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Old Mar 26, 2010 | 08:19 PM
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i am going to be installing 9006/880 hid's(lowbeam and fog) and i am going to be adding a relay harness also. has anyone else installed one? and i need 2 correct? 1 for the lows and 1 for the fogs,right?
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You will need one for the lows and one for the fogs. The harness is easy to install.
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You will need one for the lows and one for the fogs. The harness is easy to install.
comes with install instructions i assume?
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Old Mar 27, 2010 | 12:46 PM
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itll come with instructions. however i didnt read them lol. its pretty self explanitory. be forewarned though, the plugs that go into the factory wiring will need to be flipped. for some reason GM pinned their connectors differently than other car companies. not a huge deal at all though. if you have any questions just give me a holler through PM and ill help you out
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Old Mar 27, 2010 | 05:16 PM
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Originally Posted by mattl31
itll come with instructions. however i didnt read them lol. its pretty self explanitory. be forewarned though, the plugs that go into the factory wiring will need to be flipped. for some reason GM pinned their connectors differently than other car companies. not a huge deal at all though. if you have any questions just give me a holler through PM and ill help you out
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By the way, I just checked their site, their slim ballast kit is on sale at half the normal price! Same with the relay harness... $45 for the HID kit and the harness, + shipping. Insane.

I may have to do this.
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By the way, I just checked their site, their slim ballast kit is on sale at half the normal price! Same with the relay harness... $45 for the HID kit and the harness, + shipping. Insane.

I may have to do this.
ya same here was on their site last night,makes it even harder to say no to
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im going to order these tonight because of there sale price if. 9006 35w just for lowbeams correct? would you need a relay harness just for low beams if you have an optima battery?
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im going to order these tonight because of there sale price if. 9006 35w just for lowbeams correct? would you need a relay harness just for low beams if you have an optima battery?
55w,as for that i do not know. im going to get the relay harness just to be safe.
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No no no! DON'T get 55W HIDs for your low beams in your reflector housings. 35W HID in your reflectors is already similar to having your high beams on all the time, add 55W and you're 1.5-2x the brightness. Makes for really blinding oncoming traffic, don't do it
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No no no! DON'T get 55W HIDs for your low beams in your reflector housings. 35W HID in your reflectors is already similar to having your high beams on all the time, add 55W and you're 1.5-2x the brightness. Makes for really blinding oncoming traffic, don't do it
55w for fogs then?
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Originally Posted by The Guz
You will need one for the lows and one for the fogs. The harness is easy to install.
Is this the relay harness that you guys are talking about?
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that is the one
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Originally Posted by 99huggerorangeZ
55w for fogs then?
You could (they are projector housings, also really low to the ground) but I would be concerned about the amount of heat in those little housings. You'd need a relay harness for sure with those however, the stock wiring won't handle them.

I've been toying with the idea of HID fogs, but just haven't made up my mind yet. Probably would get 35W 3000k, I suppose.
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You could (they are projector housings, also really low to the ground) but I would be concerned about the amount of heat in those little housings. You'd need a relay harness for sure with those however, the stock wiring won't handle them.

I've been toying with the idea of HID fogs, but just haven't made up my mind yet. Probably would get 35W 3000k, I suppose.
was going to go with 6000k low beam and fogs
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Originally Posted by 99huggerorangeZ
that is the one
thank you sirrr
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Originally Posted by SparkyJJO
You could (they are projector housings, also really low to the ground) but I would be concerned about the amount of heat in those little housings. You'd need a relay harness for sure with those however, the stock wiring won't handle them.

I've been toying with the idea of HID fogs, but just haven't made up my mind yet. Probably would get 35W 3000k, I suppose.
running 55W 3000K with no problems at all. With the factory lights they were WAY brighter than my lowbeams.
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It sucks I can't get hids that cheap, one of the down falls of the t/a
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Alright just ordered up the ddm 3k 880kit with a harness. I did some searches on it. Do i reverse the polarity of the stock plugs like the headlight plugs? Saw something mentioned about painting the inside of the foglight if its cracking/peeling? how would you go about that? Does it come apart in pieces?
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so the 880s will fit in out 894 fog lights? and a that harness mentioned above is needed?
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