I still can't get my headlights to work!! Even with an abundance or wire, crimping tools and a box with every connection under the sun included... I think I need some help here...
Original problem - Driver side HID and main beam won't work. It did at first, flickered a few times and then died. I tested the ballast and checked bulbs to confirm they are not the culprits.
After cleaning the earth points on the IM and ring connectors with wet 'n dry and contact cleaner, I now have working main beam on both sides but neither HID works!
My HIDs are earthed to the loom so the plan was to move these to the chassis - last night, to test them, I ran about a metre of wire with a ring terminal from the IM, figured it was a known good earth point. Spliced the earth wire and connected it, car running so i was seeing 13V on the guage, still nothing...
Connections are as follows:
Yellow wire from loom -> red wire into ballast on a spade connection. There is a corresponding red wire -> bulb. Then, a blue wire returning to the ballast and a black wire from the input side that *was* spade connected to a short wire soldered onto the earth pin in the headlight. This is what i then cut + spliced onto the earth wire from the IM.
Does this sound right? Is my "good earth" not so good after all? what the hell can I do, other than go back to stock and see if i can get that working first...
Dont know where to go so if someone 'in the know' can tell me what their next diagnosis steps would be I'd be grateful
Cheers
Ross
Original problem - Driver side HID and main beam won't work. It did at first, flickered a few times and then died. I tested the ballast and checked bulbs to confirm they are not the culprits.
After cleaning the earth points on the IM and ring connectors with wet 'n dry and contact cleaner, I now have working main beam on both sides but neither HID works!
My HIDs are earthed to the loom so the plan was to move these to the chassis - last night, to test them, I ran about a metre of wire with a ring terminal from the IM, figured it was a known good earth point. Spliced the earth wire and connected it, car running so i was seeing 13V on the guage, still nothing...
Connections are as follows:
Yellow wire from loom -> red wire into ballast on a spade connection. There is a corresponding red wire -> bulb. Then, a blue wire returning to the ballast and a black wire from the input side that *was* spade connected to a short wire soldered onto the earth pin in the headlight. This is what i then cut + spliced onto the earth wire from the IM.
Does this sound right? Is my "good earth" not so good after all? what the hell can I do, other than go back to stock and see if i can get that working first...
Dont know where to go so if someone 'in the know' can tell me what their next diagnosis steps would be I'd be grateful
Cheers
Ross
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