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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: muppet on 28 January 2009, 21:19
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hi guys i was putting in my hid's today ( i know some of you dont like them lol upgraded wiring for lights n so on) but i got these dirt cheap so couldnt resist! well obviously theres a problem, the lights on low beam turn on but both wont stay on for longer then 30 seconds but will flicker! sometimes one will turn off quicker! then theres going straight to high beam and they work perfectly fine! im guessing a ground connection maybe?
second thing is what does this connection do? i found this on both end of the lights but it wasnt connected to anything before or after i upgraded from original hella lights to fk crystals?
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thanks guys
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Good question that, I have those too, clipped into my front panel seeming going nowhere :undecided:
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didnt some some golfs and jettas have electric adjustable headlights, i could be wrong
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+1 :grin:
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Might be foglight connectors.
Stick those on your car, permanently on with the HIDs to look a cumplete cont.
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Might be foglight connectors.
Stick those on your car, permanently on with the HIDs to look a cumplete cont.
hahahahah i was waiting for one of these comments
well to put your mind at rest im not one of those conts (mind the spelling) that drives around with fog lights on unnecessarily, like i said i only put em on cos i got them dirt cheap!
my fog lights are already connected and its not that! the other connector in my hand is for the other smaller bulb in the light but i need to change the connector type for that so it fits the light!
any one else got any ideas apart from the headlight adjusters (good point though, gonna have to go check that out)
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met some muppet with nasty hid's fitted this evening, when you cant see anything just drive at the lights they soon get the message. ( works best with a big van, think all forms of large 4x4 with bullbars will also do trick )
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good pun but not as funny as ur help has been thanks
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didnt some some golfs and jettas have electric adjustable headlights, i could be wrong
I believe this could be the correct answer :)
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didnt some some golfs and jettas have electric adjustable headlights, i could be wrong
I believe this could be the correct answer :)
thanks anyone who helped, i think ill leave it at that :cool:
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yep those are for the electrically adjustible headlight range control. as for the HID problem, it might be the dim-dip resistor thingy, its found near the driver side headlight, size n shape of a packet o polos.
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so taking resister thingy out of the equation would help? lol how would i take it apart just pull the wire out?
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possibly, good news is its dead easy to try. follow the 2 yellow wires up from it and you'll find a 2 pin plug, disconnect this and bobs ya uncle :)
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good pun but not as funny as ur help has been thanks
no worrys :P
btw cheep chinky HID's have a habbit of not working properly. there are easy fixes for some units
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possibly, good news is its dead easy to try. follow the 2 yellow wires up from it and you'll find a 2 pin plug, disconnect this and bobs ya uncle :)
thanks for that rubjonny ill try it later on or tomorrow :smiley: hopefully it fixes the problem
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ok ive tried disconnecting that resistor but then the lights completly stopped working?!?!?!?! really confused now lol
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Potentially if it doesnt blow the fuse for the lights Im thinking maybe it could be related to the transformer unit provided.
I believe it generates a start up current of 23,000 volts then drops significantly back to a normal lower voltage.
They obviosly start up because you said they run for a small amount of time.
This is assuming you
1. start your engine
2. turn on the lights
in this order as obviously dipped doesnt work without turning the ignition on anyway and the current needed requires the engine to be running.
when you start them up you should get quite a significant pulse at the start then they dip and ignite.
Have you upgraded your loom also because I wopuld suggest thats also a good idea for the start up current.
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thanks for that Adam, at the moment ive left the wiring as it was working more than fine on another hid kit my mate had in it before! but i have to admit he did pay sh*te loads for his kit!
ill give it another go tomorrow hopefully if it stops snowing for long enough!
thanks for the help guys :grin:
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good pun but not as funny as ur help has been thanks
no worrys :P
btw cheep chinky HID's have a habbit of not working properly. there are easy fixes for some units
Some people might take offence to Chinky. For instance me. PLease refrain from using this word as it's very derogatory and just plain rude and uneducated.
I had the same problem, but it was a duff ballast. Not sure how to check if they're working properly, but I swapped a ballast in from another set of Hids. Work fine now, but I have a spare which is annoying.