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Do our cars need the "CAN-BUS" wire harnesses when adding aftermarket HID?

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Old Apr 11, 2013 | 08:09 PM
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Do our cars need the "CAN-BUS" wire harnesses when adding aftermarket HID?

I ordered 2 sets of HID kits from The Retrofit Source and chose the regular relay harnesses (http://www.theretrofitsource.com/pro...roducts_id=166) instead of the CAN-BUS harnesses (http://www.theretrofitsource.com/pro...roducts_id=238), without really thinking about it. Now that I look at them, I think that the CAN-BUS harnesses look like what comes with kits that I've used in the past. Does anyone know which harness we should use? Would it hurt to use CAN-BUS even if we don't need?

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Old Apr 11, 2013 | 08:27 PM
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They're not necessary.
Old Apr 11, 2013 | 08:33 PM
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Thank you - correct me if I'm wrong... I will need to use EITHER the relay or the can-bus, right? If so, would it hurt to use the can-bus even though I don't need it? I ask because I'd rather not have to wire up the relay to the battery and all.

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Old Apr 11, 2013 | 08:43 PM
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CAN-BUS : no

relay harness : always a good idea with aftermarket HIDs
Old Apr 12, 2013 | 02:42 PM
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Run the relay harness.
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