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Old Nov 18, 2010 | 12:45 PM
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Ive been through 4 camaros, with HIDS and they all kill the wiper motor, the wipers jump around when the headlights are on at night, so i dont wanna go through this again, but i was told that DDM tunning has a special harness?? will this work if i get these? or will i end up paying $400 for a new wiper motor lol?
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Old Nov 18, 2010 | 06:02 PM
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That is weird, I NEVER had my wipers do anything odd with my HIDs and I had them on the car for 2 years. Maybe you just had crap HID kits?
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Old Nov 18, 2010 | 06:49 PM
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Had my DDM HIDs in lows and fogs for months and I have never had any problems with my wipers or any other electrical system for that matter. No harness or anything.
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Old Nov 18, 2010 | 07:51 PM
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Same here. Haven't had a problem with mine and mine aren't DDM Tuning's HID kit.
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Old Nov 18, 2010 | 08:34 PM
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i have this problem.. and still dont know what exactly it is.. but sometimes when i wiggle the harness thats plugged into the ballast it stops.. i might try getting a new wiring harness and see if that fixes it...
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Old Nov 18, 2010 | 09:40 PM
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I had this exact same problem, go on ebay and purchase a relay harness to connect between the hid ballast and the battery. My wiper motor went out on me and since I've had the harness in I haven't had any problems and it has been at least 2 years.
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Old Nov 18, 2010 | 10:45 PM
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Originally Posted by LS1_Unleashed
I had this exact same problem, go on ebay and purchase a relay harness to connect between the hid ballast and the battery. My wiper motor went out on me and since I've had the harness in I haven't had any problems and it has been at least 2 years.
is that the same harness that DDM sells in there kit?
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Old Nov 20, 2010 | 12:53 AM
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^yup!!

i just need some money so i can get one lol im dead broke!
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Old Nov 20, 2010 | 01:08 AM
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Originally Posted by jb98camaro
^yup!!

i just need some money so i can get one lol im dead broke!
so im guessing this is the way to go, and problem solved?
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Originally Posted by Midnight00SS
so im guessing this is the way to go, and problem solved?
^^^Exactly, just get a relay harness that will hook up the hid's to the stock factory harness. There are plenty of kits out there and if anyone knows a sponsor on here that sells one post it up for everyone, I got my kit from a non-sponsor company so I will not post their name on here.
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Old Nov 21, 2010 | 12:11 AM
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Originally Posted by LS1_Unleashed
^^^Exactly, just get a relay harness that will hook up the hid's to the stock factory harness. There are plenty of kits out there and if anyone knows a sponsor on here that sells one post it up for everyone, I got my kit from a non-sponsor company so I will not post their name on here.
ok cool thank u guys
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Old Nov 21, 2010 | 10:28 PM
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haha, i had this same problem last year after i put my hid conversion in. I had a hell of a time trying to figure out what the hell was going on, i just pulled my wiper fuse at night time untill i put a new wiper motor in and havent had a problem yet, didnt spend that much on a new motor. I think they share the same ground?
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Old Nov 22, 2010 | 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by run em down
haha, i had this same problem last year after i put my hid conversion in. I had a hell of a time trying to figure out what the hell was going on, i just pulled my wiper fuse at night time untill i put a new wiper motor in and havent had a problem yet, didnt spend that much on a new motor. I think they share the same ground?
Yea we need a seperate harness in ours it looks like
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