ryangrieder
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So, my 2 friends and I just spent several hours trying to install a HID kit on my 05 Hemi grand Cherokee limited. I got the kit awhile ago from xtremehid.com. I had the kit in my Mitsubishi evolution. When I traded that car in, I took out the HIDs and now installing them on the grand Cherokee because the bulb pattern is the same. So, I read that most people use relay wires with HIDs on grand Cherokees, most using 55w HIDs, but I only have a 35w hid kit. So, we tired hooking them up with the relay kit from xtremehid.com... No good. I don't know if the kit is wrong or what but they won't work or we did something wrong. So, I then tried to hook them up without the relay. Worked and powered up fine. When I shut them off, the flicker like a strobe light. So, I figured it was the light delay I set the EVIC for 30 seconds, I shut that off. Tried it again, and no good. Then I shut every light option off and started just turning the dial of the lights on and off. Depending on how we did it, we came up with...
1. All high and low beams flickered until we manually unplugged the light wires to the ballast. even with key out, clicked lock doors, everything. They would not turn off.
2. Even with the light option to delay 30 seconds off, they all flickered for 30 seconds after I turned the lights off. We were confused, read the manual to make sure we turned off the 30 second delay the right way, and still, after 30 seconds, they stopped flickering.
3. The passenger side, after turning the lights off would flicker 3-6 times, then turn right off, but driver side would stay flickering til we unplugged them.
4. The low beam light just stopped working, I checked to see if the fuse blew, and realized they don't have separate fuses, waiting a few minutes, and I worked again, but flickered.
So, after several hours, and me getting really pissed, and about to throw them, I gave up. I unplugged everything, put it all back into the box, grabbed the fog light HIDs, put them in, worked perfectly, no problems, drove home...and started typing this up... And now here I am posting it on all the forums I use...
Help! What the heck is going on? common problem? Am I doing something wrong? If you want to see, go to xtremehid web site, look up the 9005, 9006 HIDs, and those are the HIDs I have. Then, go to their relay kits, look up the 9005, 9006 relay kits, and that's the relay kit I have.
Thanks guys...
1. All high and low beams flickered until we manually unplugged the light wires to the ballast. even with key out, clicked lock doors, everything. They would not turn off.
2. Even with the light option to delay 30 seconds off, they all flickered for 30 seconds after I turned the lights off. We were confused, read the manual to make sure we turned off the 30 second delay the right way, and still, after 30 seconds, they stopped flickering.
3. The passenger side, after turning the lights off would flicker 3-6 times, then turn right off, but driver side would stay flickering til we unplugged them.
4. The low beam light just stopped working, I checked to see if the fuse blew, and realized they don't have separate fuses, waiting a few minutes, and I worked again, but flickered.
So, after several hours, and me getting really pissed, and about to throw them, I gave up. I unplugged everything, put it all back into the box, grabbed the fog light HIDs, put them in, worked perfectly, no problems, drove home...and started typing this up... And now here I am posting it on all the forums I use...
Help! What the heck is going on? common problem? Am I doing something wrong? If you want to see, go to xtremehid web site, look up the 9005, 9006 HIDs, and those are the HIDs I have. Then, go to their relay kits, look up the 9005, 9006 relay kits, and that's the relay kit I have.
Thanks guys...
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