well i got my HID plug and play kit for my 2000 cavalier, im overall happy with the product bright and good quality the only problem with the kit is, they did not include a wiring diagram.
on the drivers side the headlight wires are red, blue blue
the passenger side is orange red blue. weird i know right
the hid kit i got has 1 red and 1 black thats the easy part to figure out red power black ground
if any of you got the same kit as me, it comes with these black plastic plug in's (kind of hard to explain) they have 3 slots and i have 2 wires
i have them hooked up atm but the driver side wont come on unless you turn the lights on and off a couple of times
other then that they work perfectly
anyone know why that happens?
ugh i should read posts that don't affect me what so ever more often
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00-02 Cavalier
Driverside
High Beam Ground = Blue
Positive = Dark Blue
Low Beam Ground = Pink
Passengerside
High Beam Ground = Pink
Positive = Orange
Low Beam Ground = Dark Blue
taken from the sticky on front swaping
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Sounds like you don't have a relay hooked up either.
Stock wiring doesn't give you enough juice to fire up the ballast at first, wiring a relay to get electricity straight from the battery will fix that.
im not a noob at car wiring but
got any helpfull hints on this relay hook up
like a wiring diagram?
its in yor best interest t pick up a pre-made bi-xenon relay harness. its plug and play, and not that expensive. pm me if you want me to get you one, or i can point you to where to get one, but it is the best investment, especially for the bi-xenon type applications.
well i'm guessing there's no hi beams with this kit ..
wire a relay on the low beam circuit of your headlights .. have the relay power up the ballast.
the center wire on the headlight harness is a positive wire IIRC, and the outers are grounds ... one for hi, one for low, and the high beam will be 6 volts when your DRLs are on so use a multimeter to test it out.
if that doesnt make sense..yeah buy a harness - they're plug and play. lol
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makes sense but i disabled my DRLs lol =P
and the HID's are a great investment for anyone thinking of doing it, i bought mine off ebay for 50bucks (omgiknowiboughtoffebaynowtheregoingtobecrappyandbreak)
i can see at night now!
Tay-Ok wrote:Sounds like you don't have a relay hooked up either.
Stock wiring doesn't give you enough juice to fire up the ballast at first, wiring a relay to get electricity straight from the battery will fix that.
How do you figure the stock wiring won't fire them? I have HID's hooked to stock wiring on BOTH of my cavs, and have yet to have a problem. They fire as soon has I turn the lights on.
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slvrblit wrote:Tay-Ok wrote:Sounds like you don't have a relay hooked up either.
Stock wiring doesn't give you enough juice to fire up the ballast at first, wiring a relay to get electricity straight from the battery will fix that.
How do you figure the stock wiring won't fire them? I have HID's hooked to stock wiring on BOTH of my cavs, and have yet to have a problem. They fire as soon has I turn the lights on.
often times this is a ballasts specific problem. Especially the $50 kits from E-bay...like the OP bought, the ballasts usually require 10-15 amps to fire, then have a very low draw. If you get a higher quality kit, the ballasts usually have a starting draw of about 1/2 that. So a kit you have might operate fine as plug and play, where another kit might not.
I went with a good kit in my 98 and they fire right away every time.
John, depending on how my motor rebuild goes I may be contacting you about a HID kit for my 02.
slvrblit wrote:Tay-Ok wrote:Sounds like you don't have a relay hooked up either.
Stock wiring doesn't give you enough juice to fire up the ballast at first, wiring a relay to get electricity straight from the battery will fix that.
How do you figure the stock wiring won't fire them? I have HID's hooked to stock wiring on BOTH of my cavs, and have yet to have a problem. They fire as soon has I turn the lights on.
the stock wiring might actually support the current of having the HIDs on .. HID ballasts normally draw ~40 watts which is less than high beams (55w) ... however the startup current on ballasts is a lot higher, IIRC that can lead to the switch in the steering column getting burnt out
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