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Old 09-15-10, 04:18 PM
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Hey I just bought the h11 style VOLT hid conversion kit from xenondepot and I installed it in my is250 and will not turn on, all the connections are good but still wont turn on. any ideas?

The ballast is mounted with the 3m 2sided tape, the connections are forsure setup correctly. Its a brand new kit so i doubt that the bulbs/ballasts failed.
Old 09-15-10, 04:35 PM
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dont quote me on this, but depending on car, u may have to switch one of the plugs around.
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^^^ yup, try flopping the power harness connector around,

yea it won't clip together then, so use some electrical tape lol... its what i had to do.

and the ballast are reverse polarity protected so don't worry about it.
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Originally Posted by DAng87
dont quote me on this, but depending on car, u may have to switch one of the plugs around.
Yeah that was it, only problem is that now it isnt locking in. I just took electrical tape is secured it, im sure it will hold.

Thanks for your help guys
Old 09-15-10, 05:43 PM
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You can pull the pins out of the volt plug, thats what I did for my fogs, then reinsert them opposite from where they were. PITA, but it works.
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Also, before the HIDs when I would switch to high beams my low beams and fogs used to turn off. Now, since i switched my lows to HID, when the high beams are switched on the low beams remain off while the fogs turn off.

Is this normal?
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you can run a hid harness. those actually clip in, so no need for electrial tape.
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Hi,

You would need to reverse the polarity on the connector. Please email me at info@xenondepot.com and I will send you pictures on how to do this. This way the connector will clip into place as intended.

Steve
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