onecrazyfoo4u Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 For my ddm setup, I had to plug the oem harness into the capacitor backwards...the + and - are opposite on my HID system. After that everything worked great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDot Drake Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 That was the exact problem. I hooked straight to the battery. Then hooked one capacitor in reverse to the headlight switch. Viola. jkeaton 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDot Drake Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 This is the correct diagram. The flipping of the capacitor is the key. http://www.xenonsupply.com/media/stock/Accessory-Wiring-Harness-Layout-w-Capacitor.jpg jkeaton 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkeaton Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 35 w hid is plenty enough output. Be sure to retrofit your housings otherwise you will do nothing but blind oncoming drivers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rcorcoran Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Here are mine. 8K and LED fogs.How easy was ittaking off the fog lights to replace them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totemus Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 HID bulbs melted my fog lamps. I've had 35W Morimoto bubs and after about 4 months of use they started melting. Had to replace them with XB LEDs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cody Chornobey Powley Posted May 10, 2015 Report Share Posted May 10, 2015 (edited) Can't stress enough on how important it is to upgrade to projector headlights. Never mind this HID in reflector housing. That's just stupid and ignorant. Sure you think there is no glare above the cut off. But when your driving down the road and all the signs light up that means there is way to much glare and that's also in oncoming drivers eyes. I've stressed it before and people still say the cut off still looks the same, sure it looks the same but HID is not supposed to go in reflector housing that's why is going to be illegal to run them soon. If u want true hid performace go buy a projector and see what I'm talking about. Look at my pics in my gallery. Edited May 10, 2015 by Cody Chornobey Powley Powerz69 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bramfrank Posted May 10, 2015 Report Share Posted May 10, 2015 (edited) well said Cody . . . and LEDs are no better. Edited May 10, 2015 by bramfrank Powerz69 and Devilzblood 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cody Chornobey Powley Posted May 11, 2015 Report Share Posted May 11, 2015 Exactly. LEDs do not project light like a halogen does. Still get lots of glare. If you wanted to upgrade bulbs use HIR bulbs. If you wanted to upgrade fogs I would go with trs led fogs. Those perform really well from the way they are built in the housing. I'll be upgrading g to them over the summer sometime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey Van De'Kamp Posted December 3, 2015 Report Share Posted December 3, 2015 Ok so I have a 2011 and I can not get the HID to work properly in this vehicle to save my life. I installed them the regular way then the lights would stay on until I went to drive then the passenger light would start going on and off and then it just cut off and stays off and it would do this every time then I installed with the relay harness and harness has power but the lights won't cut on, please help me understand this vehicle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cody Chornobey Powley Posted December 3, 2015 Report Share Posted December 3, 2015 No help if its going in your regular housing did u buy projectors? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey Van De'Kamp Posted December 3, 2015 Report Share Posted December 3, 2015 I retro fitted some projectors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobitz68 Posted December 3, 2015 Report Share Posted December 3, 2015 (edited) I am using a harness with a large capacitor inline to absorb the PWM signal that the vehicle gives. The pulse width modulation doesn't give a steady 12 volt signal to the relay which will cause some relays to open and close rapidly. Basically, the signal will pulse from a lower voltage signal to a higher voltage signal constantly. I also have a resistor wired in on the passenger side to avoid light out warnings. With the relay harness are you getting them to work at all? The harness I have is the Mopar specific harness from TheRetroFitSource.com and is built well. I purchases the resistor and a plug for the passenger side separately. There are some relays available that will operate on less than 12 volts too, which may also help. Edited December 3, 2015 by Lobitz68 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey Van De'Kamp Posted December 3, 2015 Report Share Posted December 3, 2015 When the wiring harness is attached the lights don't power on at all but there is power when I check it with the voltage meter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobitz68 Posted December 4, 2015 Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 When the wiring harness is attached the lights don't power on at all but there is power when I check it with the voltage meter So they don't work whether the car is running or not? Some harnesses have the power and ground pins switched. Have you tried flipping the plug from the harness to the ballast 180 degrees? Can you hear the ballast powering on? jkeaton 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkeaton Posted December 4, 2015 Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 Try flipping the light connector. Every one I have ever gotten I always have to plug them in "backwards". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slohnd Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 Here are mine. 8K and LED fogs. Which LED.s did you use for the fogs? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roughx021 Posted July 27, 2016 Report Share Posted July 27, 2016 Hi, new to this forum. I just wanted to clarify something. I have an 09 Journey SXT and I plan on getting a DDM tuning HID kit. Do I get just a Canbus kit or do I get a normal kit with relay and error cancellor? Your help is appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
email4walker Posted July 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2016 I used a normal HID kit on my 2009, but my Journey does not have the "light bulb out" warning option in my make/model. If your SXT has that, then you need the Canbus. If not. then the normal kit will be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roughx021 Posted July 27, 2016 Report Share Posted July 27, 2016 Did you use a relay and capacitor as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkeaton Posted July 27, 2016 Report Share Posted July 27, 2016 2 hours ago, roughx021 said: Did you use a relay and capacitor as well? You will need a relay kit otherwise the lights will flicker and/or not work at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roughx021 Posted July 28, 2016 Report Share Posted July 28, 2016 12 hours ago, jkeaton said: You will need a relay kit otherwise the lights will flicker and/or not work at all. But is a relay needed if I buy a Canbus kit? Or is Canbus plug and play? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkeaton Posted July 28, 2016 Report Share Posted July 28, 2016 3 hours ago, roughx021 said: But is a relay needed if I buy a Canbus kit? Or is Canbus plug and play? This I do not know. Best to contact the seller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totemus Posted July 30, 2016 Report Share Posted July 30, 2016 Try theretrofitsource.com. there are other reputable companies out there that build hid kits. Buying a reliable kit is better than building your own, imho. jkeaton 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exitus04 Posted September 23, 2016 Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 Hi all! Im a newbie here but veteran over at the Dodge-Dart.Org forum! I have driven Dodge my whole life! I had a 2006 Durango SLT HEMI, 2007 Durango Limited HEMI, now I have a 2015 Dodge Dart 1.4T 6spd. My fiancee was unfortunately in a horrible accident a couple weeks ago where a lady doing about 60MPH blew a red light and t-boned her... She is fine! She was smart enough to see the lady and speed up enough to have the rear driver's side door hit instead of the driver door... Anyways, we went ahead and bought her a brand new 2016 Journey SXT Blacktop! YAY for another DODGE!!!! LOL My fiancee LOVES the journey thus far but the first thing she told me when we drove off the lot was, "Babe, I want those cool headlights that you have on your dart!" I have XenonSupply 6000K HIDs on my dart, and they are the CANbus slim ballasts.... https://www.xenonsupply.com/collections/dodge-dart/products/dodge-dart-hid-xenon-kit They came with the wiring harness and the capacitor BUT when I hooked everything up they "worked" but i was getting a bulb out notification on my dash... I took the harness and capacitor off and plugged the ballasts directly into the OEM plugs and have not have any issues since! No flickering, no light out messages... NOTHING! I have been told by a member on the Dodge-dart.org forum the reason for this is because the dart has a CANbus system and since the ballasts are CANbus compatible they DO NOT require the wiring harness or capacitor! NOW, my final question for everyone here would be... Does anyone know if the 2016 Journey also has this CANbus system integrated? As XenonSupply does make HIDs for the journey, I would like to go with them again! They are a great company, their products are well manufactured and their customer service is amazing! Heres a link for the Journey HIDs: https://www.xenonsupply.com/collections/Dodge-Journey (they have both headlight and fog light HID kits) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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