NEW Long Island Meet Thread!!!

[NIGHTHAWKSI]

read through those instructions carefully and tell me what plugs your fog light haerness did not come with. post up what step in the instructions and what the picture is pointing to.

[SIcivic07]

ian, i heard u say it last night, but is a relay harness a MUST in a PNP HID set up to go from the ballast to the headlight harness?

[ryox82]

I can actually make that easy for you. The only plug that is there to go in to the inside fuse block is the wich is depicted in the diagram under step 44. That would be the 1 pin with white wire.

[NIGHTHAWKSI]

its highly recomended. some people say no, but if anythign was to ever go wrong, you would fry your OEM harness, with the relay harness, the worse that will happen is you blow a fuse.

[ryox82]

Originally Posted by SIcivic07

ian, i heard u say it last night, but is a relay harness a MUST in a PNP HID set up to go from the ballast to the headlight harness?

The HID's would not even come on in my car until I put the relay harness in. It is easy stuff though.

[SIcivic07]

do most PNP sets come with the relay harness? i have yet to buy a HID kit, whats my best bet on one of those? not OEM, i dont have that kind of cash!

[ryox82]

Mine did not come with one. I have heard some do though, your best bet is to ask the vendor or someone who bought the kit.

[Gr3y Goose]

i hope the meet turned out alright, i ended up getting a whole surprise birthday thing at the local japanese restaurant. it was a good time i got really really drunk and we partied at my house after...thanks for the bday wishes, only thing is that my real bday isnt till next month-we just celebrated it last night since i wont be here......

and i took the car to my mechanic yesterday also, he said the bolt my be crossthreaded but i might be lucky..worst case is he has to get a new bolt, and he said he would but the tie bar on for me which is cool..

[NIGHTHAWKSI]

Originally Posted by ryox82

I can actually make that easy for you. The only plug that is there to go in to the inside fuse block is the wich is depicted in the diagram under step 44. That would be the 1 pin with white wire.

well, in the 8th gen ebay fog lights, there were 2 wires/plugs missing. 1 was so that the headlight DO NOT have to be on for the fog lights to work. and the other is that i do not have a fog light icon on my dash light up when they are on.

yours is very differnt. but some day light would help alot and a volt meter. your fog lights seem to be getting no power...so you need to find a wiring schematic of the fog lights (so we know exactly what the connection of that white wire is supposed to be).

search around and see if you can find one.

[SIcivic07]

ian, know of any good ebay PNP HID kits that come with a relay harness?

[NIGHTHAWKSI]

Originally Posted by SIcivic07

do most PNP sets come with the relay harness? i have yet to buy a HID kit, whats my best bet on one of those? not OEM, i dont have that kind of cash!

im a beieliver of you get what you pay for. you could go as cheap as a ebuay $120 HID kit, or if you want to spend a little more you could get xenon depot HID's. but if your going that route, you mind as well get some OEM ballasts and a conversion plug for d2s--->9006 bulbs. some HID kits come with a relay harness, some dont. but it can be made for $15 dollars with radio shack parts.

[SIcivic07]

do the xenon depot kits come with relays? and whats a d2 bulb?

[NIGHTHAWKSI]

a D2s bulb is what comes in most cars with factory HIds. and it is what most OEm ballasts are designed for. if youd like i can try and peice together a kit that will last much much longer than any ebay kit/xenondepot kit.

[SIcivic07]

how much will an "ian HID kit" run me? and what are you piecing it together with? lol

[Gr3y Goose]

^threadjack ftw

[NIGHTHAWKSI]

Originally Posted by SIcivic07

how much will an "ian HID kit" run me? and what are you piecing it together with? lol

im having a tough time finding prices parts, but it could be around $300. its not that bad considering you wont have any problems that plaque HId kits.

the most expensice part will be the ballast. the best rpice i can find with good ballasts is this
*edit* i cannot link to thread in HIDPLANET...sign up for an account there and ill tell you where to look.

i MIGHT have bulbs laying around that you can use.

a relay harness and the 9006 connectors you need will probably cost around $50 total.

if your interested, first get the ballasts. hid planet has the best prices by far. search around f you dont liek the ones i linked.

[SIcivic07]

why wont i have problems that plague any other HID kit? whats different about it when you piece it together?

[NIGHTHAWKSI]

aftermarket ballast bulbs have alot fo problems. if you have time to search through this forum and read all the posts about people getting flickering/ bulbs that randomly dont turn on/brand new kits that have bad ballasts/ short life span.

i have had about 5 aftermarket HID kits and none of them have lasted longer than a couple of months without having one or more of those problems.

when it is peiced together like im trying to find, you have OEM quality ballasts and bulbs (the two main parts of the kit. an aftermarket kit may claim to be made by hella (or other reputable manufacturer), but i doubt that any of them really are, and if they happened to be, they dont ge tthe same quality control as a part that is going to be OEM in a car from the factory.


ive probably got 3-4 ballasts and random bulbs sitting in a drawer at my house becuase they are all crap. since i have put in OEM hid parts, i havent had a problem with the HId compnents yet.

[SIcivic07]

very good to know. thanks ian...ill check out HID planet for ballasts, and im assuming their ballasts are OEM quality?

[NIGHTHAWKSI]

the website sells OEM parts at a high price. all are OEM

the forum part has sellers that sell just about anything. most of them are OEM ballasts from various cars. can find very good deals if you look. post pics here of any you find and ill give you my opinion.