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Old Oct 14, 2010 | 08:29 PM
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so I installed my HIDs last week and im having nothing but problems now. My horn dosent work for starters. Secondly my passenger side turn signal light is dimmed when the headlights are on, and my fogs wont come on at all...also, on my way home, my heads just shut off on the highway and i had to turn them on and off a few times to get them back on. my buddy suggested using bigger fuses on the headlights and I did that but no luck yet. im worried about upping to many fuses because I dont want to start an electrical fire or something. anybody know whats happening to me? I dont want to uninstall the HIDs for fear of that not fixing the issue....PLEASE HELP!!

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Old Oct 14, 2010 | 08:46 PM
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Where did you buy your HID kit.....and was it plug and play, or did you splice it into the wiring?
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Old Oct 14, 2010 | 08:55 PM
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i cant remember the brand but it was one i had used before and worked great, and it was a plug and play kit.
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Old Oct 14, 2010 | 09:13 PM
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Don't use a bigger fuse, there is something wrong. I think your issues with the horn and signal are because there is a common ground between those circuits and your passenger side head lamp.
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Old Oct 15, 2010 | 07:43 AM
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but the ground that i added for the HID kit is in a different place
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Old Oct 15, 2010 | 08:10 AM
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got it...ground wire was not connecting fulling and was causing issues, all good now! thanks crash!
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Old Oct 15, 2010 | 08:28 AM
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Cheap HID kit.....you get what you pay for.
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Old Oct 15, 2010 | 01:04 PM
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but the ground that i added for the HID kit is in a different place
Check your ground

Edit....nevermind....just saw you figured it out.
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