Has anyone re-wired their Max so that if your lights are off and you need to flash your high beams the HIDs do not come on as well? Does this happen to other 5.5 gens? I put my HIDs in my brother's 01 Max for a test fit then put them back in my Max. Did I switch some wires around? Thanks.

 

That happens on all 5.5 gens.

 

That's part of the whole jacked up Nissan switch design for the HIDs. It's as bad as having the auto setting below the on setting.

 

u gotta upgrade to a 6th gen. but then you just don't flash people during the day b/c they are your HIDs. also sucks when the alram goes off, flashes HIDs (good for attention, but if accidently pressed)

AUTO still sucks. should simply be OFF>PARK>AUTO>ON

I might rewire if I had a 5.5 to separate HID and halo. but then you would still flash the HIDs on and off excessively when turning off the high beams. so to me that design is worse than factory anyway. much less likely to flash during the day than turning highs on and off at night.

I just want to rewire my fogs to come on with the park lights and not dependent low beams. but I'll wait until my Ext. warranty is up.

 

happens to me also. but it also happens on my buddy's is300.

i think it should've been auto>off>park>on.

 

wait I always leave it in the auto position. I do not have HID's but is this bad? if it is can someone please inform me why?

 

It's only bad for the HID's, not the halogens. The quick-turning off/on is bad for the HID's. It's shortens the life of them...the ballast, the bulb, the whole shabang! Yes, I agree...terrible design on Nissan's part.

 

Unlike halogen bulbs, the life of HIDs is directly related to the amount of times they are turned on and off.

 

So... Has anyone found a way to rewire the lights so that the HIDs do not come on if you have to flash someone when your lights are not already turned on?

 

I think I read someone on here who did this a while back. It takes a whole lot of rewiring and messing with the relays. The lighting system in our Max's are somewhat daisy-chained with so many circuits it's sickening. This rewiring mod is rather difficult and time consuming, unless you have the time and full understanding of doing it. I would rather just leave it alone and accept Nissan's crappy design, than messing up my whole electrical system trying to work around it.

 

with my 2k2-3 HIDs wired into my 2k-1 harness, my HIDs stay on when I flash the high beams

I honestly don't recall how I wired them though, but it was with the 2k2-3 harness wired directly into my stock harness...

as you can see...it can be done:

 

He means when his lights are off, he doesn't want the HIDs to turn on while flashing the highbeam.

 

i think they mean when you're lights are off. but i think you're just being silly aren't ya, no probbbbbbblem

 

a diode could do the trick, but to do it correctly youre baetter off with relays and diodes.

 

sho-nuff....err. that is what I get for eating, listening to music, and reading on the org at the same time

 

Gotcha. I love it how people don't read the questions. Thanks.

 

+1 for auto-off-park-on


link plz

 

HID bulbs do not like being turned on and off. In fact, their longevity is measured by the number of times they will fire up. So it's best to turn on an HID lamp and leave it on.

Reference: http://www.divernet.com/equipment/0705divertests.shtml

Also: http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....4&page=1&pp=40

 

I think HIDS don't like being turned on and off when they aren't properly warmed up or cooled down. For instance, they don't like being flickered on a off... but i can't imagine it being bad to normally turn them on and off for regular driving.

 

yes, in understand that turning on HIDs before they have cooled from being turned on isnt good for them, i was hoping you had something technical. the first is a divers website, and the other a discussion on the board. dont you have anything official?

furthermore...

 

BigDogJonx once figured out how to disable the HID's flashing with alarm. He posted specs on his website which appears to have vanished.

 

Found it:

http://www.vqpower.com/v2/modules.ph...howpage&pid=22

 

Man its so simple . Make sure middle wire of harness of the low beam HID"S is grounded to the car. That way, when you turn on your high beams, your low HID beams will still be on!

 

sites come in handy sometimes, eh?