Anyone had problems with failed inspection due to HIDs? The guy said he couldnt pass me because i dont have hi/low beams, i only have low right now i think. i have a 2000 cavalier so there's only 1 bulb...and i have to turn on high beams just to light up my HIDs. Has anyone been able to make their HIDs have both hi/low beams? Thanks!
You will either have to get new headlights with two bulbs or you'll have to replace your bulbs/ballasts with a hi/lo hid kit. I believe you can find em for the s2000 size but I don't remember anymore...it's been a while since I looked.
Upgrade to a bi-xenon hid kit.
Eternal wrote:Upgrade to a bi-xenon hid kit.
car audio noob since 1984.
well the thing is, the kit i bought IS bi-xenon....maybe i wired it wrong??? =S
Pobably, did it come with a wiring harness or did you have to make your own? From what you've said so far, it sounds like you wired the high-beam switch to the lows on the ballast, and you didn't wire the lows at all.
Nvm i just found out i got scammed, it was just a single beam HID. I just bought a dual beam one so that should do the trick. and i dont think i have a high-beam switch =S before it was just 1 wire to the stock bulb...and the sockets werent the right ones so i just cut off the original adapter, peeled the wires and hardwired them to the adapter for the HID bulb, unless there are other wires that i didnt know about? =S
same said cause no his. i just took the 5mins before inspection to put in my old bulbs and pass then back to hids when it gets home.
ok, that was horrible english, but i got the point.
Anyways, you do have a high-beam switch, its on that lever thingy sticking out of your steering column
I just can't remember if it's voltage controlled or a separate wire. I'm sure someone on here has a wiring diagram that can help you out.
My fault i just saw what i had written. I just woke up lol.
mine had 3 wires, i think one was for high, one for low and one ground, cause mine was plug and play but the harness adapter that connects to the stock harness was wired wrong, so i just re-wired it and it works perfect.
Technically you shouldn't pass for having HIDs period since they aren't legal for street use if they aren't equipped from factory
Satch Timeline Progress Thread
JGM T-SHIRTS!!!!
In Loving Memory of Phil Martin December 14 2005
Alexis: Dustin, you're ghey, lol. I am better. I have tits, and tits rule all.
thanks a lot guys! anyone have a wiring diagram? so i dont screw up my new kit's wiring? haha
and wait...theyre not legal if it's not equipped from factory?!?! 0.o that's kinda shocking...i dont think cops care that much, or do they?
oh and i couldnt put the stock ones back because i left them at my house before i came, and i think my high beam switch is just voltage controlled....if its not...im in for a long install when the new kit comes =(
