HID Kit High-Beam Cluster Indicator Problem

[CTScott]

Originally Posted by shastatodd

The previous (cluster) "fix" did not work, but this one (the under hood fix) did resolve the issue. I DID use the 10K ohm resister in series with the gray instrument cluster wire to dim the overly bright blue high beam indicator... so this is a bit of a hybrid method taking the best of the two fixes for the non-functional high beam indicator problem after the HID conversion.

Todd

If you are under the hood, installing the HID kit, then this method is definitely easier. When you say that the first didn't work for you, did you actually snip the gray wire and leave the harness side disconnected (as opposed to tapping to the still connected gray wire)?

[bobolinko]

Originally Posted by CTScott

If you are under the hood, installing the HID kit, then this method is definitely easier. When you say that the first didn't work for you, did you actually snip the gray wire and leave the harness side disconnected (as opposed to tapping to the still connected gray wire)?

No, didn't have to snip the wire since the original R/H socket is not used with my HID kit. The kit has a complete harness with 2 bulb sockets. The kit plugs into the L/H bulb socket on the stock harness and feeds both left and right HID's

The stock harness still has related connections since nothing was ever "cut" to install the kit. Analyzing the circuit, the new low beams had no trickle circuit to the inst. cluster since it was isolated with the use of a new harness that only had connections from the ballast for power to fire the HID's
the Halogen bulb actually feds the indicator circuit so without the bulbs, no indicator illumination. Also remember the ind ckt is not High beams on, but more like low beams off.

[shastatodd]

Originally Posted by CTScott

If you are under the hood, installing the HID kit, then this method is definitely easier. When you say that the first didn't work for you, did you actually snip the gray wire and leave the harness side disconnected (as opposed to tapping to the still connected gray wire)?

Yep I did clip the gray wire and connected the cluster side to the black wire on the right side connector. No joy, but the under the hood fix worked great, and since I clipped the gray wire I soldered it back together with a 10K resister in series to dim the obnoxiously bright blue high beam indicator.

Todd