If your HID kit does not come with a ballast, it’s highly recommended that you also install a relay harness. Going without either piece of equipment could do serious damage to your vehicle. We offer a variety of HID conversion kits that come with CANbus ballasts, so you don’t have to purchase a relay harness.

Do I need a relay harness for my HID kit?

If your HID kit does not come with a ballast, it’s highly recommended that you also install a relay harness. Going without either piece of equipment could do serious damage to your vehicle. We offer a variety of HID conversion kits that come with CANbus ballasts, so you don’t have to purchase a relay harness.

Do HID headlights need a relay?

The main benefit of installing a relay harness is that it can help to provide a regulated flow of energy to your HID headlights. By regulating current and drawing power from the battery, a relay harness can help prevent damage to your HID lighting system as well as the car itself.

How do I connect my xenon HID kit?

How to Install HID Conversion Kit

  1. Introduction: How to Install HID Conversion Kit.
  2. Open your vehicle’s hood.
  3. Open the back cap on the headlight assembly and take out the stock bulb.
  4. Insert the xenon light into the headlight housing.
  5. Insert the xenon bulb into the headlight.

Do I need a relay harness?

Harness Install. It is beneficial for some vehicles to use a relay harness when installing an HID conversion kit. Sometimes if your vehicle has a low voltage issue, DRL or a CANBUS issue the relay harness will bypass the factory wiring and pull power straight from the battery.

Do HID lights draw more power?

Efficiency. HID headlights use less power than halogen bulbs, and put less of a strain on the energy supply of a car, truck or van. As such, the energy within a given vehicle can be more healthily allocated to other functions.

Can you install HID lights any car?

‘ The short answer is yes, but you’ll need to use an HID Conversion Kit. Xenon HIDs won’t fit into spaces that are designed for halogen bulbs, and vice versa. Keep on reading to get the lowdown on fitting xenon bulbs into a halogen car…

Why won’t my HID lights turn on?

If your LED or HID headlight bulbs are not turning on, the cause is likely a polarity issue. LED and HID bulbs are polarity sensitive, which means that if the positive doesn’t line up with the positive and the negative with the negative, no power will flow from the vehicle to the bulb.

Why use a relay automotive wiring?

Wiring with a relay allows the power to run straight from the battery, through the relay mounted nearby, directly to the lights. The interior mounted switch only draws minimal power though the interior fuse block to activate the relay.