How do you hook up HID lights?
- Open your vehicle’s hood.
- Open the back cap on the headlight assembly and take out the stock bulb.
- Insert the xenon light into the headlight housing.
- Insert the xenon bulb into the headlight.
- Connect the HID bulb with the ballast and connect the HID ballast back to the stock socket.
Why is one side of my HID light not working?
Only one side is working on my HID kit or LED kit. If one side sometimes doesn’t turn on it could be caused by a bad bulb, HID ballast, LED driver or wiring. To help identify which component is defective follow these steps. Swap the ignitors to opposing sides (not applicable for LED kits). If the problem is reversed, you might have a bad ignitor.
What should I do if my HID light bulb is bad?
Swap the HID or LED bulbs to opposing sides. If the problem is reversed, you might have a bad bulb. This step will check if you have a bad bulb. To perform this test, please swap your bulbs to opposing sides and note what happens to your kit. If none of the above helps, please check for loose connections.
How do you reverse polarity on HID headlights?
What this means is the power and ground wires of your vehicle’s stock harness are reversed. To reverse polarity on HID headlights, you must rotate the 2-pin oval connector on the HID ballast by 180 degrees in order to reverse the orientation of the plug.
How can I troubleshoot my hid headlight problem?
Here’s a way to troubleshoot HID headlight problems. But first, you have to understand how HID headlights work An HID ballast is a boosting transformer that converts battery voltage into the approximately 75 to 110 volts needed to maintain the arc. The ballast is designed to detect bulb shut down.
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What to do when your HID light shuts off?
If your HID bulb shuts off sporadically and unpredictably; maybe just once in a 24-hr period, try this. Turn on the HID headlights and wait for the bulb to shut off by itself. Then turn off your headlight switch and immediately turn it back on. This resets the ballast.
Can you put aftermarket HID headlights on a civic?
However, as an added bonus, you may see more jiggly. Now, at this point, you might be wondering why people can’t install aftermarket HID headlights in their Civics and have them look as good as the ones that come factory-installed in Audis and such. Well, here’s the answer: I have no idea.