uf28denied

i installed hid fogs and they work fine....but when i start the car they dont work.....does anyone know what the problem is....i've installed hid's in all my cars but never seen this....any help would be greatly appreciated thanks in advance.........
by the way its an 08 550 with adaptive headlights....if that helps....

dbae1978

You mentioned you installed the hid fogs right? The fogs do not turn in automatically. You must press the fog light button each and everytime you restart

rkhettry23

^^yea did you turn them on?

uf28denied

yes i did......lol...... .......after i started the car and pressed the button for the fog lights to come on.....they didn't ......so i shut the car and turned the ignition only on......and they would come back on.....just not when the car is running......w.t.f. is wrong wit them........thanks guys

Carlo545I

Are you running a capacitor for the error messages? if not you need to be. check your connections to make sure the positive and negative are lined up from the car to HID kit itself. Sometimes HID aftermarket setup are off. I learned the hard way.

uf28denied

what capacitor do i get and how do i wire it up......thanks again for your help

Carlo545I

http://www.stealthauto.com/Products/HID-An...)__HID-CAP.aspx
follow that link this will make it plug and play. If you search on the forum you can find the primitive way. If i find it i will post thread.

Carlo545I

You can run wire direct from the battery and use a relay to close the circuit when you turn on your fogs. You will also need to add a resistor between the relay and the fog light wire so the computer will think it is pulling the correct current.

battery +
|
| Relay
X ----------------- Fog cable
|
|
Fog lights

this is a DIY but if you dont feel comfortable i would say buy the cables and make it a clean connection.