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Old Jan 2, 2011 | 04:41 PM
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I just put in a Set of HIDs, and wired in the relay.
After I drove to the mall and noticed in a reflection that one of my lights was out. I did some shopping and came back to my truck, got my girlfriend to jump in the drivers seat so I could test them out in Drive to see whats going on. When I turned the truck on put in drive and turned the headlights on they both fired up and worked, my radio cut out for the few seconds it took the HIDs to turn on.
 
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Old Jan 2, 2011 | 08:19 PM
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What kind of HID's?
 
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Old Jan 3, 2011 | 08:52 AM
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Good luck man. I've had nothin but problems with my HIDs. First set I bought didn't have the caps so I sent those back and bought another set. The second set has the caps and the resistor and relay and everything it's supposed to have, but I still can't get them to work. It's been a mess. I hooked my wifes up in like 45 minutes. Talk about frustrating!
 
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Old Jan 3, 2011 | 01:43 PM
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I haven't had any problems since I posted.
So I'll keep an eye on it, and get back to posting if anything else comes up.
 
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Old Jan 4, 2011 | 03:54 AM
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What brand are you using and where are you connecting the grounds? I think my problems are coming from a grounding issue.
 
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Old Jan 4, 2011 | 09:11 AM
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I connected the Ground to a factory ground point just behind the driverside headlight.
 
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Old Jan 5, 2011 | 04:54 AM
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I have like 4 ground on mine. Did you connect all of them to the same spot or how many grounds do you have?
 
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