HELP !! Guys with HID's please read

[Sap Z]

i went out during lunch to try out my new HID's..

but they dont work..i tried both sides and both bulbs. i wanna cry

Heres the question - can you plz tell me how many pins the plug that goes into the stock harness have?

i think its supposed to have 3 - 2 for the sies and one in the middle top. i also noticed a lotta finger prints on the bulb shild ( tht metal thing around)

do you think the bulbs are burned?

Plz respond ASAP

[StockSolara]

Your suppose to only have two. . . the 3rd is for high beam. . . unless you bought the kit with highbeams. . . if they dont work that means you plugged them in wrong

[Sap Z]

well...then i dont know what could be wrong..there is only one way to plug it in...you think the kit is bad?

i dont know..

[cklinh]

Did it _ever_ work?

[Sap Z]

no no..i was just installing them for the first time.

i dont know..maybe the bulbs are bad? has this ever happened to anyone before? i tried pulggin it differently n it still doesnt work..

[SC V6]

all you have to do is make sure you are getting the pins in correctly.. try switching them... you probably have the pins hooked up wrong...

[Jon11582]

Maybe you flipped the plug.

The way that my friends came from mcculloch, the (grey, I think) connector was apart from the wire terminals, and you need to slip them into the grey plug. If you flip the two, the bulbs wont go on.
Also, the metal box (I cant think of the name right now for some reason) needs to NOT TOUCH any metal on the car. If you do that, they can either stay on all the time, or not come on at all.

[SC V6]

ballast

[Sap Z]

i thought about all that. i flipped the plugs too.

do th ebulbs go bad if connected wrongly? i made sure the ballast doesnt touch the metal too. i gess i will try again when i go home. what do you do with the ignitor? is it supposed to be pounted any place specific?

[Sap Z]

i wanna cry..i have always wanted these friggin lights...

[SC V6]

its fine.. trust me.. its probably just a simple issue... it won't damage the lights... the plugs can be re-wired because you can take the pins out and move them.. its probably just the pins in the wrong place... its not a huge issue... just chill out a bit.. its all good.. just trial and error

[WTF??]

For the 2000 Solara, holding the electrical harness facing towards you, you would plug in the black wire on the top slot and the white wire into the right slot.

I noticed for 99 and 01 Solara's its the other way around with white on top and blk on the right.

Once its in and the HIDs work, do your fogs work?
I also noticed the 2000's might be wired differently with lighting

Keep in mind to NOT keep flipping on n off the HIDs... this will decrease the life expectancy of the bulbs. And you can mount the ignitor anywhere

[Sap Z]

thts wierd...

my stock harness has 3 holes rite..

and the HID pulghas 2 pins. it has a blue wire and the red wire. Can you guys check which side yours are on?

[WTF??]

thts wierd...

my stock harness has 3 holes rite..

and the HID pulghas 2 pins. it has a blue wire and the red wire. Can you guys check which side yours are on?

Red and blue????

well just try the top slot and right slot... flip the other way around if it doesnt work... and yes stock harness has 3 slots... one will be open unless you bought the dual filament HIds

Like SCV6 says, its trial and error for now unless you have wire testers

[Sap Z]

i searched and search... i found this topic and will try this after work

http://www.solaraguy.org/viewtopic.php?t=19214&highlight=hid+wiring