Thread: Crazy Taz and his wire tuck.

yea it took me a few mins to find the balls to start it up but I did and it runs fine I let it idle for 10 mins and saw no smoke anywhere

one of my brand new hids didn't seem to work tho... hopefuly I just forgot to plug in a wire on that side but idk Ill just drive with the brights on

congrats! i knew it would work!

Originally Posted by scottydoggs

congrats! i knew it would work!

well hopefully at work I don't see my car on fire when i go on break lol
but I felt up and down all the wires and didn't feel any hot spots and smelt nor saw any smoke so I think it's good

The parts car was ridiculously dirty but oil prevents rust right? Glad it worked out for you.

Glad to hear ya got it working!
and a special congrats to dsmuts! Thats what a community is for!

so my lights....
with the normal lights on only the passenger side hid comes on... with the brights on only the driver side light comes on... so do zzp lights blow that bad or did I not plug the lights in right idk I'm going to go mess with them but I kind of need lights lol my fogs are 6000k so they are bright enough to drive off of but I think thats illegal no headlights...

ffs one thing after the other right

Congrats man.. glad to hear it's back to running. Kudo's on all the good work.

so I just tried driving with only the fogs... I stopped and backed up back to my driveway I couldn't see a thing... lol how do i check to see if these hids are bad I'm kinda upset about this zzp 120 bucks you send no directions and after less than 2 hours of on time they dont work? wth

put my old bulbs in idk what I'm going to do with the hid kit probablly drive all the way to zzp hq and throw it through the window...

Drove the car around a bit wanted to make sure everything is good before I take it down to lake cumberland and all the electronics seemed to still work fine past 140 so I think its good to go : P

Probablly change the oil and maybe do a coolant flush before I leave tomorrow... Oh and I'm missing one of my lug nuts because my dad lost one off of his car and took one from my car and said you can go to auto zone... so how long can I drive with out that lol

i wonder how much it would be to ship a lug nut in the mail lol i have a giant bag of brand new ones.

taz atleast you didnt have crazy wire fire when you started your car up.
when i finished my wagon i fired it up and it ran for 2min then one of the battery cables melted and started a fire, ( pontiacs great idea of runnning the wire an inch from the headers on top of the motor mount)

Taz... been watching this post for a while.. nice work on the car, plans on cleaning up the other side??
Not thread jacking but I've had my vvme HIDs in for about 2 months, more than not only my passager side has been lighting up. Not sure whats up but your not alone lol

sweet deal man.

driving on 4 lugs nutz is just as safe, aslong as they are torqued to spec

Originally Posted by Colossus

Taz... been watching this post for a while.. nice work on the car, plans on cleaning up the other side??
Not thread jacking but I've had my vvme HIDs in for about 2 months, more than not only my passager side has been lighting up. Not sure whats up but your not alone lol

Are you guys using relay harnesses?
And maybe this is silly but I figure I have to ask... is everything grounded properly? I've had my VVME's for over 2 months, heads and fogs, and not a single problem.
Also try swapping just the bulbs. If you don't give the lights proper time to cool down between on and off, you'll blow em.

I have a relay harness, and they've been acting retarded. Drove to the gas station (only passenger bulb would light up). turned off to fill up (about 5 minutes). when I started it back up both bulbs worked fine... wtf.

Listen to the ballast when they're both on, and listen again when only one lights up and see if you can hear one of the ballasts not igniting. Most ballasts at least hum on startup.

I've see the ability to plug into the ballast upside down and when that's the case.. the light won't work. Sometimes it's good to try and flip your connectors.

I don't the the VVME ballasts can be plugged in upside down. I'd have to go out and look at mine though to know for sure.

Originally Posted by SeanGTP

I don't the the VVME ballasts can be plugged in upside down. I'd have to go out and look at mine though to know for sure.

Yeah, they can. And if they do then they won't work...been there, done that. Which is why I pulg them in and go key on before I bolt everything in place on each headlight/foglight.

Originally Posted by bluegtp91

Yeah, they can. And if they do then they won't work...been there, done that. Which is why I pulg them in and go key on before I bolt everything in place on each headlight/foglight.

On these theres a tab on one side that the connector slides over so you know its on the right side. When I pulled the bulbs one looked like it was full of blue ink, and the other didn't, but one had some burn marks on it as well.
I'm going to email zzp tell them that I understand they dont take returns on electrical then I'll tell them my situation and ask if they know what might be wrong with them. If they reply with that B.S. that I did somthing wrong then I'm going to reply with you didn't include any directions what so ever...
I'd be a lot less upset If I had only paid 50-60 bucks for them but 120 bucks for something of this quality is disipointing to me. I always thought zzp did a good job with there products but now I'm starting to understand why you all hate on them so much.