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    Default HIDs as DRL help please!

    Hello all.

    I have a 2006 Mazda 3 with aftermarket HIDs installed. Right now they are working fine at night, but during they day when they are used as DRLs only the drivers side fires.
    I did much searching around and found that the best way to fix this would be to buy a relay harness and a capacitor, so I did that. They just came and and the problem is... I have to idea what to do with them. I have not found many guides with pictures of install and I am a visual learner so I am having trouble figuring out exactly where everything goes.

    This is my relay harness



    This is my cap


    Now I'm sure the red wire goes to my +terminal on my battery and #4 is the fuse. I lose it from there. Where do #1 #2 and #3 go? From what I have read so far I THINK that I am going to plug #6 into #3 and then splice the other side into two Male connectors and plug it into my stock wiring harness for the lowbeams. Although that confuses me... because I have two of those not just one. I don't know where #1 or #2 would go either. I'm guessing something with the lights because one wire is a lot longer than the other, maybe plug it into the ballast? I'm just so confused and I don't want to "just go for it" and mess something up which is what I normally do.

    I know I'm a n00b and probably said something stupid but any help would be GREATLY appreciated. Thank you in advance!

    - Steve

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    Default Re: HIDs as DRL help please!

    1+2=hid ballasts
    3 plugs in to 6
    4 is the fuse and it connects to battery
    5 goes to oem headlight connector
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    Default Re: HIDs as DRL help please!

    Thank you for the quick reply!

    So just so I'm clear. I will have one oem headlight connector with no connections at all, and the two grounds from #1 and #2 are grounded somewhere to the chassis?

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    Default Re: HIDs as DRL help please!

    yes and yes

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    YOU'RE THE MAN! Thanks sir!

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    Default Re: HIDs as DRL help please!

    I am not the man, however I have done so many HID kits I could probably do them blind folded lol

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