Thread: Help with HID/ headlights

Originally Posted by dbextreme

Great info and I appreciate the help and additional questions!!! I pulled my fuse for my DLR a while back and never replaced it. This should be fine as well, or do you suggest replacing the fuse and pulling the diode instead? I will order a harness with my headlights so I am thinking it won't really matter as long as the DLR's are not coming on, but want to make sure. Reason I wonder about the fuse vs the diode is my factory alarm. I assume that when the alarm "arms" it's the DLR's that are triggered and not the headlights (I only say this because when I pulled my fuse the alarm does not notify me that's it's armed anymore with a honk or lights flashing) I don't want to put any additional strain on HID's with blinking of the lights for the alarm that's not needed...

Hope this makes sense and I'm not off topic..

You are welcome, glad I can help. So, Im not completely firmiliar with what the car does when you pull the del fuse. I originally did it but soon replaced it because I wanted the factory light sensing headlights and when you pull the fuse, you have to turn them on. From what I believe, everything will function just as it should except for the DRLs when you pull the diode. That being said, you can also change what the alarm does when you arm it. This is all done within the car and I just simply turned mine off, so no honk or blink. Refer to your owners manual for instructions on how to change that. So, I would put the fuse back in and remove the diode, but thats just me, no flashes at all with what I did, and good call with saying something about the flashes, they can be hard on the ballasts.