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HID low beam will not turn on
Thursday, October 18, 2012 1:34 PM
Hi, I just got done installing my 880 Hid fog light kit and my 9007-2 hid headlight kit. Fog lights and hi beams work fine, but the low beam HID will not power on. These are the HIDs with the HID low beam and then a regular Hi beam bulb next to it. Any help would be greatly depreciated.


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Re: HID low beam will not turn on
Thursday, October 18, 2012 4:42 PM
Make sure you have the polarity correct going into the ballast. If reversed it wont operate.


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Re: HID low beam will not turn on
Thursday, October 18, 2012 4:56 PM
Switch the 3 wires in the blue headlight clip. Worked for me.


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Re: HID low beam will not turn on
Thursday, October 18, 2012 6:37 PM
I believe the wires match up to my HID plug fine.
Hight, ground, low. in that order if you are looking at it. I believe I found the issue. Mine are direct plug in. When I used a meter the low beam puts out 7 volts, where as the high puts out 13 volts. I believe it does not supply enough to ignite the HID. I am going to wire in a Relay for the low beams tomorrow. That is really odd that GM would run such low voltage to the low beam headlight. I checked with two other cars I have and had the same issue. When I jumped them to the battery the HID lit perfectly.


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Re: HID low beam will not turn on
Friday, October 19, 2012 4:50 PM
Here are some pictures. I was able to install the HIDs without Disabling the DRLS. I also had to wire the relays different the the HID Relay Harness Diagram that is on this site.

Here is how I wired it:
87 - Ballast +
30- Battery +
86- Factory Headlight Ground -
85- Factory Headlight Low Beam Power +
I grounded the Negative (-) Ballast Wire to the car.

The Diagram Showed:
87- Ballast +
30- Battery +
86- Battery +
85- Factory Headlight Ground -

Stock:


HID Foglights 10,000k:


DRL:


DRL with Parking Lights:


HID 10,000k:


High Beam:


I kept all the stock functions while still being able to use HID headlights and Fog lights.


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