a couple of my friends have hondas/acuras and their HIDs are melting the harnesses for their headlights...

now i was wondering if any of you guys are having that problem with your tC's...i do NOT want to run into this problem with my new tc and im willing to take them out if this problem is common...THANKS.

 

Yep, you always run the risk of melting your stock harnesses, etc when you run hids, or aftermarket bulbs. That's why you use a relay harness that draws power directly from the battery instead of through your stock harness.

 

ok, thanks for that info... ill have to check to see how they were installed...ill see if i can snag pictures to see how they were installed an post them...

 

ditto.
i have a cheap HID kit, so I bought a wiring harness off Ebay for $20.

 

i also have a cheap kit, but picked up the mobileHID relay, and have had no problems.

 

lets say the kit thats in there does not have the relay...how hard will it be to put the relay in?

 

buy this (or something similar):
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HID-F...spagenameZWDVW
it even had a diagram on the ebay listing LOL.

 

Mobile HID FTW!!

i woudlnt risk anything with cheap kits

 

the car already has hids...idk what brand or quality

 

Been running HID's from mobileHID.com for almost a yr now with no problem at all. Matter infact I just saw cliff earlier today to pix up my new bulb from him. MobileHID FTW!!!

 

i havent had any probs yet with hids on my 08....but i havent checked in a while so maybe i should take a look o_o

 

I have the 3BSpec kit from Opteratic. It also comes with the relay harness, and the slim ballasts are much easier to fit under the hood. My only issue was that it was having problems igniting but it turned out one side of the fusde holder plug wasn't seated all the way, pushed it all the way up into the fuse holder and no problems now.

 

I also have HIDs from mobileHID for almost a year. Still running strong and I do a lot of night driving too.

 

originally i had just put brighter bulbs (silverstars) in exchange for my oem and they looked great till i noticed the outlett where the bulb gets connected to was all like melted so i went to autozone and got these like higher wattage connetors and jost snipped the old ones off and soldered these on! then i got hid's and have had them through a winter and two summers and still work and havnt melted, who know maybe its just luck

 

i got mine from 3bspec.com
i got them about 8 months ago and still running good

 

Same thing happened to me when I bought some cheap light bulbs from ebay, my light kept flickering so I checked and my connecter was melted also. So then I upgraded to HID's and no problems ever, I even drive with it on in the morning because it looks cool

 

I have one huge issue, driving someone's car without HIDs is downright painful

 

[quote="blacktrdtc"]hahah same here man. light output is incredible

 

I've used McCulloch HID kits for a few years in two different cars. Never had any problems.

 

I got the 08 and i got plug and play hids and havent had a problem with them. but i heard the 07 and less need to have relays so it doesnt fry the harness