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12-05-2009, 12:38 AM | #1 |
Drives: yaris, venza Join Date: Nov 2009
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HID Help!!
Ok, i've purchased a slim ballast H4 HID kit from DDM motors, I didn't ordered the h4 hi/lo one, but only the regular H4 kit. I thought the installation should be just plug and play, but after plugging everything in, i tried to turn on the lights, nothing happened. supposely it's very simple, that i've installed HID on my Venza's fog, it's just as simple as connecting the 4 wires, and nothing should go wrong there.
I noticed that for our stock light bulb, there're 3 legs, and the HID kit i bought, the connector from the ballast that connect with the stock light source has only 2 legs, is that why my lights don't go on? did i bought the wrong kit? HELP please. |
12-05-2009, 09:17 AM | #2 |
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well you loose the high beam, so just switch the legs around and see which one is work, or look for color matching wires. Do you also got the DRL? if yes disable it don't know how? "search the forum" and good luck
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12-05-2009, 10:24 AM | #3 |
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the answer is reverse polarity... try reversing the 2 wires from the hid..
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12-05-2009, 12:06 PM | #4 |
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should be three wires, because an H4 bulb is high & low beams. (I think)
Can you post a pic? Or explain a little more how you got an H4 without hi/lo?
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12-05-2009, 07:03 PM | #5 | |
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12-05-2009, 11:43 PM | #6 |
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You are getting bad info here.
A plain H4 Xenon bulb has a low beam only. If your kit isn't working you just didn't wire them correctly. There is a H4 Low-only, and H4 Xenon-low/Halogen High and an H4 Bi-Xenon. The pic you posted is very small but I don't see a high beam Also, you are going to hate the dispersion when you do light it up because a good Xenon H4 bulb should have a nice glare shield built in. |
12-06-2009, 01:48 AM | #7 | |
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according to your description, i think i've got the H4 low only kit. so i'll lose my high beam and the DRL right? if i buy a H4 bi xenon bulb, is it gonna work with my slim ballast? because i notice that , the wirings for a slim ballast kit and reglar ballast kit are different? |
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12-06-2009, 12:41 PM | #8 | |
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So,you don't recommend putting HID's in ?? |
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12-06-2009, 07:17 PM | #9 | |
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I haven't seen Garm's kits yet, but the Bi-Xenons I used to sell had different ballasts than the 35-watt kits. But you could splice them to work with regular HID kits. Oh, hell, yes I think you should install them. I have HID kits on my own car and the wife's Yaris. The difference at night is amazing. What I am saying is. don't buy crappy HID kits with no glare shield. Here's a pic of what you should look for. This is an H4 bulb with a Xenon low and Halogen high. |
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12-07-2009, 12:56 AM | #10 |
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after tried and changed the legs in the connector on the HID kit afew times, and switched the wires left and right, finally i've got the lights to work!! but i lost my high beam and the DRL. i have a sets of after market fog lights, i'm wondering, if i run a wire from the 3rd leg off the car connector, (which is missing now)could i use that as the positive for the fog,and run the fog negative to the car's body,will the fog be turn on as the DRL and high beam?
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12-07-2009, 01:29 PM | #11 | |
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As for your other question, no, it won't work that way. Anyone from Canada who has high an HID kit please feel free to post your .02 |
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12-07-2009, 01:47 PM | #12 |
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what'd you pay for your kit shipped to canada?
i sell hid kits online and i really dislike the low-beam-only kits and often recommend my customers skip the kits w/ the halogen high beams as well. i therefore recommend bixenons as theyre not that much more money that the halogen high beams or the single-beam kits, for that matter... i run bixenon H4's in my yaris and theyre great...i would never ever use low-only's....you never realize how much you use your highs until you don't have them i installed a kit for crandall that was low's-only and we had to monkey w/ the wiring as well to find the proper low/ground setup
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12-10-2009, 10:39 AM | #13 |
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darn, seems like i ran into another problem with those darn lights. that for a few times, the darn lights will turn on before i start the engine, but not after the engine has started.have to shut the engine, turn the lights on, and then start the engine again.. does anyone out there experienced the same problem? what's the fix please...
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12-10-2009, 11:01 AM | #14 |
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do you have daytime running lights?
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12-10-2009, 03:18 PM | #15 |
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i've got the single low beam bulbs, so no DRL, but i did noticed when i turn the lights switch one notch, just to turn off the head lights, but with the rear and corner lights still on, the HID will flicker for afew more seconds before it finally turns completely off. would replacing those bulbs with bi-xenon bulbs sovlve this problem? with bi-xenon bulbs, would i get DRL ? |
12-10-2009, 04:04 PM | #16 | |
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If you do have DRL = Day Time Running Light, you will need to disconnect it someway or somehow, either a fuse, a plug or something. HID don't like DRL My gf got a Aveo, and she got h4 bulb with DRL, so to be able to install HID, i need to remove the DRL plug under her steering wheel to disable DRL, and then when you install HID you will loose DRL. Or as other said you can wire it to highbeam and use your highbeam as HID, but if you don't know then it's will be a mess. |
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12-10-2009, 11:16 AM | #17 |
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another question for those who sell HID in here, i'm currently running 35watts hid slim ballast without relay wire, i do notice my lights is not as bright lately, it's on my car for almost 2 years now.
Do relay wire to battery help? it's will be brighter? I do not get flickering or anything like that. It's work like a charm. |
12-10-2009, 12:06 PM | #18 |
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ballasts could be going...
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