Has anyone seen this?

[MKVJET08]

everything arrived today, hooked it up, and it works! but... only when the lights are actually on, with only drls, it still flickers so i guess next step is to cut drls off..

at least it looks good at night tho lol

it costs me 92 dollars for vw to take it in and cut them off, i got 50 bucks for anyone in Northern VA with a VAG-COM and knows how to cut them off. if anyone wants to let me know. id really appreciate it

[need_4spd]

we need pics!!!
and if you can show pics of the cut off too

[MKVJET08]

I QUIT!

they were working great! i finally decided to just go to vw and get the DRLs cut off, came back home and hooked every up nice and secure, double checked everything, and they turned right on. i started the car, stayed on! drove around for about 15 minutes and they were beautiful lol. so i came back home, went inside for about an hour and when i went to go to leave again i started the car, turned the lights on and halfway down the street they started flickering..... i pulled over, double checked everything again and found nothing. they havent worked since.

i tried swapping fuses and relays, nothing. until someone finds out how to get them working i quit. i already blew enough money on this project...

[Ub3RcAM]

maybe you just bought a bad kit? im going to be attempting this...i got my HID kit and im waiting for the adapters from kbcars. so i guess ill be the next one frustrated? iduno well see.

[MKVJET08]

haha hopefully you wont be, let us know how it goes

[built2prfctn]

I also just bought my kit and adapter.. Keep me updated guys and good luck

[MKVJET08]

damn i hope someone gets these right!!

if ANYONE does, PLEASE let me know what you did. i really dont want to sell my kit, id rather have them working

[built2prfctn]

Ok guys. I got my HID kit and kb adapter in today.. IT WORKS GREAT!! Besides a couple problems maybe u guys can help me with.

With that said install took me about 3 hours with my friend.kb thing is a piece of **** after market part, the bulb doesnt sit in there to good but after gorilla glueing the prongs on so they dont slide in and out and glueing the base of the bulb in there is alright.

Also i wanna let u guys know that I already had my DRL shut off with a friends vag.

Ok probelm number one.
Relay kinda makes a clicking noise when the car is turned on and lights are on. Doesnt make the noise when the car is off and lights are on no idea but it doesnt sound healthy.

Problem two.
Dash lights are on for the bulb and the air bag i dont know why the airbag one is on.

Problem three. Is the left beam is way to high how do i adjust the beam? Do i just tilt the bulb down???

[built2prfctn]

Also I have no problems at all with flickering.

[MKVJET08]

well relays click, but only when being started and should stop after a second or two (or so ive been told)

i also had the airbag sensor come on, dunno whats up with that

i had no problem just reaching in and grabbing the reflector and clicking it down a couple notches... i used a car parked in front of me and clicked it down until it wasnt hitting theyr back windshield any more

and it clicks right back up if you ever take the HIDs out

BUT MINE STILL F***ING FLICKERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[built2prfctn]

Weird mine dont at all. Except when i try putting my high beams on

[MKVJET08]

what brand ballasts did you get i have a feeling my ballasts are the problem

[built2prfctn]

http://www.gothids.net/hidconversionkits.aspx

I need to figure out how to get rid of the air bag light? is there something wrong with the airbag? i hope not

[built2prfctn]

bump

[MKVJET08]

well... i finally have my HIDs working!

anyone who cant get rid of that annoying flickering issue could do what i did.

i used a switch, you can buy one for like 6 bucks at any auto parts place, and get some wire (i used 16 gauge).

run wires from the positive and negative wires on the ballasts, connect the positives from each ballast into one wire and run it to the switch.

connect the negatives from each ballast into one wire and run it to the negative terminal on the battery

run one wire from the positive terminal to the switch (also add a fuse to the positive wire).

ground the switch and you're good to go. you have that extra step of having to hit the switch everytime you want headlights, and the lightbulb out sensor will always be on, but to me it was worth it since i had no other way to get them working

just thought id put this out there for people who ran out of options like i did.


