Ok so I bought the ballast from them over a month ago and got the wires/harness but none of the plugs fit into the OEM wiring. I'm completely lost because HIDEXTRA claims it's suppose to fit but definitely does not fit OEM. Any help would be appreciated.

 

if i got something that wasn't right i'd return it.

 

Did you PM Michelle and explain the issue? (click link below)

https://acurazine.com/forums/members/hidxtra-267670/

 

i did PM Michelle. Right now having trouble connecting the wire harness (coming from the ballast) to the OEM connector , since it is two separate pieces of wire. How can I connect this to the plug on the car?

 

They are not meant to replace or fit OEM. They are for adding HID after-the-fact as a modification. I'll bet you can't mount them where the OEM is either.

 

Yeah I understand that. so instead of telling me what it's not, some tips on how I can connect them would help.

 

first of all, what type of connectors do the new ballests have on them???, cause that kinda matters (more then likely will be one of the head light bulb type sockets)

 

I'm sure it's not what you wanted to hear, but it's the truth. It's the whole square peg, round hole thing. There's no tip or trick for this except cutting the wires on the existing connectors, and then splicing in the proper ones.

 

+1
I doubt they advertised that it was a plug & play replacement for the original.

 

actually i never expected a plug and play, but i was wondering if maybe there was some kind of aftermarket adaptor that fit such a plug where i would be able to connect it through it. But yeah.. I connected the wires and it came on and then flickered off. So I'm wondering what I'm doing wrong. Do I need to remove the igniter? Cannot locate this anywhere. anways.. thanks for the feedback. if anyone has a DIY link available or writeup available somewhere or knows what im doing wrong, please send me a PM. Thanks again.

 

check the cl side

 

sorry ignore the part about the igniter. The lights flickered on and then off and I'm not sure what that means. Anyone have instructions with the kit as I've never receieved any? I'm messaged HIDEXTRA but hasn't responded yet.

 

tell us exactly what wires you connected where? Are you connecting the wires BEFORE the stock ballast or AFTER? what color wires are you connecting to what?

 

here are some pics











I think the problem may be due to the grounding wire. Not sure where and what to connect.

 

So the blue and white wires...I assume those connect to the igniter somehow inside the headlight housing. And the black plug in the bottom of pic 1 and top of pic 3...that should be connected to the plug coming out of the wiring harness. But your saying the plugs don't match up, right?

 

but those black and red wires look like some sort of adapter harness though, so it should just plug into the stock harness if that is the correct connector on the end, other wise, basically you just have to provide a power (more then likely the red wire) and ground/negetive (black) to that ballast and the bulb should turn on

so first try plugging the stock connector into that red/black wire adapter harness you got there

 

I think the ballasts from HIDextra have the igniter built into them. If you're still using the stock igniter that could be the problem. I bought a full kit from HIDextra and didn't have to use the OEM igniter (which was great because mine were missing). You should verify this with HIDextra, though.

 

The stock igniter is not being used. The black and red is going to the power. The white and blue is going to the bulb. It flickered on and immediately turned off. What would be the grounding wire on the ballast?

 

the black wire is the ground/negative

and btw it sounds like you may not be providing enough amperage to the ballast, so it is starting up, then as soon as it sees a lack of power it shuts down, so i would say connect straight to the battery and see what happens then, and if it will stay on

 

So I just spoke to Michelle from HIDEXTRA and she told me that the issue lied in the fact that I only bought one ballast (as only one of the OEM ballasts was defective, and only bought one HIDEXTRA ballast to replace the broken OEM one). She said that because I'd used a HIDEXTRA ballast on one side and an OEM ballast on the otherside it would not function correctly on the car and the light may not come on.

I'm wondering what causes this problem.. what can do I do to make it work? Is my only option to buy another HIDEXTRA ballast for the other side to make it work? Appreciate the feedback thus far.

 

That makes no sense at all to me. The same voltage goes to both sides, and the ballast converts the power into a usable form. How did you finally get the wiring harness connected to the ballast?

 

It was always connected properly with the wires she sent me. The light flickered on and then went off. I called about it to get a refund and she told me that it was due to not using HIDEXTRA ballast on both sides.

 

She's full of it. I've been in the same situation as you before. I bought an AM ballast kit to replace one of my failed OEM ballasts and I had one OEM and one AM ballast running at the same time for 6 months before the AM ballast failed (probably a defect).
Anyway, as mentioned before you have to cut the plug off the stock power source (with a few inches of wire) and then fit the appropriate plastic connector to connect the two wires (red and black) from the ballast's power to the stock power source. I had to do it myself because of a universal aftermarket kit.
Yours looks a little different because the red and black wires for the ballast's power to the stock power source seem to have a plug on the end that SHOULD fit the stock plug but doesn't. As long as ground is connecting to ground and power to power there should be no problem with the unit working. Maybe the bulb failed?

 

Is this really worth it compared to just getting OEM (or used OEM) replacements? With the fitment issues of mounting the AM, and splicing wires in order to get power, it just seems like too much of a hassle. And, the cheaper AM failed for Meg after 6 mos.

 

, kinda hard to bitch about the OEM part when it is plug and play, compared to the headaches this ballast has cause (other then maybe a little on the expensive side for OEM)
but hell my first ballast only crapped out at 100k and 7 years later when the car was new, can't really complain about that)(and before people say you did not do alot of night driving, i know for a fact that the previous owner did alot of night driving, so they where used often [he would make appointments for a oil change at like 2 in the mourning, so very much a night person)

and a used OEM part, why.... who knows how soon that one will crap out itself, since it's previous life is kinda unknown

 

All wires were connected properly. I cut the oem plug off and spliced the wires to the HIDEXTRA ballast so that I could just plug it in. The bulb isnt an issue as i have a few new and previously used bulbs to test it on. Asked several friends and family who are good with cars and they say the samething. having a different ballast should be a non-issue. The power of the ballast comes directly from the car and not some switch. I think I may have to send it back.. this is ridiculous.

 

+1, that shouldn't make a difference.

 

AGAIN, have you connected the ballaest striaght to the battery terminals, that would take away all possible cause with switches and such, and make sure it has enough power to actually ignite the bulb

 

Going to try this and I'll report back what happens.