Pauly's "You're my boy Blue!"
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Pauly99to17
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I tried the harness, but was unable to get it to work. The resistors must be rated differently. ? I don't think it would work if I cut off these resistors and hooked them up the way you are suggesting, but am not 100% sure on that .
I gave up on the LEDs n the DRLs and am going with the PIAA H1 lights that I got from @andre12dbsi when I bought the headlights. These are working without issue.
Now to try to figure out the HIDs. The ballast chip had plenty of time to reset over the night. When I tried the lights this a.m. only one worked. That one went out after a few minutes. I really have no idea what the problem is at the moment. I might try them without the relay to see what happens.
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HIDs now working. No idea what I did to fix them other than try to run them without the relay (didn't work) and then reconnect them the way I had them. Voila they work. IDK. 
xXCiviXx
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I remember when I first set up my HIDs, the instructions said to have them on for at least 10 minutes when they first turn on.
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Hmmmmm.....I guess I missed that part.
Not so strong at reading through ALL the instructions. Haha
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Did your wire harness have 1 or 2 fuses? Some have an independent fuse for each side. Maybe worth checking to see if they are ok
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One fuse for each. They were okay. Everything is working now.
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Thought it was only working without the harness?
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Pauly99to17
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No. Actually it didn't work without the relay but when I hooked them up with the relay immediately afterwards they worked. I don't know why because I had them hooked up exactly the same way I had them before. The ballast chip must have reset. ?
Edit: Just realized you're talking about the LED resistor kit.
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I was talking about the hids, but it's ok. Glad it's working for you
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Pictures don't really do them justice. They look so sharp. The light pattern is meh, but I'm used to a so so pattern with barely any light at all so this is a huge improvement. Still need to adjust the beams.
xXCiviXx
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Is that the natural fog colour or did you do an overlay to make them more blue? My LEDs are a white/blue but I love the deeper blue you got there
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Pauly99to17
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I put a blue vinyl overlay on them.
xXCiviXx
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I might have to steal that from you :P I did that to my stock DRLs but never thought about the fogs!!!
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Pauly99to17
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Just want to put LEDs in the signals. Do you know which load rating I need for the resistors?
xXCiviXx
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If you're interested I may be selling my current LED switchbacks, if i like the new ones I ordered
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Pauly99to17
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Possibly. I need to learn about how these work and options how they can be wired.
xXCiviXx
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Essentially it's just a bulb replacement. They are chipped to understand parking lights and signals so they always flash amber for signals and stay white for parking lights. All you need to wire is resistors or they will hyper flash but they will still work fine