Hi guys I am planning on installing a hid ballast using a harness, relay and fuse running direct to the battery. I have a adapter i will plug into the h7 plug on one side of the car to get a signal to trigger the relay to send power to the HID ballast. I know I need load equalizer since one side will have nothing plugged into it at all and the other side will have just the trigger to send to the relay. I am guessing i need 2 load equalizer can you tell me what ohm, some threads say 3 ohm and some say 6 ohm but they are referring to people using those for led lights. since i am using hid and don't want the warning light to come on what do you recommend. here is the website where i will get them.

http://superlumination.com/equalizers.htm

 

That seems like an awful lot of work? Why are you going this route? I would have to recommend a conventional installation, or am I missing something here?

If you go the conventional route, here is a very helpful guide to installing a simple harness to fool the "bulb out" feature:

http://mbworld.org/forums/e-class-w2...es-models.html

Good luck!

 

http://www.lifeandhealthplans.com/HI...lleseries.html

Please ignore the URL name. This fella just made a website with a nice how-to for MB owners.

 

i see the capacitor they used which was 2200 uf rated at 35 volts, most people use the stock wiring and connect their ballast to that so their is a small load from the ballast and the capacitor which makes the car think it is a regular 55w bulb. If i am going to use a harness which connects direct to the battery so i have stable and constant 12v and i only use one headlight plug and use that as a trigger for the relay, and just leave the other connector taped off. Will i be able to just use the 2200 uf rated at 35 volts on each headlight plug and have no issue and no codes.

 

These things run @ 10-14 VDC. I still don't understand why you would chose to do it this way.

BUT , to answer your question:

I don't know.

Good luck!

 

the reason i am doing this and going direct through the battery is so i can get a good source of power and i dont want to burn up the stock wiring since the amperage on the HID is much greater during the intial start up. many people who use the stock wiring can damage it, or experience a flickering issue. I did a retrofit using G35 ballast and created my own harness for my acura and went direct to the battery and never experienced any issues. I wont experience any issues with the harness i plan to use except i dont want the dash light to go of.

I am trying to find out if i use a capactor on the stock wiring on both sides and there is no load on it what capacitor should i use. most of the guys that use the 2200 uf have a ballast hooked up after that so the car sees the ballast at 35w load and the capacitor so it tricks the computer into thinking there is a regular bulb. Someone else on the Mercedes board used a 10,000 uf capacitor along with a ballast. so i am trying to figure out what is a good cap to use to trick the computer with no load on the stock wiring, since i will go direct to the battery for a good source of clean power.

 

Well, caps of this type are pretty cheap-at an electronics supply store-not Radio Shack.

Buy a few in this range (2200-8800 uF) and give them a shot.

keep askin'-someone will answer.

Ask ppro.

 

yeah i am thinking i will try out a couple just hate to waste time and money. some say try out like 15-25 ohm resistor but not a fan of resistor as they get extremely hot, where caps do not. both will show a load to the computer so it will trick the computer.I will try the caps first since they are a better solution, i know i won't have issues with the hid or any flickering since i am not tapping into the stock power. the only issue i will have is the warning light on the dash just like the people that swap out to LEDS

Incase anyone is intrested instead of going through a full retrofit and swapping the projectors for HID versus halogen since the one that the crossfire comes with are valeo's and they aren't bad quality. Also our headlights are a ***** to get into since the compound they use to seal them up with. I plan to use H7 to D2s adapters and use phillips 85122+ bulbs along with infiniti g35 ballast, I am looking at $150 for the ballast and they are made by OEM matsushita. i will use a relay harness along with a capacitor for a complete stock and safe install. I retrofitted acura tsx projectors along with g35 ballast and 85122+ bulbs in my acura vigor. Now i can't live without HID, if anyone is needing a hookup on parts i have a vendor who gives me a killer deal on all parts. For example:

Pair of ballast G35, used bulbs, pigtails, and igniters: $150 shipped
bulbs brand new phillips 85122+ 4300k: $40.

i have used this guy many times and great stuff also you are getting waterproof oem ballast versus junk aftermarket. Phillips/Osram make the best stuff along with matsushita and Hella. My total with my hookup is coming out to around $250 for ballast, 2 used bulbs, 2 new bulbs, harness, and adapters. I know i can get cheap ebay hid kits for around 125-200, but i prefer quality and OEM parts last much longer.

Hit me up if you guys need help, I am new to the board but when i comes to electronics like Carputers, Systems, Alarms, Remote starts, HID, i have a good chunk of knowledge. I will later post up pics of my old car in which i had custom molded a VGA touchscreen lcd, hooked up into a mini-itx carputer for nav, music, video and other crap running on XP. I plan to do the samething to the crossfire very soon but instead use a flip out screen

well thats it, wish i could talk more but i am sitting here in a Ritz carlton getting ready for interview with Ernst & Young. Wish me luck about to graduate soon with a double major in Finance & Economics. Needed to get on crossfire forums to releave some stress and calm down lol.



here is another members carputer

http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/show...-finished.html


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/H7-Ad...spagenameZWDVW

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2-NEW...spagenameZWDVW

http://www.hidplanet.com/philips5000k.html

 

OK.

Welcome aboard!

Good luck on the interview.

At $250 per set plus the hassles you're going through on installation, I'll swap out my $60 delivered plug-n-play cheapies a number of times.

Although it's nice to see purists too!

Don't forget the pictures!

 

i think i know what i am gonna use, this website has bunch of adapters and they actually sell a harness that has the resistors built right in. i emailed the guy to get more info and see what it actually is.

http://www.dxhid.com/purchasehidparts.htm

 

 

 

 

 

Very nice work.

But PLEASE do not put pipes like that on a Crossfire?

Please?

 

http://www.andysautosport.com/mitsub...u00088575.html

http://www.ppsonline.net/remus.htm#universal

here is the actual exhaust, why do you think the exhaust looks bad the normally use this on mercedes, bmw, Porsche, and other high end cars. just the muffler cost more than the magnaflow and there is no drone on the highway. is it the tips or what reason.