So I finally bought my HID kit from ddmtuning.com (H7 35W 5000K) and 12V wiring harness relay. I installed it the other day as to the instuctions that came with the kit. When I went to let down the e-brake the harness relay just started going nuts and clicking, which caused my HID's to flicker. This happened when the lights were in position 1 and 2 (e-brake down) but when I turned the lights to position 3 they worked as per normal!
So trying to figure out what the hell it was doing I decided it could just be a faulty relay. Went to my buddies parts store and tryed another one..... same thing. So I went home and did some research in turn finding a Mitsubishi forum that had a simple way of fixing this problem with out cutting or splicing factory wires to change the DRL to turn the fog lights on. So I thought I would share my success with everyone.
How to fix HID's with DRL problems:
1) Buy an HID kit that has a wiring harness AND relay (most of them nowadays do)
2) Install everything as normal in the HID kit including 12V wiring harness relay
3) Remove relay from socket and use a test light in the relay socket on pins 85 and 86 to see which is positive and which is negative (with e-brake down) - for mine, terminal 86 was positive and terminal 85 was negative. Double check with your relay just in case.
4) Buy an Electrolytic, Polarized Capacitor at Radio Shack or local electronics/stereo store 25V (or higher) and 2000uF (or higher). Mine was 35V and 2200uF $1.99!!
See Attached Picture
5) The capacitor has a marking down the side indicating which terminal is negative
6) Solder the negative lead to the relay lead you noted (in step 3) as negative and the positive lead to the relay lead you noted as positive
See Attached Picture
7) Insulate the exposed leads with electrical tape or shrink tubing so they don't short out
8) Put the relay back in the socket
9) Test it all out!
Hope this helps anyone having the same problem that I did!!
So trying to figure out what the hell it was doing I decided it could just be a faulty relay. Went to my buddies parts store and tryed another one..... same thing. So I went home and did some research in turn finding a Mitsubishi forum that had a simple way of fixing this problem with out cutting or splicing factory wires to change the DRL to turn the fog lights on. So I thought I would share my success with everyone.
How to fix HID's with DRL problems:
1) Buy an HID kit that has a wiring harness AND relay (most of them nowadays do)
2) Install everything as normal in the HID kit including 12V wiring harness relay
3) Remove relay from socket and use a test light in the relay socket on pins 85 and 86 to see which is positive and which is negative (with e-brake down) - for mine, terminal 86 was positive and terminal 85 was negative. Double check with your relay just in case.
4) Buy an Electrolytic, Polarized Capacitor at Radio Shack or local electronics/stereo store 25V (or higher) and 2000uF (or higher). Mine was 35V and 2200uF $1.99!!
See Attached Picture
5) The capacitor has a marking down the side indicating which terminal is negative
6) Solder the negative lead to the relay lead you noted (in step 3) as negative and the positive lead to the relay lead you noted as positive
See Attached Picture
7) Insulate the exposed leads with electrical tape or shrink tubing so they don't short out
8) Put the relay back in the socket
9) Test it all out!
Hope this helps anyone having the same problem that I did!!