I wish with all of the aftermarket support out there someone would come up with some module or programming fix to the TIPM sensing resistance...

I have thought up and taken apart almost everything with these headlights and there really is no way to do it other than resistors/relays..

I have found that on certain trucks the cancellers/capacitors will cause the TIPM to cut power to the headlight circuit intermittently.. My guess due to a high current draw..

I had attempted/tinkered with modifiying the factory headlight switch.. that works great to fix the flickering but still the high resistance codes are present because you are no longer using the factory headlight plugs...

which I guess leaving the high resistance codes wouldn't matter.. but there are rumors I hear that the TIPM will permanently disable the circuit without a reconfigure.. So in the end you still need to mount resistors..

Plus it would bug me knowing that there are two codes active in the computer so mine I'm gonna end up going with the resistors on the lowbeam circuit in addition to the relays... and since I'm not doing bixenon there will still be a small halogen bulb hooked up to the high beam circuit..

I wish there was a better way but truly there isn't... maybe someday someone will come up with a flash for the PCM/TIPM..

 

I have a 2010 Dodge Ram, and just got my HID kit and my Halo Projection Headlites. Tried installing them last nite and believe me they are a pain in the rear. Tried installing them directly to the OEM harness and would not work. Also, installed HIDs on my fogs but I'm getting my low tire pressure lite coming on my dash. By the looks of it I will require a relay harness for these issues. Any help out there????

 

NEVER connect high energy ballast directly to OEM wiring which has small gauge wire and low amp fuses. You are asking for possible and potential meltdowns and run the risk of damaging other electronic components.

Take some time and read ALL of this thread and especially the first page where we say what to use, how to use it, what type or relayed harnesses to use, ECT.

 

I thought I need four resistors?

It will be High(Halogen), Low (HID) for headlights?

 

If you have halogen high and HID low then you only need two. If you have HID low and high then you need four.

 

So other then the kit mentioned above, all i need is this harness?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/9006-...item23061fbaf0

1.) This will stop the flickering and the lamp out indicator on the dashboard?
2.) With the harness above, the headlights would be plug and play, correct?

The company I buy from offers this free of charge if the truck/car needs it to function properly:
http://www.hidsupport.com/warranty/cap.html

Would this take care of this issue and installing the regular 9006 Relay Harness?

 

^^^^^^^^Start back at post #108 and read through 10 or 12 posts and you'll find your answers

 

Trust me, Dirty is just as knowledgeable. But you are asking to repeat info in this thread which is already there. its not that we dont want to answer, we try to encourage reading of members so repetitive info isnt given and confusion happens.

However, resistors do stop flickering and the Lamp Out light

The harness you are talking about would work but is the wrong plug. 9006 is our fog lights. IDK what year you have but more than likely you need the 9007

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Our trucks PCM and FCM read a resistance measurement through the headlight and tail light bulb filaments. When a filament blows the resistance drops and this lets the PCM/FCM know a bulb is out and two things happen here.

1) the modules reduce voltage and
2) the Lamp Out on the dash comes on to notify the driver

So because HIDs are gas filled and not a filament type bulb, when you plug them in the PCM/FCM module does not see "bulbs" and those two things stated above happen.

But because the voltage has been reduced, the HID kits will normally strobe or flicker.

The OEM filament type bulbs are 55w/65w bulbs. One the headlight harness plugs there are three wires. There is the low beam (12v), the high beam (12v) and the common (-).

So my taking 50 watt load resistors and adding them onto the HID harnesses, we can used them to replicate the resistance needed to trick the PCM/FCM into thinking there are bulbs there and that will reciprocate the two issues stated above. In other words, full voltage will be supplied and no Lamp Out light on the dash.

Specifically, the resistors get wired as such. We know there are two ends to each resistor and there are three wires on each headlight. Take one load resistor and splice it to the low beam (12v) wire and the other end to the common (-) wire. The other resistor goes with one end spliced to the high beam (12v) wire and the other to the same common (-) wire.

 

Okay i apologize for that to the both of you. Yes I just realize that is for my 2005 dodge ram which I do need the 9007 relay harness i provided you the link for. Now when buying that harness on ebay, it will be plug and play to the 9007 hid kit (hi-halogen, low-hid), correct?

And sorry I'm trying to do this as cost-effective as possible because at current time money is tight and I figured the company I usualy purchase from will give me a regular 9007 relay harness for free along with those capacitor harness i posted a link to on my reply a little while ago? Would those work as well or I need the harness I posted the link from ebay?

THANK SO MUCH! i do really appreciate it!

weedahoe, on your above post, right at the end, you talk about putting 2 resistors on each side, just to make sure no confusion to me you did also state, that because of the hi-halogen and low-hid i would only need 2 resistors in total, which come on the above harness from the ebay seller.

please answer all my questions as best as you can. i would appreciate it very much. thank you so much in advance.

 

No apology needed. Its not that serious.

This is THE cheapest 9007 bixenon HID harness on ebay (LINK)

This is the cheapest xenon HID harness on ebay (LINK)

If you have HID high and low (bixenon) then you need four resistors

If you have HID low and halogen high (xenon) then you two resistors

Hope this helps