Modified by MKVJET08 at 8:34 PM 5-6-2008

[frankachela]

Quote, originally posted by built2prfctn »

Ok guys. I got my HID kit and kb adapter in today.. IT WORKS GREAT!! Besides a couple problems maybe u guys can help me with. With that said install took me about 3 hours with my friend.kb thing is a piece of **** after market part, the bulb doesnt sit in there to good but after gorilla glueing the prongs on so they dont slide in and out and glueing the base of the bulb in there is alright. Also i wanna let u guys know that I already had my DRL shut off with a friends vag. Ok probelm number one. Relay kinda makes a clicking noise when the car is turned on and lights are on. Doesnt make the noise when the car is off and lights are on no idea but it doesnt sound healthy. Problem two. Dash lights are on for the bulb and the air bag i dont know why the airbag one is on. Problem three. Is the left beam is way to high how do i adjust the beam? Do i just tilt the bulb down???

u need a vag com
(2) The airbag problem is just the safety trigger for the airbags... (YOU DISCONNECT UR BATTERY?) nothing its wrong wit ur airbags just need smbdy wit a vag to erase the fault codes and it will go away
on the headlight housing when you open your hood look at it from the top and you will see a white hole it looks like u will need a allen wrench just put it in there ant twist just watch it cuz u cold strip that thing and will have to buy a hole new headlight housing

hope this helps
and get prjector god dammit
quit blinding people stingy ****er

[Geeb]

to intall an HID kit into our cars will it EVER be necessary to take the whole headlight assembly out?


Modified by Geeb at 6:01 PM 6/4/2008

[MKVJET08]

nope

[nater]

Skimming through this thread so this may have been stated already but...

Why would you need more light when regular 35W HID is already dangerous as a retrofit into halogen housings?

[Naokuphilip]

ummm I still cannot figure out how to do the trick.. hhe with oem bulb without wires and hid kit bulb with wires.. how do you do that part on the oem headlight housing? Pics will be appreciated!!

[x aldanaGLI x]

On that little plastic hid adapter how do you know which side is positive and ground

[wetheitalians]

hey idk if anyone else reads or has read this thread in a a while but, i put a xentec (ebay brand) HID kit in my friends 07 jetta...

step 1: buy an HID kit with the dash light cancelers, and 35w-55w converters built into it already....SPEND THE EXTRA $...

step 2: buy these
http://www.ebay.com/itm/H7-HID-XENON...ht_5582wt_1163
or these
http://www.ebay.com/itm/H7-HID-XENON...ht_5666wt_1163
step 3: adjust your light housings so u dont blind or kill people.

step 4: enjoy

[20jetta98]

ive delt with retro solutions myself since he works in my state... hes a great person to deal with and help u anyway he can possibly...

[bursthead]

Hey,

I just installed my h7 hid kit.. Though I was running into an intermittent working right bulb. So i pulled the kit out completely. I was interested in running a relay, which I heard solves this problem. The only thing I dont understand is where I do I connect the relay in the headlight housing?

Since the factory bulb carrier is a screw in type there is no way I can use it while also having a mounted hid bulb. I was thinking of getting a universal kit and changing the clips to a female and plugging it in directly to the hid bulb adapter.






Does anyone else have any ideas?

[Kwalsh24]

Old posting I know sorry about bumping it, however I was curious has anyone seen any issues with theiy HID bulbs causing to much heat and damaging the housing of the lights themselves? I was thinking on doing this to my mk5 Jetta, as I have 2 35w ballasts left over from my fog lights that I upgraded the ballasts to 55w. I bought the extra wires, adapters and anti flicker kit off eBay, just waiting for it all to show from the motherland haha, just was curious if anyone has seen any side effects from this mod? Also how did you guys run the wire thru the caps? I seen one posting where someone drilled a 2" hole into the cap and fed the wires that way, I'd do that if I had backup caps to revert back to. However i dont have that option currently

Thanks!