2015 Silverado HID Install questions/problems

SouthPawCO · August 15, 2016

So I have my HID's installed on my 2015 Silverado and I am having a few issues. Yes I read through the ENTIRE HID thread, searched and then searched some more and couldn't find the answer. I have done HID installs many times before but have never had to use cancelers or a relay kit. So the low beams are working intermittently which I know the relay harness kit will fix. I have no flickering and when the DRL's/low beams do come on they are fine. What I installed so far is the following:

H11 HID Kit:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004ZF4NAY/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Error/Capacitor Kit:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HTOB0NG/ref=od_aui_detailpages01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

My questions are the following:

1.) Once I install the relay kit, are the error cancelers still needed since this is a 55W kit?

2.) Is two error eliminators needed with the relay kit since the driver side is receiving signal from the passenger side?

2.) Does the high beams require a relay kit? They are working 100% right now with no issues.

3.) Kensun's customer service is pretty awesome. I called them this morning and they are sending me this relay/resistor harness (https://www.amazon.com/Kensun-Conversion-Universal-Anti-Flicker-Resistor/dp/B00FP0G5RC/ref=sr_1_2?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1471291938&sr=1-2&keywords=kensun+resistor#Ask) free of charge and said it will fix my issues. I have never seen relay harness kit like this before so I am not sure. They said with this kit, the error cancelers will not be needed.

I hate to be that guy to start a new thread but these are in my truck now and I am going to work on them in a few hours so I am hoping to get some definite answers. If not, it is going to be trial and error till I can get them fixed but if someone else has been in this situation and can provide answers, that would be awesome.

SouthPawCO · August 16, 2016

Well the relay harness fixed the driver side but the passenger side was still acting up. I tried every combo you can think of. With relay kit, without, capacitors, no capacitors, swapped ballasts, etc.

I got out the test light and everything has good power up until the output of the ballast. I connected it directly to the relay harness and the ballast barely lights up my the test light which leads me to believe the ballast is bad. I have a new harness coming in as well as a new HID kit to swap bulbs and ballast. I will keep this updated so hopefully others will be able to use it.

SouthPawCO · August 16, 2016

Another update, neither low beam is working currently. Good thing I ordered a whole complete kit to swap it out for. If I cannot get this resolved, may just go the morimoto route or back to stock. The high beams and fogs work flawlessly.

SouthPawCO · August 16, 2016

Well I finally caved.. (in a good way). I decided to put the good old saying "buy once, cry once" into affect and ordered a full FXR kit from fastheadlights with the morimoto HID kit (http://www.fastheadlights.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=fxr_chevy_retrofit-kit). I orginally had planned on doing the HID kit first and FXR later but figured just spend the coin and get it over with. I chose FastHeadlights because I really like the small business idea, they are active on the forums and they are the only company that offered a full plug and play kit with the projectors.

This morning was kind of a deal breaker for me since neither headlight was turning on so something isn't right. I really do not think it is the kits fault but more so on the truck side. The DRL's on these trucks play havoc with HID ballasts and I think killed them prematurely. PWN is brutal on the ballasts and I think Morimoto is the only company that really has it figured out. I checked with TRS and they even recommend going to fastheadlights as they are a certified wholesaler for their stuff. FWIW, the high beams and fogs work flawlessly with no relay kit or capacitor.