Lightning Question
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Lighting Question
Hello to my fellow GS owners. New to the site. Owned my 2002 GS3 for about a year now. I noticed that some (2nd gen) GS owners out there have HID for their headlights and Bottom Fog lights. I tried to install HID for my fog lights but they don't turn on. Any suggestions? Do i have to do some wiring modifications to get it to work?
Any help is very appreciated.
Thanks
Any help is very appreciated.
Thanks
Last edited by DreamerGS; 09-22-08 at 11:10 AM.
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I'd prefer a kit that's wired directly from the battery with a relay. It offers better power delivery to the ballasts on start-up and less chance of electrical problems. The stock fog light wiring wasn't meant to handle the power surge when you turn on the HID's. It probably wouldn't do anything catastrophic but fried wiring can lead to bad things and I wouldn't want to take any chances with my car, no matter how slim.
I didn't find it difficult to install a kit using a relay. Hook it to the battery and hook up a few plugs, the only part that took any time was finding a spot to mount the ballasts.
I didn't find it difficult to install a kit using a relay. Hook it to the battery and hook up a few plugs, the only part that took any time was finding a spot to mount the ballasts.
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Agreed, I would ONLY run an HID kit with relays. Since I was a former MECP Master Installer, I've sen the gamut of what can happen to a car's electrical system when something goes south. Melted wires, fires, not good.
Relays and fuses are your friends.
I can HIGHLY recommend the XENONDEPOT kits. They are all pre-wired with relays and fuses, easy install and work great.
Relays and fuses are your friends.
I can HIGHLY recommend the XENONDEPOT kits. They are all pre-wired with relays and fuses, easy install and work great.
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thing would SCREW.
i got my 6000k kit from xenonking.com, their house brand VisionPro. been installed since may and no problems even with heavy rains on the highway or w/e, no flickering no melted wires no nothing.
i got my 6000k kit from xenonking.com, their house brand VisionPro. been installed since may and no problems even with heavy rains on the highway or w/e, no flickering no melted wires no nothing.
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Welcome to CL!
Maybe we can turn this thread back towards actually answering your question! Have you tried reversing the plug like was said above? If that didn't work, maybe you can give us some more info. on your kit and install. Where did you get the kit? What have you tried to do to get it working? Some of that sort of thing.
I'd still recommend looking into a wiring harness, I'm sure the info. is out there on how to make your own or you can get one from mobilehid.com for $20 that should work with your ballasts. I'm running a mobilehid kit in my fogs and it's been great, the wiring harness was real simple and makes me feel better; like SocalSC4 said, melted wires and fires are not good.