Installing H.I.D's When instlling H.I.D do i have to disconnect the battery and if so do i remove the power or the ground wire?.. If i remove the ground the battery is still live? or does it break the circut. Another question so say i take the power wiree off do the install n plug the power wire back on and thats the trick right just likeinstalling regular bulbs? Anything i should be carefull of.. its kinda snowing outside but ill do this in my garage bad or good idea?? Thanks for the read/Advice. Oh and charging my cap whats the best way to charge that bad boy since i am disconnect my batter and what not? Disconnect power going to amp and run the car and it should store power? Because right now i have it connected to the Ground and Power wire and then form there the power is going to the amp and there is a sperate ground. WIl taking the amp off charge the cap? Thanks. |
Re: Installing H.I.D's my only thoughts... :_doh: :hithead: I'm sorry for not being much help, but if you're asking questions about whether or not you should be disconnecting your battery, and HOW you disconnect your battery...my common sense is telling me that you shouldn't be installing your H.I.Ds to begin with. |
Re: Installing H.I.D's thanks ofr the quick help >? |
Re: Installing H.I.D's
Originally Posted by manahoonie
(Post 4283846)
my only thoughts... :_doh: :hithead: I'm sorry for not being much help, but if you're asking questions about whether or not you should be disconnecting your battery, and HOW you disconnect your battery...my common sense is telling me that you shouldn't be installing your H.I.Ds to begin with. As far as the original questions, yeah, taking off the neg on the battery will disconnect power to the car. I think you're also trying to ask about your capacitor for your amp??? Yeah, the cap should always be charged, until you actually discharge it. I would just disconnect that, depending on how it's wired, if you're concerned about getting zapped by that. |
Re: Installing H.I.D's Ive done engine work ive done all the electrical for the car audio. But i mean like my lights still dimm the same even with teh cap on i didnt notice much of a differnce if a small one at all.. Its suppose to be a cheap quick fix but didnt make any differnce. Because i never charged it when i got it. |
Re: Installing H.I.D's it should charge consistently. and is your amp pulling more power than your cap can handle? o and HID's are illegal. |
Re: Installing H.I.D's Thanks for the insight, my amp is 800RMS and my cap is 1.2 farad. |
Re: Installing H.I.D's HIDS are illegal? wha?? if you get over a 6k bulb its illegal, cuz the light produced is no longer a white, but HIDS themselves are not illegal |
Re: Installing H.I.D's
Originally Posted by carter
(Post 4283870)
Ive done engine work ive done all the electrical for the car audio.
Originally Posted by chkolny
(Post 4283966)
HIDS are illegal? wha?? if you get over a 6k bulb its illegal, cuz the light produced is no longer a white, but HIDS themselves are not illegal even a retrofit with oem hids parts are still considered illegal. any modification to ur existing lighting system other than the manufacture's specification is illegal. |
Re: Installing H.I.D's hmmm wow, to be honest i didnt know that about the hids, thanks for the info. and yes i have to agree with sl33pyriceboi, how did you work on your car audio without disconnecting battery?, that seems really dangerous :/ |
Re: Installing H.I.D's
Originally Posted by carter
(Post 4283840)
When instlling H.I.D do i have to disconnect the battery and if so do i remove the power or the ground wire?.. If i remove the ground the battery is still live? or does it break the circut.
Originally Posted by carter
(Post 4283840)
Another question so say i take the power wiree off do the install n plug the power wire back on and thats the trick right just likeinstalling regular bulbs? you basically need 2 things to install ur hids...(well, more than that is recomended but ill talk bout that later) 1. hid bulbs 2. hid ballast ur hid bulbs will connect to ur ballast, and ur ballast connected to the poper +/- of the headlight plug. so if you dont have a plug n play H4 adaptor ur gonna need to tap in the + and - of ur headlight plug. note: a pnp H4 adaptor had 3 male pins on it that plugs into ur female headlight socket...and there should be 3 wires that come out of ur H4 adaptor. IF you dont have that, you should tap into ur H4 socket, although this is HIGHLY not recomended becaues the electrical draw will not always be enough...and you can short ur electical boards in ur car.
Originally Posted by carter
(Post 4283840)
Anything i should be carefull of.. its kinda snowing outside but ill do this in my garage bad or good idea?? Thanks for the read/Advice. Oh and charging my cap whats the best way to charge that bad boy since i am disconnect my batter and what not? Disconnect power going to amp and run the car and it should store power? Because right now i have it connected to the Ground and Power wire and then form there the power is going to the amp and there is a sperate ground. WIl taking the amp off charge the cap? Thanks. when working on ur amp/cap, all u really need to do is take out the inline fuse that's right after the batter (before ur amp/cap) you should also because when handling ur cap because power might still be stored in it. but as long as you dont touch the terminals of the cap you'll be fine. |
Re: Installing H.I.D's i also forgot to mention. i really suggest you getting a hid relay kit...why because ur stock headlight wires arent always sufficient. they are made of up 22awg wires i belelieve and is not made to handle the tremendous amp/wattage draw during ballast power up. if you have any further questions, do not hesitate to ask becuse im sure it will benefit other users as well. |
Re: Installing H.I.D's
Originally Posted by chkolny
(Post 4283971)
hmmm wow, to be honest i didnt know that about the hids, thanks for the info. DON'T INSTALL HID'S WITHOUT A RELAY HARNESS!!! and charging the capacitor needs to be done through a resistor just like the instructions say. |
Re: Installing H.I.D's stupid pre assembled wires!! |
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