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Old Jun 27, 2008 | 09:14 PM
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i bought an hid conversion kit and tried to install it but i couldnt get them to stay on...the passenger side wouldnt turn on at all...on the headlights there are 3 wires...black...red...and green....but on the HID's there only a red and black wire....anybody got any help?
Old Jun 27, 2008 | 09:39 PM
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should have been a direct plug in mod... if it isnt, you bought the wrong kit
Old Jun 28, 2008 | 12:27 AM
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did you get one for the 9004 bulb...?

i got an HID conversion kit, and it went in easy and works fine
Old Jun 28, 2008 | 10:34 AM
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yup...9004 HID conversionkit
Old Jun 28, 2008 | 11:33 AM
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the thing that confuses me is why are there only two wires on the hids but three on the headlights?
Old Jun 28, 2008 | 11:42 AM
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Iono man..When i got my HID's..they are ust plug in and they didnt work...come to find out who ever put the HID's together didnt wire it right so i had to flip the plugs around for them to work...R U's splicing.. or a plug and play type.......? Green HID's WOOT!!!
Old Jun 28, 2008 | 11:49 AM
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its plug and play
Old Jun 28, 2008 | 11:50 AM
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Yea man iono, mabey they just sold you some defected lights...Have you called to where you got them...?
Old Jun 28, 2008 | 12:10 PM
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no not yet but i know there are not defective because i tested everything by pluggin it into my friends car...both blubs work and both ballasts are fine
Old Jun 28, 2008 | 12:15 PM
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Mabey it's just your plug on your car then...Did you have this problem with your stock lights..?



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