HID help - eu 4 door civic

[CL455]

hey guys - got a H4 low and hi beam HID's

i wired it up as it said and before mounting the ballast and everything in the engine bay i went to turn it on and nothing - checked all the wiring was all ok and yea was fine as the diagram said

anyways i need some help as to what i'm doing wrong..... or if there is any way i can test to see if it's the HID's or the wiring i'm diong wrong

thanks in advance

[Jump]

are you talking about the EU 4 door civic? if so then yeah they are H4

[typercivic]

best thing is to have a quick look at the headlight itself. should be a marking on top saying which one it is.

[philBo]

quickest thing is to look in the car manual book.

[CL455]

yea that model - same shape as the ep3 but in a 4 door

are you talking about the EU 4 door civic? if so then yeah they are H4

[CL455]

hey guys - got a H4 low and hi beam HID's

i wired it up as it said and before mounting the ballast and everything in the engine bay i went to turn it on and nothing - checked all the wiring was all ok and yea was fine as the diagram said

anyways i need some help as to what i'm doing wrong..... or if there is any way i can test to see if it's the HID's or the wiring i'm diong wrong

thanks in advance

[CL455]

anyone???

[pipocai]

which model EU? the 2004 facelifted one? or the one before? make sure ur ballast is not touching any surface

[pipocai]

because the 2004 facelifted version is a HB4 fyi.

[CL455]

it's the one b4 the facelifted version - hmm - i think the ballast was touching the engine bay so could that cause it not to work ??

[pipocai]

yeah your ballast should be in DIRECT contact with any parts of the car trying putting your ballast on a piece of something non-metal to see if it works.

[Limbo]

i did this ti my gf's VI.
At first mine did not work also. Make sure that you pluged in the old headlight plug into the HID, this acts as a trigger.

The other thing is to make sure you have a good earth. Some of the bolts on the VI seem to not earth properly.

First time i earthed it to the car i had this problem as some of the bolts screw into plastic threads and do not touch the chassis. After i found a proper earth it was fine. It has 2 earths per ballast right?