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Old Oct 5, 2011 | 04:56 PM
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So this morning I installed a HID kit for my 2011 TC. Before I strapped everything down to make it look clean, I tested to make sure that the bulbs/ballasts worked and they did...It looked great. So I ziptie'd the wires together and mounted the ballasts and I turned them back on and nothing worked...So I went back to my factory bulbs and I noticed that the driver side headlight wouldnt work, I checked my connections and everything was fine.

I checked the fuses and noticed that the one for the driver side was blown so I put a new one in and everything worked fine.. Why is this happening ? I'm using a relay harness. (I know nothing about electrical units) but shouldnt the fuse in the relay harness have blown ?

I would really like to hook up my hids but Im not going to do it again just to have the fuse in the car blow again.
Old Oct 6, 2011 | 06:44 PM
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Something was wired wrong on the HID's. OR more likely a positive wire touched a ground somewhere when you zip tied it.
Old Oct 6, 2011 | 07:30 PM
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Thanks and yeah that probably was it, that I ziptied a positive near a ground. I gave it another shot this morning and everything is fine they look good
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Glad to hear it was an easy fix then.

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