HID light help Options

[4-eyed-freek]

hey everyone, i just bought a 8k hid kit for my car about a week ago. put them in and they worked awsome for about 3 or 4 days... now im having troubles. when i turn my lights on they both come on and stay on for about 30 sec. then the pas. side light flickers and turns off. sometimes it will flicker and come back on, other times it wont, and i turn my lights off and then back on. i have looked at all the conections, they are all good. if anyone knows anything please help, i dont want to get pulled over for having a light out.

[Imawakeyo]

bad ballist?

[4-eyed-freek]

im thinking thats what it is, but i took out the pas. side hid and brought it inside and played areound with it, brought it back outside and put it in. and it worked just fine...what im thinking now is, can hid's be affected by the cold weather..?

[Malhar95]

i had the same problem with my driver side, but with my case, it was hitting the fan infront of the radiator, and everytime it touched it, it went out for a while untill the next bump. eventually the wires went bad and had to get new wirings.

just make sure its not hitting or touching something its not suppose to, try changing the location.

hope this helps, good luck

[richee3]

Before I say anything, could I get some more information? What brand HID's are they? Have you switched the ballasts for the driver side and passenger side bulb to see if/how that affects the issue?

I had HID's from Griffgirl in my Celica both in hot and cold weather, and that never affected them. They are now in bloodMoney's car in Chicago, up there by you where it is even colder than it is here, and so far as I know, he isn't having any issues with them either and they are nearly two years old. I also have factory HID's in my Lexus, as many cars do, and they are not affected by temperature either.

This post has been edited by richee3: Dec 5, 2010 - 11:29 PM

[str8thugginit4ya]

^^^Like Richee said, we need a little bit more information. I sell & install HID's very often, & I'm thinking MAYBE the ballast isn't getting enough power to it, so it's shutting off. This happens with a lot of cars when the ballast isn't getting fed the right amount of power. If it's a new digital ballast then that MIGHT be your problem. Whenever they sense they are not getting enough amount of power they automatically shut off. I usually use a harness that is hooked up to the battery with bigger wiring so it's being fed the right amount of power. But I am running digital ballasts on my Celi without any harness & I've had no problems for over a year now. This is just a quick thought. Let us know all the details & maybe we could help you out.



-Ryan