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Are you sure you didn’t just need to reverse the polarity on their wiring? Remember, led’s have a + and - and won’t turn on if they’re not wired right, unlike regular bulbs where polarity doesn’t matter.
I’ve done enough wiring now to have learned about polarity with LEDs......
 

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I’ve done enough wiring now to have learned about polarity with LEDs......
Just checking, seems weird that not just one but both of the halos don't work. I pulled one of my HID headlights out to work on something and put it back in but forgot they need to have the polarity reversed in order to work on GM’s so for a bit I thought I had a burned out ballast. Not sure if our fogs have the same issue so just wanted to be sure you had tried reversing the leads.
 

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Just checking, seems weird that not just one but both of the halos don't work. I pulled one of my HID headlights out to work on something and put it back in but forgot they need to have the polarity reversed in order to work on GM’s so for a bit I thought I had a burned out ballast. Not sure if our fogs have the same issue so just wanted to be sure you had tried reversing the leads.

Wouldn't be the first time an eBay product had the leads reversed in assembly.....
 

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Had hids for a year , then ran halogens for a couple months. When I went to install the same hid kit back in the plugs were reversed . Funny gm’s
I always first pop the hood and hook everything up directly to the battery as soon as I get it. If something is wrong I contact the seller right away. Sometimes might be weeks or months before I install it. But also it votes out possible defects in factory wiring or whatever (example: polarity)
 
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Had hids for a year , then ran halogens for a couple months. When I went to install the same hid kit back in the plugs were reversed . Funny gm’s
I always first pop the hood and hook everything up directly to the battery as soon as I get it. If something is wrong I contact the seller right away. Sometimes might be weeks or months before I install it. But also it votes out possible defects in factory wiring or whatever (example: polarity)
When I couldn’t get it to work I did this and still nothing. On both driver and passenger side fogs. Super irritating.
 

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