relay kit, would i need one for the headlights and foglights? also if my headlights are HID what would i get the relay kit wired for, the stock bulb wiring or the hid wiring?
 
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Old Oct 25, 2010 | 09:50 AM
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HID-0...03a#vi-content

i would need a harness for which size??
 
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Old Oct 25, 2010 | 11:25 AM
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I have the same lights but they did not come with the the HIDS i put my own in,
You do need a HID relay harness for a H13 bulb
like this : http://www.vvme.com/relay-harness-fo....html?cPath=20
Or this: http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-HID/V...32086-1-3.html
You dont need a relay for the fogs
 
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Old Oct 25, 2010 | 02:34 PM
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only one of my fog light HID's work so would I need the same harness for that?
 
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Old Oct 26, 2010 | 01:06 AM
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You shouldn't need one for the fogs, My 06 worked fine. Now this might sound like a stupid question but Did you plug it in the right way? because its polarity sensitive.
As for the headlights where are the hid ballasts located are they inside the light housing or outside? Depending if the ballasts are accessible one of the relay harness will be easier to install then the other,
 
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Old Oct 26, 2010 | 04:51 AM
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what he said!
 
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Old Oct 26, 2010 | 06:30 PM
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good to know that you will need a relay for the headlight
 
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