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Old Jun 26, 2010 | 01:57 PM
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Alright I bought the DDM HID kit for my car and I installed it today hooked everything up and they do not come on at all!

Any suggestions?
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Old Jun 26, 2010 | 02:07 PM
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EDIT: Problem solved it was Reverse Polarity
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Old Jun 26, 2010 | 02:07 PM
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Did you get the 9006 bulbs??

Did you get the 35 or 55 watt system??

Check the Blue and Black wires and make sure you have them connected properly.
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Old Jun 26, 2010 | 03:38 PM
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i was going to say check fuses but u got it lol
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Old Jan 13, 2011 | 07:20 PM
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plz help
i just got the same ones and there not working
so what does reverse polarity exactly mean
what do i need to do to get them to work??? thanks
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Old Jan 13, 2011 | 07:39 PM
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switch the wires to where they are backwards...
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Old Jan 14, 2011 | 07:02 AM
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had this same problem the other day doing my gfs car. the big power connector from the headlight to the ballast plugged it in backwards. in my own defense its not labelled.
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Old Jan 14, 2011 | 05:59 PM
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i got it guys!! just a brain fart really, it looks very good! im gonna order 3000 for my fogs now
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Originally Posted by TheMonteMan
had this same problem the other day doing my gfs car. the big power connector from the headlight to the ballast plugged it in backwards. in my own defense its not labelled.
I am new here and was going through the threads here. Had to laugh, as I did the same exact thing when I installed DDMs (35W; 6000K) into my 09 SS 3 weeks ago. Took me at least a dozen 10 amp fuses and process of elimination to figure it out. I thought I might be the only guy in the world to insert it 180 degrees off. You would think it would only go in ONE way.
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Old Jan 19, 2011 | 06:17 AM
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yeah i didnt have that problem when i did mine. i was doing my gfs truck. it was about 10*s outside and on the cx7 you have to pull the bumper to do the headlghts, so i was losing my mind testing the swapping from side to side, testing ballasts and wiring like a jackass. they really need to mark that **** more clearly.
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Old Jan 19, 2011 | 10:38 AM
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^^ That sounds awful. Horrible design. My 06 SRX was the same way. Had to remove the bumper to change turn signal bulbs. At least with the Impala, it was no big deal doing the side to side testing and even swapping a buddy's 08 Impala LT lights (which had already been sucessfully converted to DDM) back and forth to figure out the screw up. Seriously, I thought I was the only one who could possible mess that up. I could not fathom that it (plug) could fit in both ways.
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Old Jan 19, 2011 | 11:42 AM
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yeah it sucked. its funny cause the manual says to swap bulbs in her car to jack the car up, pull the wheel wells out and do it through there, but i needed to get the housings out which required me to pull the bumper. i hate foreign cars. the montes stupidly easy to do. i believe that the ballast is marked with a positive sign, but i didnt look at the connector so i have no clue if its marked. just figured it out through trial and error. after 3.5hrs of having my arms wedged in that pos.
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Old Jan 21, 2011 | 12:09 AM
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I just ordered 3K fogs and 4.5K low beams.
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