Help with hid install!!!
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Help with hid install!!! I have a 2008 Buick lacrosse super and I picked up a cheap ebay hid setup. I was wondering if there was any other lacrosse owners that could tell me the secret of installing them. I've found many videos of people replacing the bulb but none of a actual hid install and with the way they did it it would give me almost zero room to maneuver the wiring and the bulb without hitting anything and I don't have the cash to be breaking anything. 
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So thanks to the amazing designers over at GM i decided that this HID project will have to wait for the nicer weather so i can drop the front bumper and actually remove the light assemblies to install the lights
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I'm interested in this as well.
I too have a super now and have been toying with the idea of a projector retrofit.
I wanted to pull the headlights out and take a peek at them more carefully but of course they're not easily serviceable.
Let me know how your install goes!
I too have a super now and have been toying with the idea of a projector retrofit.
I wanted to pull the headlights out and take a peek at them more carefully but of course they're not easily serviceable.
Let me know how your install goes!
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I'm interested in this as well.
I too have a super now and have been toying with the idea of a projector retrofit.
I wanted to pull the headlights out and take a peek at them more carefully but of course they're not easily serviceable.
Let me know how your install goes!
I too have a super now and have been toying with the idea of a projector retrofit.
I wanted to pull the headlights out and take a peek at them more carefully but of course they're not easily serviceable.
Let me know how your install goes!
Take off the three bolts holding that area then you'd want to take out the annoying little pins on the grille.
Next I'd unplug the wire to the blinker.then after you should able to wiggle it around a bit and now the worst part of the install.while pulling back on the grille and front bumper pull up on the light assembly and pull it towards you at the same time(you'll most likely have to put alot of muscle into it).
Then finally here's the final results of my install.
Hope this helps!!
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So it seems the hids cause some sort of interference with the radio and draws quite a bit of power the voltage went from around 13.5 down to 13. Any ideas? I was thinking putting in higher amp fuses might work.
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Fuse has nothing to do with amp draw or lower voltage. You also risk damaging wiring by putting in a bigger fuse.
Here is an example, a crude one.
-------- This is a wire... This wire can only handle 10 amps without turning red and lighting on fire.
------=---- The = is the fuse, if this wire goes over 10 amps for any reason, they fuse will break causing a "open" which will stop the current from traveling. If you put in a 15 Amp fuse in there, then you potentially risk the wire overheating/melting/lighting on fire/ etc/etc/etc
Also our alternators use a current sensor. The computer adjust the alternators pulse width "aka activation" based on the current being drawn. The only way i see your HID's being a problem is if you used a wiring kit and went directly to the battery "Bypassing the current sensor". This would cause the current to be "unseen" by the computer, there for the computer is unable to adjust.
If you did not do any wiring to the battery, and you simply plugged the HID's into the lamp connector, then you have nothing to worry about.
Hope this all made sense.
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Fuse has nothing to do with amp draw or lower voltage. You also risk damaging wiring by putting in a bigger fuse.
Here is an example, a crude one.
-------- This is a wire... This wire can only handle 10 amps without turning red and lighting on fire.
------=---- The = is the fuse, if this wire goes over 10 amps for any reason, they fuse will break causing a "open" which will stop the current from traveling. If you put in a 15 Amp fuse in there, then you potentially risk the wire overheating/melting/lighting on fire/ etc/etc/etc
Also our alternators use a current sensor. The computer adjust the alternators pulse width "aka activation" based on the current being drawn. The only way i see your HID's being a problem is if you used a wiring kit and went directly to the battery "Bypassing the current sensor". This would cause the current to be "unseen" by the computer, there for the computer is unable to adjust.
If you did not do any wiring to the battery, and you simply plugged the HID's into the lamp connector, then you have nothing to worry about.
Hope this all made sense.
Here is an example, a crude one.
-------- This is a wire... This wire can only handle 10 amps without turning red and lighting on fire.
------=---- The = is the fuse, if this wire goes over 10 amps for any reason, they fuse will break causing a "open" which will stop the current from traveling. If you put in a 15 Amp fuse in there, then you potentially risk the wire overheating/melting/lighting on fire/ etc/etc/etc
Also our alternators use a current sensor. The computer adjust the alternators pulse width "aka activation" based on the current being drawn. The only way i see your HID's being a problem is if you used a wiring kit and went directly to the battery "Bypassing the current sensor". This would cause the current to be "unseen" by the computer, there for the computer is unable to adjust.
If you did not do any wiring to the battery, and you simply plugged the HID's into the lamp connector, then you have nothing to worry about.
Hope this all made sense.
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The HIDs are super high voltage. So if you are using the stock harness to power them, I can see how this could feedback into the system with noise. I have always done HID installs with there own wiring kit. "aka" not using the factory lamp connectors and have never had an issue. So you may want to get a wiring kit that bypasses the lamp connectors and gets its power directly from the battery. If you go this route, just make sure you put the power wire through the current sensor on the battery.
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This is the HID kit i use, it very well made "or so it seems" and I've used these in both my cadillacs without issues. But i never use the stock lamp connector. The only thing I use that for is to power the relay, that then powers the HID's
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This is the HID kit i use, it very well made "or so it seems" and I've used these in both my cadillacs without issues. But i never use the stock lamp connector. The only thing I use that for is to power the relay, that then powers the HID's
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