HID problem!, please help
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HID problem!, please help
Ok, I bought a xentec bi-xenon hid kit on ebay. I have used two xentec kits before from the seller and they work great, but they were the low beam kits. I installed it earlier but when I turn on the light, it only works on High beam. Whenever i switch it to low beam, it shuts down. I looked at an installation video of another bixenon kit on youtube and I installed it exactly the same? What can be wrong? Could it be the kit or the car? Thanks.
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Ok, I bought a xentec bi-xenon hid kit on ebay. I have used two xentec kits before from the seller and they work great, but they were the low beam kits. I installed it earlier but when I turn on the light, it only works on High beam. Whenever i switch it to low beam, it shuts down. I looked at an installation video of another bixenon kit on youtube and I installed it exactly the same? What can be wrong? Could it be the kit or the car? Thanks.
too lazy to retype lols.. but make sure you aim it a bit lower than you would normally otherwise you blind oncoming traffic.
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Hey Aereon, I have a question for you. My drivers side hi/lo is working properly but the passenger side hi/lo is switched. I have a feeling that if I had messed up the wiring harness then both bulbs would be switched correct?
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Maybe you have reversed polarity on the one side? It's also possible to plug into the ballast the wrong direction as well accidently.. If you have a cheap kit without reversed polarity protection this could be a problem for you 2k1gt
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I tried to reverse the ballast plug. The bulb wouldn't fire at all after that. The next thing I will try is to reverse the little connector (third connection at the bulb) which I believe controls the high beams.
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the way my high/low kit wired there was no way to mess up on the bulb end, just the ballast end could be reversed..if its a cheap kit it could be a problem within? are your high and low beams reversed or you have no low beams at all only high
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The original kit were the slim digital ballasts from American Muscle so they were far from cheap. The bulbs were the cheap replacement ones from DDM though. I ended up figuring it all out. I just rotated the bulb 180* and its works now.