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Re: HID Conversion Kit - 9-3
Posted by Nickshu (more from Nickshu) on Tue, 4 Nov 2008 17:29:35
In Reply to: HID Conversion Kit - 9-3, Perry, Mon, 3 Nov 2008 18:01:16
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It works. You have to do the following:
1.) Cut the bulb retainer rings so that the H7 xenon bulbs fit thru them. My retainer rings were metal, earlier cars had plastic.
2.) Take the car to the dealer and have them reprogram the lighting module to Xenon mode using the TECH II. THis is MANDATORY. If you try to plug and play without this the xenon lights will strobe when the car is off. Changing to zenon mode puts the input voltage into the ballasts at 20W vs 55W and also eliminates the pulsed power supply. GM/Saab setup the lighting to give "pulsed" power to halogen bulbs b/c it makes them last longer, however it screws up xenon ballasts b/c they can't dissipate the pulsing, so the results is continuous strobing (flashing) of the xenon bulbs once the car is turned off.
Hope this helps.
Nick.
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