HELP! H.I.D lights

[Gabe182]

so i bought an hid kit online and installed it today. I installed the left side first, everything worked perfect.

then came the right side...nothing worked. the ballest dident make a sound and the light dident go on. so i put the ballest on the other side to test it, it worked so i thought it was the bulb forsure. then i tested out the bulb by putting it on the other side and it worked to. so i then realized it was the light plug from the car itself. but then i tried putting the old non hid light in and it worked fine. :dunno:

i have no clue whats wrong with this thing and any help is appreciated

[mobius]

I'm going to bet that you have a poor ground on one side, and it is preventing the ballast from getting the proper voltage required to ignite the bulb.

[Gabe182]

umm kinda of newb question but where would the ground be. and ya that makes sense thanx :thumbsup:

[S13_Ryan]

your harness should have grounding connections on it. connect those to any exposed metal in your engine bay and consider it grounded. if you still dont have any luck try connecting it in an area where there is no paint.

[Brendan_4g63]

Call me, Ill fix it for an hourly rate.
Should have bought local ;)

[GQBalla]

are you sure you plugged in the connectors on the HID harness to your car light properly?

try to switch the connections also

[LilDrunkenSmurf]

5 bucks says a ground... Take the black wire, and make sure it's connected 100%

[Gabe182]

but theres no ground wire coming off the kit, and theres two black wires per light and both dont look like there meant to be grounds

[Brendan_4g63]

damaged connector, check pins arent being pushed in, and are properly aligned.
THEN
try cutting a small strip off the power and ground.
Jump the ground to your battery ground, to test, then to a known good chassis ground for a long term solution.
If thats not it jump the Power to your battery.
if thats not it, call a professional ;)

[Gabe182]

thanks alot for all of the replys everyone and Brendan i will for sure call you to fix it if what you said doesent work :D

[Gabe182]

so i bolted the negative and positive wires to the battery and she still wont go!

[benyl]

Are you using a wiring harness? I hope so.

Check the harness with a volt meter to see if the power is going through and the ground is actually connected on both ends.

[Gabe182]

well ya, the wiring harness that cam with the thing

[benyl]

Some kits don't come with a wiring harness. They only come with connectors.

Are the HIDs being powered directly from the battery through a relay?

[Gabe182]

yap

[hrdkore]

umm do you just turn on the power to the car or do u actually start it up, flash highbeams as well. My buddies subaru, has that DRL plug in so most of the time only the left side would work.

[benyl]

Did you check the fuses? haha

[Gabe182]

ya im not that much of a newb, they were the first thing i checked lol. and ill try flashing the high beams when its in there thanks

[Gabe182]

so thanks alot to Brendan_4g63 who helped me fix the lights for a really cheap price, turns out the wiring of the car was backwards or something like that lol. thanks alot to brendan for helping me out

[onehawtrex]

Originally posted by Gabe182
so thanks alot to Brendan_4g63 who helped me fix the lights for a really cheap price, turns out the wiring of the car was backwards or something like that lol. thanks alot to brendan for helping me out

its actually the HID basset was backwords...ive bought HIDs off ebay a few times and everytime ive had to reverse the wires. ( positive to neg and neg to positive) no custom work needed just push the plugs into the other one...its not a perfect match seeing how both are differant but they do stay together...so thats what ive ran into...but good on brendan for helping you out!

[Chester]

Seriously, stop bumping these old ass threads.