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Old 07-31-2018, 03:33 AM
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Use the same wires which plugged into your original ballast. Those are your + and - wires. I think theyre Green and Black.
 

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It doesn’t have one the guy before me must of cut it ? Because it was missing the ballast that’s the whole reason that lead to me swapping the whole bulb and ballast he had aftermarket bulbs on I don’t understand why when this car should have them stock . But I’m left with two wires I guess he cut those off to power the previous ones but when I tried putting those wires on the spade connectors it doesn’t work any ideas ?
 
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The wires in the first pictures I posted are how he had them connected I have since then replaced those bulbs with these other ones that came with the ballast I got that’s the last photo the one with the spades I just can’t seem to find power for the ballast for the spade connectors
 
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I'll post some pics for u in a few hours when I get off work.
 
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Thank you I appreciate it

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I'll post some pics for u in a few hours when I get off work.
 
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Damn, I stayed overtime after work and had to go meet with someone on short notice...so I totally forgot about the pics.

I'll post em up in the morning.
 
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Old 08-01-2018, 12:28 PM
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Alright...u see that plug which connects to the original ballast? Those are the wires u need to hook up to your new ballast.


 
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What color is the other wire I can’t see I see the green is that positive? Or negative
 
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What color is the other wire I can’t see I see the green is that positive? Or negative
It looks like its either black, brown, or gray. I cant tell either and I tried looking at the wiring diagram in the FSM but that thing is a useless piece of $hit.

I would assume the green wire would be the positive but Nissan loves to do things against common practice...so turn on the headlights and test it out with a multimeter just to be 100% sure.
 
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Alright thanks man I appreciate all the help brotha I’ll get to that as soon as I get home from work

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It looks like its either black, brown, or gray. I cant tell either and I tried looking at the wiring diagram in the FSM but that thing is a useless piece of $hit.

I would assume the green wire would be the positive but Nissan loves to do things against common practice...so turn on the headlights and test it out with a multimeter just to be 100% sure.
 
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Well I tried the only two wires dangling there that was a green and brown one and they didn’t work you think a harness would power it ? I found one online with connections for spades ?
 
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Well do u have the other side of the harness plugged into the car? Its not gonna get power unless its plugged in lol.

Post a pic of how u have it all hooked up. And which wires you are testing for voltage.
 
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The one for the whole headlight ? Yeah I plugged all in all lights work except hid which I assume are powered from somewhere else since they have no connection to the headlights unless I connect them to the green and brown wires coming from actually headlights so I connected them but still HIDs dont power on guy who had connected them before me had them connected to those wires on that photo the photo I posted is before I swapped those HIDs and but the new ones with spades that’s how he had the old HID bulbs connected to those two wires that are now just dangling after I removed the old HID bulbs he had put in there I’m guessing he cut the actual connection to ballast and spliced ? But if so why isn’t powering these HIDs when I connect them ? Am I missing something I swear these lights are giving me more trouble than they should be ... side note if I connect 12v to spades HIDs work so not the bulbs ... just not getting power that why I thought of just ordering this harness I saw online for fog light add on I think but works with any bulbs with spades you think it would be worth a shot ? Just power it separately and get power straight from battery?
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Well do u have the other side of the harness plugged into the car? Its not gonna get power unless its plugged in lol.

Post a pic of how u have it all hooked up. And which wires you are testing for voltage.
 
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Old 08-08-2018, 11:07 AM
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Those green and brown wires are the power wires to the original HID ballast. So they should have power when your headlight switch is turned on. If they dont, then u should check fuses, or it could be something else wrong with your car.
 
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The one for the whole headlight ? Yeah I plugged all in all lights work except hid which I assume are powered from somewhere else since they have no connection to the headlights unless I connect them to the green and brown wires coming from actually headlights so I connected them but still HIDs dont power on guy who had connected them before me had them connected to those wires on that photo the photo I posted is before I swapped those HIDs and but the new ones with spades that’s how he had the old HID bulbs connected to those two wires that are now just dangling after I removed the old HID bulbs he had put in there I’m guessing he cut the actual connection to ballast and spliced ? But if so why isn’t powering these HIDs when I connect them ? Am I missing something I swear these lights are giving me more trouble than they should be ... side note if I connect 12v to spades HIDs work so not the bulbs ... just not getting power that why I thought of just ordering this harness I saw online for fog light add on I think but works with any bulbs with spades you think it would be worth a shot ? Just power it separately and get power straight from battery?
Why don't you use punctuation and proper sentence structure when penning these mini-novels? It makes what you are trying to say almost unreadable to a lot of us...

 


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