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Old Oct 28, 2009 | 08:52 PM
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So I got one of those plug and play HID kits. Well, it did plug right in and seemed to work fine, no flickering, no flashing, no problems. Wanting a whiter light output, I went with the 6K lights, but at times the lights looked a bit more blue, closer to an 8k kit. I then noticed that when the car was off, the lights were whiter, but when the car was running, they were more blue. This is due to a loss in power to the headlight system when the engine is running, but like I mentioned before, there was no flicking at all, just a different hue/color. So I added a relay and problem solved. Now I get the same color no matter what and I feel it is safer to have a relay on.
Bottom line, check your HID's color, with engine off and then running. If you see a difference, you will need to add a relay, just like I did.
 
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Old Oct 28, 2009 | 09:01 PM
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If you have the SLT headlamps is there even a HID kit for it? I noticed the laramie has a different head lamp fixture.
 
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Old Oct 28, 2009 | 10:20 PM
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Originally Posted by hawk570
So I got one of those plug and play HID kits. Well, it did plug right in and seemed to work fine, no flickering, no flashing, no problems. Wanting a whiter light output, I went with the 6K lights, but at times the lights looked a bit more blue, closer to an 8k kit. I then noticed that when the car was off, the lights were whiter, but when the car was running, they were more blue. This is due to a loss in power to the headlight system when the engine is running, but like I mentioned before, there was no flicking at all, just a different hue/color. So I added a relay and problem solved. Now I get the same color no matter what and I feel it is safer to have a relay on.
Bottom line, check your HID's color, with engine off and then running. If you see a difference, you will need to add a relay, just like I did.
if you have time, can you take pics of the setup or relays and how you wired them up?

thx
 
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Old Oct 29, 2009 | 04:51 PM
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i just ordered a kit for my slt, they use h11 low beam bulbs
 
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Old Oct 29, 2009 | 05:58 PM
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I bought an HID kit from HIDextra and the sent me capacitors for mine. At first they sent me the relay harness but that was wrong. So they said that I needed the capacitors for them to work properly. I have the 6000K bulbs and they are bright as hell. No problems on or offn and they are the same color either way. I also have the 6000K for the fog lights too.
 
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