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Old 05-24-2009, 08:04 PM
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Hey all i installed my new hids from vvme and i noticed that when i turn them on my radio reception gets staticy but if i turn them off then it goes back to normal. is this just radio interferance cuz of the high voltage that these heads and fogs run off of. is anyone else havin or have had this issue. thanks
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Bad install. Check all the connections.
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um yeah, definitely a bad install. mine have never done that.
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Old 05-24-2009, 08:59 PM
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ok even though they are all weather pack connectors, how about if i thru in some dielectric grease to the connections. where did you guys mount your ballasts, i mounted them to the steel bumper above the fog light plugs. also could it be the vibrations from being hard mounted with a bolt to the bumper.
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Old 05-24-2009, 09:51 PM
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Originally Posted by 5sp04GT
ok even though they are all weather pack connectors, how about if i thru in some dielectric grease to the connections. where did you guys mount your ballasts, i mounted them to the steel bumper above the fog light plugs. also could it be the vibrations from being hard mounted with a bolt to the bumper.
I used no grease for my retrofit/foglight install(vvme fogs) and my projector ballasts are mounted to the steel bumper as well and had no interference before I shaved the antenna.
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ok i will check everything over the one thing that i didnt like was the fog light connectors werent a sealable connector they are just spades that plug into the light harness. i want to cut those out and install weather pack connectors.
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