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Old Mar 6, 2013 | 12:51 AM
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I've been though a few pairs of HID's now and decided it's time to get some other opinions on what's happening, hope someone can help. So my first pair was a bi-zenon kit that included harnesses for both sides and that worked pretty well for awhile until driver side low beam was putting out a greenish color (supposed to be crystal blue 8000k) so i returned it and decided to just get a cheap low beam only kit without harness'. That also worked ok for a couple of months until passenger side stopped working, but I would just unplug and replug the connectors that go from ballast to bulb and it would work again. Then driver side would go out and I would keep unplugging and plugging back in until that stopped working and when I checked the ballast next it was blown, all melted and bubbled out in one spot.. so i bought yet another kit to see if they were the problem but the new one (another with no harness) worked fine, for a month or so at least and started having the same problem where the passenger side just wouldn't turn on. so i replaced fuses, 23 & 25 RH & LH low beam and 14 daytime running light, all with new 20 amp atm's just in case even though i already had 20's in there and now headlights don't work at all and i've tried completely taking apart and putting backtogether everything. sorry for the long writeup tried to keep it concise but obviously didn't work out.. just wondering if adding a harness on each side will help but i find it strange that lights will not turn on at all now.
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Old Mar 6, 2013 | 06:56 AM
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Try your stock bulb first see if it will even work.
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Old Mar 6, 2013 | 08:22 AM
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Originally Posted by B20BadBoy
Try your stock bulb first see if it will even work.
Try this.. If your stock doesn't work, you know it's something else. If your stock does work, it's something with the HID
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Old Mar 7, 2013 | 12:01 AM
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well i looked around for my original bulbs but must have thrown them out because i can't find em anywhere. i did try swapping in my extra set of hid's that i have on the driver side though that i know worked worked before and still nothing. used a different ballast too even.
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Old Apr 17, 2013 | 10:03 PM
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finally gave up on trying to find my old stock bulbs and bought some but they didn't work so it's definitely something deeper. any advice on what to check on now or am i better off just taking it to a shop?
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Old Apr 17, 2013 | 10:15 PM
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Double check all your fuses and relays, if that's not it try to follow the wires into the harness to see if there is any visual damages
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