i installed my HID lights today and they work great, wish i would have paid the extra for the hi beam though, but anyways now that i have my HID installed my fog lights wont stay working, ill turn them on but the wont stay on, they will come on for a few but then they will go out like there is a loose connection to the fog lights does anybody have or had this problem, i know when i installed them i never touched the fog lights, but idk what to do to fix this, any advice on how to keep my fog lights working????? please help
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Last edited by truckin150; 10-29-2009 at 12:08 AM.
sounds like you might need a resistor. google hit resistor kit. sometimes this will fix hids that don't work or flicker on and off alot. i had to do that on my mom's jeep.
Well I think the fog lights coming on has to do with the circuit being closed. when you pull the knob out, the loop is closed allowing power to the fogs.
from what it sound like, the heads might be sucking too much of the power to leave for the fogs.
Well I think the fog lights coming on has to do with the circuit being closed. when you pull the knob out, the loop is closed allowing power to the fogs.
from what it sound like, the heads might be sucking too much of the power to leave for the fogs.
Maybe check your fog relay & fuse.
DirtyD im not shooting down your idea because it is very possible, but i dont think that the heads are drawing too much to not leave enough for the fogs because thats what ballasts are for. to step up or step down voltage, in this case, their application is to step it up.
sounds like you might need a resistor. google hit resistor kit. sometimes this will fix hids that don't work or flicker on and off alot. i had to do that on my mom's jeep.
will its not the HID that flicker, its just my stock fog lights that come on then go off for no reason
Well I think the fog lights coming on has to do with the circuit being closed. when you pull the knob out, the loop is closed allowing power to the fogs.
from what it sound like, the heads might be sucking too much of the power to leave for the fogs.
Maybe check your fog relay & fuse.
so should i check the fuse and relay for the fogs or for the HID lights cause i dident get a fuse for the HID lights
DirtyD im not shooting down your idea because it is very possible, but i dont think that the heads are drawing too much to not leave enough for the fogs because thats what ballasts are for. to step up or step down voltage, in this case, their application is to step it up.
It's cool man. I posted this before I saw what brand HID kit his was. There are some fake ballasts out there that act as nothing more than a capacitor pair with higher wattage bulbs. That's what I meant initially. But seeing his kit is made by DDM, I doubt it's fake.
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Originally Posted by truckin150
so should i check the fuse and relay for the fogs or for the HID lights cause i didnt get a fuse for the HID lights
Check both the HID relay and the fog light relay. It's not common, but there might be some surging going on. That is if that can happen with HIDs
how do u check the relay on the HIDs that i have or can u tell me
sounds like to me that you don't have relays for the hids. without a relay the hids will try to draw too much power from the stock harness and it will make them flicker.
edit: from looking on ddmtuning's site they do not include relays and you have to buy those seperately so unless you bought them along with your kits then im about 99% positive that that is the problem
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Last edited by dilloncawthon; 10-29-2009 at 01:06 PM.
sounds like to me that you don't have relays for the hids. without a relay the hids will try to draw too much power from the stock harness and it will make them flicker.
edit: from looking on ddmtuning's site they do not include relays and you have to buy those seperately so unless you bought them along with your kits then im about 99% positive that that is the problem
so do i need the relay, or is it optional, is it a must have thing
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ok thanks, so i woundering i ordered the low beam hid kit and was woundering can i get just the hi/low beam bulb and wire it up to the kit i bought for just low beam. or would i need all new ballasts
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HIDs installd but with fog light problems
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