imported_D_Roc

I bought a bi Xenon kit and installed it today but i have a problem with it. The bulb has a hid bulb and a small halogen bulb hooked together not the one with the solonoid. the problem is after i hooked them up I noticed that the hi beam indicator on the dash was on but the light switch was on the low beam the i switched to hi beam the indicator was still lit but no difference on the headlight. I put the old bulbs back to see if ne things wrong with the connection but then it worked fine. so i switched hid for hi and halogen for low the switch seems to work fine the indicator lit when its supposed to but the hid didnt lite up, so i hooked them back hid on low bean and unhooked the hi beam halogen bulb now it all works fine but nothin on hi beam so any thing to do about this ne ideas why it happen or is it supposed to happen my car is a 2001 se
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SoonerFan

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Trurida18

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Oh Lord!!!!

Trurida18

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which kit do you have? and where did you get it from?? Did the kit come with any extra wires such as an inverse wire and diode???? IF SO.........USE THEM

imported_D_Roc

i got it from www.pilothid.com its a h4 hi/low kit and it didnt come with nay diodes the bulb came with a connector to the factory harnes and i drew a little diagram that is what its basiclly look like, think the red wires should be switched ne way you get the idea what it looks likr

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descent

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My low beam only kit does it. You'll learn to live with it.

imported_D_Roc

any idea why it happens it works on low beam but not on hi and whats up witht he hi beam indicator lighting up

Trurida18

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man that diagram is a bit confusing.....ill see if i can find a PDF or something on their site

ope2k4

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1. You need a tester. You can use it to determine which wire on the headlight harness is positive low beam, positive high beam and ground. Now I will warn you, the wires have different colors on either sides so you will need to repeat these steps twice.
a) Turn on your low beam after disconnecting the H3 connector.
b)connect the tester to a ground and use the tip to touch the three ports, one at a time. Positive low beam should turn the tester on.
c) Do the same thing while the light is on high beam and note the high beam wire.
d)the third wire should be the negative(ground).
e) Now rewire the male H3 connector according to your findings.
f) repeat these steps for the other headlight.
g)Note that your HID will turn off with high beams on because 00/01 Maximas were made this way. You will need a relay to enable both the high beam and the HID to stay on in high beam mode.

Hope this helps.

wyche89

so you have a halogen bulb attatched to your hid bulb? and it switches from halogen to hid for high beam and low beam? i had no idea that they made bulbs like that, but the one piece of advice i can give you is to make sure that the ENGINE is on when testing your lights... not just the battery... i was testing my lights with just the battery on and thought there was a problem with my high beams.. but i was an idiot, and didn't realize that high beams dont come on when just the battery is on.. and that the engine has to be on for the high beams to work.. didnt know that

ope2k4

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Youre right. I forgot to mention that. And yeah my HID bulb has a small halogen bulb attached to it. So I guess problem is solved

Trurida18

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Im starting to believe there is a difference between a HI/LO H4 Kit, and a BI-XENON H4 kit