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HID / Fog lights don't work

Postby bluesolara » Sun Jan 08, 2006 9:34 pm

silversurfer220 wrote:I have HID 6000K and do not use fog at all- I dont like the yellow halogen color it throws out, and I'm to lazy to HID my fog.


I love the 6000K, too lazy as to buy the HID kit? Or to even go under at all? You should consider the Sylvania Silverstars, gets rid of the yellow tint and looks pretty bright.
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Postby sydemoid » Mon Jan 09, 2006 5:25 am

im having the same problem with my fogs, but it may have to do with the need of a power relay kit.

here's some linke to what im talking about:

http://faqlight.carpassion.info/headlamp-harness.html

http://www.suvlights.com/index.php?cPat ... c0c599e5fd

http://www.plasmagarage.com/HIDballast.html

http://www.apexcone.com/JimPowellHomepa ... s/HID.html


I may be creating my relay kit by the end of this week, unless I find them cheap.... lol

Ill keep you guys posted.

BTW, my HID'S worked fine, til the ballast died, and I had to get replacements, these worked when tested on my headlight connections which have the relay kit. but will not power on from the stock 9006 plug for the fogs... all bulbs work, and ballasts tested fine.

So I feel your pain.
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Postby silversurfer220 » Mon Jan 09, 2006 5:36 pm

bluesolara wrote:
silversurfer220 wrote:I have HID 6000K and do not use fog at all- I dont like the yellow halogen color it throws out, and I'm to lazy to HID my fog.


I love the 6000K, too lazy as to buy the HID kit? Or to even go under at all? You should consider the Sylvania Silverstars, gets rid of the yellow tint and looks pretty bright.


Too lazy to buy the HID kit for the fog. I bought silverstars for my 2003 Grand Am GT and have gone through 2 sets- they dont last very long from what Ive seen.
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Postby bluesolara » Mon Jan 09, 2006 5:47 pm

silversurfer220 wrote:Too lazy to buy the HID kit for the fog. I bought silverstars for my 2003 Grand Am GT and have gone through 2 sets- they dont last very long from what Ive seen.


Man... what's the average bulb life? I was going to get them... but if they suck that bad (even though they're bright) then I'll settle for the ST or CB or something... You think they're even worth it? What pair you using now?
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Postby silversurfer220 » Mon Jan 09, 2006 5:53 pm

bluesolara wrote:
silversurfer220 wrote:Too lazy to buy the HID kit for the fog. I bought silverstars for my 2003 Grand Am GT and have gone through 2 sets- they dont last very long from what Ive seen.


Man... what's the average bulb life? I was going to get them... but if they suck that bad (even though they're bright) then I'll settle for the ST or CB or something... You think they're even worth it? What pair you using now?


I have not had good experiences with silverstars. In my 04 Solara i have the OEM halogen bulbs. In my 03 Grand Am, I have 2 burnt out silverstars- the 2nd set that I put in, both have blown out. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with that car yet- its put away for the winter.
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Postby bluesolara » Mon Jan 09, 2006 6:30 pm

whew... think I'm just going to get the long lasting...
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Postby bluesolara » Tue Jan 10, 2006 2:49 pm

Well, definitely did NOT work after I replaced the 15W fuse...

Going to replace bulbs... really hoping it works, I'm sick of trying to fix this..
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Postby sydemoid » Tue Jan 10, 2006 4:14 pm

Dude....

Im kinda mad, i rigged the relays, as posted previously. They didnt work...:(

So, after some troubleshooting, I manages to get the HID's to work.... funny thing is how....

I created some 9006 male connectors to go in the harness, and extended the harness by like 8 inches into another female connector. plugged it in, and it works.... spent an hour and a half trying to get the damn relays to work..

Some things to keep in mind:
1) make sure you have 12VDC at the female connector on the harness.
2) check the connector, sometimes they melt with higher wattage bulbs.
3) test the amperage, more current in a DC circuit leads to more positive input on any device.(more amps=less resistance=more efficient power)

If all this adds up, you should be able to run HID's from your stock connectors.
If not, you may need to look at your ballasts, and bulbs. If they test good, you got me on that one... Like I said... one hour and a half... nada, only to try a theory, and have it work out.

this may sound funny, and probably dumb to most, but remember those 9006 connectors they sell at autozone?.... get 2 of those.
I created a perfect plug for the 9006 female, from some old bulbs I had laying around.... creativeness with a dremel.. a soldering iron, and some wire.

I will try to take pictures if Im ever under there again..... if its working now, Im not going down there unless I have to.

so here goes:

9006 from harness [=}9006 from old bulb===<8"wire>==[female 9006 connector =}HID ballast connector.


[=}=======[=} hope this helped.

My theory is that the load resistance from the shorter wire on the harness, was too high and extending it lowered it, therefore allowing the ballast to ignite. If you decide to do this, please waterproof all your connections.
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Postby bluesolara » Tue Jan 10, 2006 11:43 pm

Sydemoid... that's some crazy stuff you're doing. I'm way new to this whole electrical thing and the first thing I'm attempting is going to be the Independent Fogs.

No offense to you or anything, because your post might help others, but to me... coming from a noob, I seriously wouldn't be able to try that out... Sorry man.

That sounds awesome though, you can put HIDs in stock... that's pretty crazy. You should tutorialize it, I'm sure others would want to try this out.


So I'm guessing you got the fogs to work? (Really hope you did!)
I'm going to count on the independent fogs cause WTF? and a couple of others had the same problem and I think mines the same as theirs. Otherwise... I'm going to have to attempt your thing Sydemoid.

Thanks man for sharing that!
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Postby TOYODRIVER01 » Thu Dec 14, 2006 11:28 am

so how many of you guys had the do the independent fogs top make them work again?
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Postby lilm » Thu Dec 14, 2006 5:18 pm

huh....?
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Postby TOYODRIVER01 » Fri Dec 15, 2006 9:43 am

in which you hook up your foglights independent
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