I know for a fact that on the 2004 Monte SS the DRL's are on the HIGH beams, checked it my self 5 minutes ago in person and also read the wiring diagrams (yes I know how to), The low beams do function as the lighted entry system lights (if that's the correct term) when you click the power unlock/lock button on the fob. High beam for the DRL on 2004, of course I can't speak for the Impala or 2005 or newer Monte but I can't see GM spending all that money to change the wiring harness, relays, switches etc. without doing a major remodel, unless they have no other way of getting rid of all that TARP money LOL

Aaron

OH yeah, see Shutter Island if you get the chance, good movie

 

well i just kinda thought it was that way for the 04-05 because of the other little minor changes they made like the HVAC system with the modes and maybe some other little things. but i know 100% it's low beam DRL for 05 lol. but i could have sworn that i've been in a 04 with low beam DRL's also.

 

Is there a delay switching from High to low beams? I have read that the relay harness causes a 3 second delay because the HIDs have to restart? My other question was: When you install the harness, can't you just connect the ground to the negative battery terminal? Or do you have to ground it to the body of the car or some sort of metal on the car? I have not had any problems with mine on the stock wiring but I don't wanna burn the stock wiring either.

 

i haven't heard such a delay switch that i know of.

when turn on the car the hid slowly warm up in other word the hid will slowly dim at start up and brighten up. the harness have nothing to do with that i know of. i know it does the same thing even without the harness. on the harness, there's a ground wire that you have to ground to the body of the car. everything else is plug and play. try to get the 35 watt hid. i would not get 55 watts cuz in the long run will see some warp/melt on the headlight housing.

 

okay stupid question here, I have 8000k xentec hid's on the ay. should i run them as high beams or low beams?

 

I run my 8000k on my lows and never even use my high beams at all. I know some people on here do both the lows and the highs but I have also heard that putting them in the highs can cause problems because its not good for them to be going on and off rapidly.

 

okay so are the lows the DRL's?

 

On my 2002 Monte the DRL's are the high beam. I have the HID's installed on the low beam with no problems. As suggested earlier in this post I just ordered the HID harness to connect to the battery to get better performance.

 

Where is the best place to get the HID Kits? Who carries the harness to connect to battery?

 

I have bought two Kits from Ebay and one from DDM. The "Slim digital" kits all seem the same to me. They all basically look the same with some being metal some plastic. Bulbs I guess you can get color difference between who you buy them from just because all bulbs are not made in the same place. I just bought 2 harnesses from Ebay, I think you can get them for under $15 on there. Just type "9006 HID harness."

Here are some ideas:

HID Kit:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HID-K...item2a04ac1064

Harness:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/9006-...Q5fAccessories