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Old 11-04-2008, 08:22 PM
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I just installed my plug-and-play HID on my 2001 Mustang...very happy with the light output, but my high and low beams are reversed. The plug that plugs into my headlight harness has 3 wires coming out of it...I'm wondering if I have to switch some of them around, but have no clue which ones???

Does anyone know what I should do? By the way, it is a Xentec 9007 bixenon 6000k kit
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Old 11-04-2008, 09:44 PM
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i feel as though this happened to me.. i got mine off ebay and the ballasts were XENON...

but anyway, i think we just switched my wires and it worked... we soldered them together and then shrink wrapped them
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Old 11-05-2008, 12:07 AM
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If I were you I would just take a multimeter and just measure what wire seems to be the power wire when low beam circuit is on and vice versa.
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Old 11-05-2008, 06:20 AM
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ok, I found which wire has juice when lows are on and vice versa with highs...does anyone know if there is a way to just pull the wires out and switch them rather than splicing them?
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Old 11-05-2008, 06:42 AM
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I saw from another post that there are some kind of retainer clips in the back of the plug...I tried to stick a straightened paperclip into it to find a clip, but there is some kind of soft yellow pad around the wire and I don't want to mess it up if it is an insulator. How do I release the retainer clip?
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Old 11-05-2008, 08:38 AM
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you should be able to get that pad out. try hooking it with something, a needle?
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Old 11-06-2008, 06:59 PM
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Thanks for all of the help. I ended up cuting two wires behind each headlight (black and red) that ran to the box that controls the HID high/low beam and switched them by soldering them and everything works great. Next for the fogs, hopefully for christmas
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Old 11-06-2008, 07:05 PM
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Originally Posted by austin101385
Thanks for all of the help. I ended up cuting two wires behind each headlight (black and red) that ran to the box that controls the HID high/low beam and switched them by soldering them and everything works great. Next for the fogs, hopefully for christmas
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Old 11-06-2008, 08:07 PM
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i just ordered bi beam headlights and fogs from xentec. how do you like yours and besides the wireing is everything else good?
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