Sep 30 2007

Welcome!

Published by SharpHID at 8:03 pm under Mitsubishi

Welcome! Please feel free to post information or questions regarding HIDs or lighting for your car.

6 responses so far

6 Responses to “Welcome!”

  1. # Lancer2004on 11 Feb 2009 at 11:37 pm

    I recently purchased a 35w 9007 high/low kit and a 35w H3 kit for my Lancer. I got everything installed and working fine, except the high and low beams seem to be reversed. Is the solution as simple as swapping the two wires for the control circuit?

    Other than that relatively minor issue, I am pleased with the kits. The 9007 install was plug-and-play, and took about 30 minutes. The H3 kit took a couple hours to install, and required a minor modification to the foglight housing cover.

  2. # SharpHIDon 12 Feb 2009 at 9:59 am

    Thank you for posting your experience here. The issue you are having is a simple matter of swapping two of the three wires around. You should be able to pull the pins out of the OEM connector to do this.

    Regards,
    John

  3. # Lancer2004on 14 Feb 2009 at 6:14 am

    Got it all sorted out. I ended up using my old 9007 bulbs for connectors, and cut off the original blue harness connector. I removed the glass and metal from one old bulb and made it a waterproof plug to keep the stock connector clean and dry. The other one, I removed the glass and soldered the three wires to the terminals in place in the correct order.

  4. # SharpHIDon 14 Feb 2009 at 6:41 pm

    I’m a little confused. Are you saying that you didn’t leave it plug and play? If you did modify the HID kit it will have voided the warranty. The pins inside the connectors are removable to allow for these issues.

    Regards,
    John

  5. # Lancer2004on 25 Mar 2009 at 10:05 pm

    Yes, I modified the kit. Sorry about that, but if it had been truly plug-and-play from the beginning it would not have been necessary. I’d rather make the kit work with my car’s wiring rather than the other way around. If that voids the warranty, then so be it.

    But now it’s my turn to be a little confused. How is removing the pins from the connector to swap them around any different from what I did? It’s still a modification.

    Anyway, since redoing the connector, the high and low beams have been working like they should. Overall, I’m still happy with the kit.

  6. # SharpHIDon 26 Mar 2009 at 4:39 pm

    The kit is plug and play. The connectors are wired to a Bosch standard so that on most vehicles it will work. Removing the pins is a clean way to solve the issue and I usually recommend doing it on the OEM connector so that if you ever have to replace parts of the HID kit they are ready to plug right in. This way allows no cutting and splicing and no modification as nothing is damaged.

    I’m pleased that it all worked out however. They should be a huge improvement over OEM halogens.

    Regards,
    John

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