HID Help
#1
04-25-2012 | 12:49 PM
HID Help
Hey everyone, my 35w DDM tuning bulbs came in the mail the other day and i went to hook them up today. plugged in the ballast, hooked up the bulb, turned the lights on and nothing. Checked the wiring, switched ballast, switched bulbs, nothing
Plugged my normal bulb back in, works fine. So before i go ape s*** on DDM i just want to make sure i'm doing it correctly. I followed the instructions for the 9006 installation too. Any help will be apreciated.
Plugged my normal bulb back in, works fine. So before i go ape s*** on DDM i just want to make sure i'm doing it correctly. I followed the instructions for the 9006 installation too. Any help will be apreciated.
#2
04-25-2012 | 01:07 PM
idk about ddm but i know the ebay one's i got my plug could go in either way, if the polarity isn't right it wont work, ran into that with mine flipped the plug and it worked
#3
04-25-2012 | 01:09 PM
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It should be a plug and play deal. The wire's from the car go to the ballast and the ballast wires go to the hid bulbs. The only other thing I can think of is maybe you need an additional wire harness that goes directly to the battery.
#5
04-25-2012 | 03:38 PM
*professor farnsworth voice* good news everyone, i got the headlights working properly. It was a polarity issue at the connection between the ballast and the cars plug. I plugged it in the way it snapped in and i guess that was wrong. Plugged it in the way it doesn't snap and they work, bad design IMO. Taped the connection up with electrical tape and both lights are working, waiting for darkness now
Thanks for the help guys
Thanks for the help guys
of course we will need pics.
#7
04-25-2012 | 06:42 PM
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Sounds like you got it working though
#8
04-25-2012 | 07:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Leprechaun93;452104[B
]*professor farnsworth voice* good news everyone, i got the headlights working properly.[/B] It was a polarity issue at the connection between the ballast and the cars plug. I plugged it in the way it snapped in and i guess that was wrong. Plugged it in the way it doesn't snap and they work, bad design IMO. Taped the connection up with electrical tape and both lights are working, waiting for darkness now Thanks for the help guys
Thanks for the help guys
I was going to suggest checking polarity of the wires that plug into the stock head light connector but Justin beat me to it. Glad you got them working, professor.
#10
04-25-2012 | 08:11 PM
Just came back from a test drive and holy crap what a difference i'll put the pics here and in my mod topic. Honestly pictures dont do em justice, they're so much brighter than my old low beams and even better than my high's except they dont have the range that high beams do.
First off is the standard halogen high beam for comparison. (i plan to get HID high's as well)
Now the HID low beam 35w 5000k
i'll put the pics here and in my mod topic. Honestly pictures dont do em justice, they're so much brighter than my old low beams and even better than my high's except they dont have the range that high beams do.First off is the standard halogen high beam for comparison. (i plan to get HID high's as well)
Now the HID low beam 35w 5000k
Last edited by Leprechaun93; 04-25-2012 at 08:15 PM.
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