8000 k hid high beams faulty

[ej88888]

My HID low beams work but when I try to turn on high beams from low beams, it just turns off the low beams completely instead of activating high beams. So essentially I have no high beams.. Any suggestions?

Car is a honda civic 97 coupe.

[trism]

you ****ed the wiring up. try again.

[ej88888]

high beams were working previously though for 7 months, all of a sudden this problem came up. Could it be headlight relay?

[trism]

yep. could be. try replacing everything that you can.

is it both sides?

[x3cindymichael]

was going to say maybe you only got single beam and not high beam HID. but seeing as you said it worked a few months back yes probably relay. try put in stock bulb and see if they can highbeam.

[ej88888]

it's both sides. Found a thread which I can follow instead of replacing the whole relay, http://www.saab9000.com/procedures/electrical/headlamp_relay.php

Yeah, good idea. Will try that tomorrow. If it works then it's the relay.

[TbM]

Did you check the fuses?

[tiksie]

As above, check the fuse..

When you turn the highbeam on, can you hear the relay clicking ?

[ej88888]

Yes, there is a very distinct click when I turn the high beam on, but doing so switches off the light completely.

[tiksie]

Check your ground wires.

There should be 2 plugs on your harness for your high beam, they go into the 3rd wire in your HID bulb. Try plugging it into the other one if you know what I mean ?

[ej88888]

Can you explain that in simpler terms? Don't quite understand :(