crunkfrunk Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 oh crap ... it's was my first idea when i looked at it . ... I hoped for another way .... well.. since it will take a while to get my set. in the meantime i decided to build myself a relay harness... it's true , the headlights wires are too small for my taste and i don't want to toast anything... Your building one? smart beacuse then you can make all the wires the exact length, just plan where you want to place the balasts, did you find plans for one?Not that involved. All you have to do is move the main electrical/fuse assembly. 4 clamps (push them in as you pull up) and you can move it enough to reach the drivers side bulbs. don't have to do anything alse. easy enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burn Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 Your building one? smart beacuse then you can make all the wires the exact length, just plan where you want to place the balasts, did you find plans for one? plans ? well no need for that. You see i have a formation in Industrial Electricity... so making a 12 volt relay is a piece of cake. All you need is a 12 volt relay with two contacts and high rated in amp .. let say humm 40amps. So you plug the relay directly on the battery and ground ( put a fuse on the power line too ) after plug the two ballast HID on the two contacts on the relay. Then all you need is only one plug from the oem wire lights that will activate the relay ... so when you turn on the lights the relay is activated which cause the two relay contacts to close and let the power pass in the ballast...... the only problem i can see after that is if the OEM voltage is not high enough to keep the relay closed when it's activated it might cause some flickering ( due to the relay clicking continuously ) you fix that by adding a capacitor to get a stable 12 Volt. but as i said before ..ill see that when i ll have the parts in hands Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunkfrunk Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 plans ? well no need for that. You see i have a formation in Industrial Electricity... so making a 12 volt relay is a piece of cake. All you need is a 12 volt relay with two contacts and high rated in amp .. let say humm 40amps. So you plug the relay directly on the battery and ground ( put a fuse on the power line too ) after plug the two ballast HID on the two contacts on the relay. Then all you need is only one plug from the oem wire lights that will activate the relay ... so when you turn on the lights the relay is activated which cause the two relay contacts to close and let the power pass in the ballast...... the only problem i can see after that is if the OEM voltage is not high enough to keep the relay closed when it's activated it might cause some flickering ( due to the relay clicking continuously ) you fix that by adding a capacitor to get a stable 12 Volt. but as i said before ..ill see that when i ll have the parts in hands Yah I have a lot of expierence with them, I just made it easy for me and bought the pre-made harness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llamasson Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 Hello Has anyone of you installed HID kits yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burn Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 HelloHas anyone of you installed HID kits yet? my kit is still in in mail ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
04redmach1 Posted December 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 I have a minor set back till I can do mine. Christmas is not being good to me this year haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunkfrunk Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 how long are they gonna be in the mail? lol I've gotten an entire kit from Hong Kong faster than this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
04redmach1 Posted December 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2009 Christmas season + shipping USPS = wait time. We mailed our rent check and took a WEEK to get there. Mailed in the same city!! Worst part of the holidays, reason I ship UPS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burn Posted December 19, 2009 Report Share Posted December 19, 2009 Christmas season + shipping USPS = wait time. We mailed our rent check and took a WEEK to get there. Mailed in the same city!! Worst part of the holidays, reason I ship UPS. i received my kit. didn't finished my own relay harness yet .. and it's almost Christmas and with all the family and work party at this time .. i don't know when i be able to put the kit in my Journey.. well stay tune ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llamasson Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 i received my kit. didn't finished my own relay harness yet .. and it's almost Christmas and with all the family and work party at this time .. i don't know when i be able to put the kit in my Journey.. well stay tune ... Is it possible for you to test the kit without the relay harness and just plug it in as it says in the description on there webpage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunkfrunk Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 Yah but by the time you go to the trouble of pulling the headlights out to put the new bulbs in you might as well just keep them in and not have to do it again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burn Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 hey hey ... i finished my relay harness. i tested the lights .. wow man this will light up things !!! ill do the full install soon and i will post pics !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunkfrunk Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 good job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burn Posted December 26, 2009 Report Share Posted December 26, 2009 good job it's in !! i nearly froze my hands but it's installed .. hehe. You really need a relay harness , i tested with just the kit '' plug and play '' but the stock voltage is simply not high enough. You will run into problems like flickering or just one headlamp on and the other off .... so you really need a relay harness to plug both ballast direct on the battery. This is one HID light 6000K VS stock halogen 9006 bulb : Now both HID lights installed : Both HID lights + stock 9007 high beam notice the blue hue can be different depending the angle you look at the lights... ill try to post another pics at night time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunkfrunk Posted December 26, 2009 Report Share Posted December 26, 2009 looks good, make sure you get some pictures of the pattern on the garage and how they look in the street Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burn Posted December 27, 2009 Report Share Posted December 27, 2009 looks good, make sure you get some pictures of the pattern on the garage and how they look in the street didn't go in the streets .. freezing rain out side but this is some pics at night. looks like the light pattern is almost the same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunkfrunk Posted December 27, 2009 Report Share Posted December 27, 2009 very nice, now I want to buy one for the journey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
