how many used a relay with your hid conversion???
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just curious about how many of you guys used a relay with your hid conversion kits on your GS and how many didnt?
and has anyone not used one on their gs and had their stock wiring harness fry?
and has anyone not used one on their gs and had their stock wiring harness fry?
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I usually recommend it, but Toyota outfits all of their cars with thicker wire gauges than other manufacturers. If you have a relatively new (new as in design type/circuitry, not how long you've owned it) high quality HID ballast (newer= MUCH MUCH more efficient, older/low quality= power HOGS) then you should have no problems running straight off the spliced stock harness. If you are unsure or have power issues (blowing fuses, lights don't always come on, flickering, etc) then I suggest you run a wiring harness. If you have a newer ballast then this should not be a problem.
Personally I have a relay harness running to my HID's...3 sets of relays in fact
. I have HID's with boosted ballasts(60W) in the high beam, low beam, and foglights. I kept popping the little automotive blade fuses so I had to upgrade my main power wire going to the headlights. I used an 8 gauge speaker amp wire that splits to the 3 relays and the in-line fuse was replaced with the cylindrical type 60A audio fuse! Firing up 3 sets of boosted HID's at once draws a LOT of current
Personally I have a relay harness running to my HID's...3 sets of relays in fact
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well,, i just ordered a hid kit but it doesn't come with a relay. so where would i be able to get one and how is a relay installed. i heard you could get one from radioshack???
i have no experience with electricals... any help/diagrams and suggestions to where i can get the part would be greatly appreciated.
slick and cliffud, thanks for both of your help via pm thus far!
i have no experience with electricals... any help/diagrams and suggestions to where i can get the part would be greatly appreciated.
slick and cliffud, thanks for both of your help via pm thus far!
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You can pick up relays at Strauss, Autozone, pretty much any decent auto shop. I am not that great with electronics either, so I don't want to put you in the wrong direction. I don't know the numbers that they follow either, but you basically need one that will close a + circuit once the lights are turned on. That +circuit will be the new, thick wire that will actually power up your lights. I am guessing it will run straight from the battery. Can someone else chime in here.
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I'm interested in the same info.. also what's a good hid kit? everyone says the housing is very different for the hid vs the nonhid.. will I be blinding people? interested in knowing.. also I wanted to make my daylights to be bluish like hid anyway to do this? thanks guys
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Taken from http://faqlight.carpassion.info/headlamp-harness.html By Herman
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Hope this helps. I'm running this relay currently on my aftermarkey HID on my 97 ES. No problems.
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Hope this helps. I'm running this relay currently on my aftermarkey HID on my 97 ES. No problems.
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sean9975 what kind of relay is that?
its generally a standard automotive relay for use with any high wattage bulbs while still protecting the OEM wires and circutry. In this case it has additional fuses for protecting the ballast.
The same one but without the 15amp fuses for my 100wt fogs lights.
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