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Old Jun 8, 2008 | 06:46 AM
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Here is a pic of the battery connection



Here is a pic of the connections



Here is a zoomed picture of that picture showing the small metal connectors

What am I missing here? I thought this was all I need? I even switch the small metal connectors one from the others because may be I plugged them in wrong.
Old Jun 8, 2008 | 02:27 PM
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HUH.....what doesn't work?....bulbs?...ballasts?....No Power?

Have u tried sswitching the plugs around?....
Old Jun 8, 2008 | 02:33 PM
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when u switch on the headlights do u hear a high pitched sound or ne sound coming out of the ballast? did u touch the bulbs with ur hand? if you dont hear a sound coming out of the ballasts, something is wrong with ur connections, if you do and the bulbs dont turn on the bulbs might be screwed. try switching the ballasts around, or even bulbs
Old Jun 8, 2008 | 03:00 PM
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gah relay makes everything harder. try doing it without the relay to see if everything is functioning fine. if yes, you just did ur relay wrong. =)
Old Jun 8, 2008 | 03:51 PM
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Ok I'll try again today, I don't hear anything coming out of the ballast. I guess I need to swtich ballast. No I didn't touch it with my hand. Thanks well get back to ya.
Old Jun 8, 2008 | 07:55 PM
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It appears you have everything wired up correctly. But so you know, the black and blue wires that are coming through the round rubber grommet with the the connections at both ends are there if you do not wish to use the relay harness. So you do not need to do anything with those except tuck them off to the side or cut them off.

The only plugs that should go going into your OEM connector is the black and blue wire on the relay harness. If you plug it in and it does not turn on, try to flip the wires around, put the black where the blue wire was and vise versa. If that does still not work go through this list.

Check your ground, make sure it is nice and tight.
Check your 12v wire, make sure it is nice and tight.
Go through all your wiring, make sure the connections are tight.

If still nothing, stick your head near the relay (the little black box) and listen for a click when you turn on the headlights. You should hear one.

Or if you want, you can just forgo the wiring harness and just use those black and blue wires that are coming through the bulbs round rubber grommet and forgo the relay harness completely.
Old Jun 8, 2008 | 09:45 PM
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nvm I was connecting the wrong set of blue/black wires into the OEM connector. I got it working thanks, I can't wait until dark .
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rofl gj
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