email4walker Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 Hey guys, I did HIDs a while ago and did a write up about it, step by step with pictures: http://www.dodgejourneyforum.com/index.php?showtopic=924 HIDs has come up time and time again. We need to start using the search function before we create a new thread. This is like the 8th or 10th thread about this. All your questions has come up and been answered. Check out the other threads. Quick answers: 1. You MUST use a relay harnest! HIDs will not work on a Dodge Journey with out it. 2. Your better off buying a relay harnest. They start at about $12 bucks. If you build one, it comes up to the same price or more. If you build one, the relay by itself is like $12 bucks. I know because I been there, done that. 3. HIDs for high beams is NOT the best thing to do. If you need to flash someone, they take way too long to start up (someone already pointed this out, and they are right) Also, you will run into a whole new set of problems with HID high beams. 4. Depending on your Journey, you don't need projector head light lens. Dodge designed the Journey with the future in mind. From what I have found out, our head lights are already projectors. Check the driver side door label. Mine says my journey may already have HIDs in it. They already designed it for HIDs. (Smart company!) Thats probably why the stock headlights suck and A LOT of people are going with HIDs in thier Journey's. GUYS, CHECK OUT THE STEP BY STEP THREAD! IT WILL SAVE YOU FROM HAVING A LOT OF PROBLEMS EVERYONE ELSE HAS ALREADY HAD. Good luck and enjoy the HIDs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
04redmach1 Posted December 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 Hey guys, I did HIDs a while ago and did a write up about it, step by step with pictures:http://www.dodgejourneyforum.com/index.php?showtopic=924 HIDs has come up time and time again. We need to start using the search function before we create a new thread. This is like the 8th or 10th thread about this. All your questions has come up and been answered. Check out the other threads. Quick answers: 1. You MUST use a relay harnest! HIDs will not work on a Dodge Journey with out it. 2. Your better off buying a relay harnest. They start at about $12 bucks. If you build one, it comes up to the same price or more. If you build one, the relay by itself is like $12 bucks. I know because I been there, done that. 3. HIDs for high beams is NOT the best thing to do. If you need to flash someone, they take way too long to start up (someone already pointed this out, and they are right) Also, you will run into a whole new set of problems with HID high beams. 4. Depending on your Journey, you don't need projector head light lens. Dodge designed the Journey with the future in mind. From what I have found out, our head lights are already projectors. Check the driver side door label. Mine says my journey may already have HIDs in it. They already designed it for HIDs. (Smart company!) Thats probably why the stock headlights suck and A LOT of people are going with HIDs in thier Journey's. GUYS, CHECK OUT THE STEP BY STEP THREAD! IT WILL SAVE YOU FROM HAVING A LOT OF PROBLEMS EVERYONE ELSE HAS ALREADY HAD. Good luck and enjoy the HIDs. Got to read the thread pimp, this was about saving money on a set! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunkfrunk Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 Well projectors are completely different, I have seen that sticker on the driver's door frame and unfortunatey things are not very organized and that thread doesn't have a sticky so it is at the top of the section or a techinfor section for things like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
04redmach1 Posted December 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 I wonder if I made a Dodge Journey forum and give moderator status to a few if we can keep it going pretty strong. Keep it clean, organzied and so forth. Admin on here doesn't do anything. If you guys want me to I will, like $10 a year for domain name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
email4walker Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 Got to read the thread pimp, this was about saving money on a set! I understand that and I'm not trying to start anything. It is just that all of this, even saving money as a group has come up before. All the HID threads get hijacked and talks about all same stuff that as already been discused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
04redmach1 Posted December 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 I understand that and I'm not trying to start anything. It is just that all of this, even saving money as a group has come up before.All the HID threads get hijacked and talks about all same stuff that as already been discused. For sure, well it saved some peeps money this go around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drklng1 Posted February 2, 2010 Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 didn't go in the streets .. freezing rain out side but this is some pics at night. looks like the light pattern is almost the same So where did you buy the headlights and relay harness? Any trouble with the installation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bxman180 Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 So where did you buy the headlights and relay harness? Any trouble with the installation? yo guys All i have to Say is thank you cause i was also goin to buy the plug and play 1 .now the plug and play 1 could be installed as long as i have the relay right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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