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2010 Camaro HID Lights

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I got the Lows & Fogs installed this evening on my brothers Camaro. Now, Retro sent me a capacitor as he says it's needed for the GM models to reduce -Buzzing, Flickering, Etc..

So, dump question:

Does this go inline with the hot lead to the battery?
 
I have relay James. Everything is working ok but there is a buzzing sound for about 5 seconds for the passenger side box. The Capacitor is just like the picture attached with a red and black wire coming out of it, it's all heat shrinked together.
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Interesting.

I dunno? Usually the Cap is Tied into the Relay Harness so you don't have to do it Yourself.

E-Mail Retro and Ask Him where you Tie it in.
 
Well, I've about had it with HID's.. I'll never be putting a set in my truck simply because I can't find them reliable enough and headlights are one thing you MUST have. After a new harness from Retro they both work again. He had the passenger side go off for a bit the other night since the new harness... That lifetime warranty they have has sure came in handy..
 
Are the HID's for the 2011's trucks different than the HID's for a 2006? I have not had any problems at all with the HID kit that I got from James. They are bright white, and work flawlessly. The install is pretty easy and straight forward, as long as you hook up the positive and negative correctly! ;)
 
Other than taking about 45 seconds to a minute to come up to full white light, I love mine. I think alot of it has to do with the newer cars as the BCM looks for bulbs out, and the addition of HID bulbs screws with the system.
 
THEFERMANATOR said:
Other than taking about 45 seconds to a minute to come up to full white light, I love mine. I think alot of it has to do with the newer cars as the BCM looks for bulbs out, and the addition of HID bulbs screws with the system.
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That's a LONG Time to come Up to Brightness.

Mine are "there" in a matter of Seconds.
 
RI Chevy Silveradoman said:
Are the HID's for the 2011's trucks different than the HID's for a 2006? I have not had any problems at all with the HID kit that I got from James. They are bright white, and work flawlessly. The install is pretty easy and straight forward, as long as you hook up the positive and negative correctly! ;)
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Different bulbs I'm sure. Maybe I'll come around to them.. right now I just have a bad taste for them is all. No doubt they look and perform 100x better, I just need to find the reliability of a stock bulb.
 
Mad Maxx said:
That's a LONG Time to come Up to Brightness.

Mine are "there" in a matter of Seconds.
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There the ones I bought from you last year of the leftovers you had. They are pretty bright in a few seconds, but take almost a minute to where they get up to full brightness and lose the blue tint to them and go fully white.
 
THEFERMANATOR said:
There the ones I bought from you last year of the leftovers you had. They are pretty bright in a few seconds, but take almost a minute to where they get up to full brightness and lose the blue tint to them and go fully white.
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Gotcha. So the Brightness is there, but the Color Hangs around for a lil bit? That's Normal.
 
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