Okla Rams

**myoung84** · 09-30-2011, 09:17 AM

I bought some AAC HOD lights for the Charger a while back. Wife called me Monday and said one was out already, which was kind of surprising. Since I wasn't really happy with the output, I decided to get a set of HIDs. Went with a NightVision kit with a relay harness. Got them installed yesterday and the firggin flicker and randomly shut down. I emailed the guy at Retro-Solutions and I need a stupid capacitor. Guess it's off to the Shack to see if I can fix it. Gotta make sure they are reliable since my wife is the one driving it every day.

(S.M.R) 101 · 09-30-2011, 09:26 AM

Yeah Todd from retro solutions will tell you what you need.. I guess my truck is the only dodge ram in america that needed capacitors. Everyone else just had to use resistors.

**myoung84** · 09-30-2011, 09:41 AM

He's a pretty good guy. I bought my projectors and new HID bulbs from him for the truck. My HID kit came from Unique Coatings since he wasn't around the other forums at that time, but it works perfectly and I have had no issues at all with it.

I hope a capacitor fixes it, can't have these flickering like a disco party all the time.

OklaHemi · 09-30-2011, 10:05 AM

i was on his site last night. 200 for a retro kit is awesome. i dont care for the halos or leds so i guess i will have to call him about putting something together. morgan are you rocking the halos?

i always make sure chrissy's care is proper as well. which is a PITA since she doesnt ever tell me anything is wrong, i have to do inspections

ramthis9501 · 09-30-2011, 10:13 AM

So true HID's are never plug and play right?

(S.M.R) 101 · 09-30-2011, 10:19 AM

not for our trucks lol..

me and Todd did a lot of beta with my truck last year I was putting all kinds of shit on there and finally the caps worked so.. i'm good now.

**myoung84** · 09-30-2011, 10:31 AM

Originally Posted by OklaHemi

i was on his site last night. 200 for a retro kit is awesome. i dont care for the halos or leds so i guess i will have to call him about putting something together. morgan are you rocking the halos?

i always make sure chrissy's care is proper as well. which is a PITA since she doesnt ever tell me anything is wrong, i have to do inspections

No halos for me. Just Morimoto projectors in the truck and p-n-p HIDs in the charger. I'm not really going for flashy here, just want better light output since both vehicles suck ass in that department.

And I hear you on the inspection part. I don't drive the Charger all that much so I really have to keep an eye on things. I always tell her let me know when you get close to xxx miles so I can go buy some oil, but it doesn't seem to work. Or I drive it and hear a weird sound, oh yeah, I forgot to tell you about that...

Originally Posted by ramthis9501

So true HID's are never plug and play right?

Depends on your definition of plug and play....

BMRbrnSNRbrd · 09-30-2011, 10:34 AM

Originally Posted by ramthis9501

So true HID's are never plug and play right?

Not necessarily dude. I ran straight ebay cheapo pnps on both my S10s and never had a problem and have done tons of installs on friends and family cars with no problems. The newer Dodge tech's are bitches and like to "encrypt" and make everything hard on these.

What I would do if I were you Colton is buy a cheap set off ebay. However, are your headlights crystal clear or do they have those refracted lenses (little lines all through the lenses)?

**myoung84** · 09-30-2011, 10:37 AM

I put a cheap set on my 4 wheeler and they seem to be holding up fine though all the rough riding and being dunked in water and mud... I think they were less than $40 shipped...

OklaHemi · 09-30-2011, 10:39 AM

he needs clear lenses