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I keep blowing up h.i.d bulbs!! Help plz!!!

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Old 12-09-2008, 09:56 AM
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i got some Xentec H.I.D kits last week.... only had them for a week... they are both 8000k and one blew first... would not turn on anymore then last night the left one blew and just flickers in the beginning and then turns off.... i ordered new ones but i am afraid these will also blow... what might be the problem???
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Did you touch the bulbs? Have the correct fuze size in there? Not ground out right? Theres many dif reasons. Could have been bad bulbs.
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a company on b20vtec.com are selling them for 69.99
Old 12-09-2008, 03:35 PM
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mine did this, but with some silver stars. I turned on my brights and it did this cool cop headlight strobe light and then they both poped, still dont know why.
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I had this happen on my drivers side headlight, what happened to mine was the wire was partially exposed. So i put electrical tape on the exposed wire and It works fine now. But id run with what 1LowSol said.
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okay guys well they should come in tomorrow sooo i will give it a shot again lol!!!
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is your ballast
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trips customs sales those replacements for $35 shipped /pair.
but seriously, make sure you clean the glass with alcohol good and wipe it dry before you put them in. oils from your fingers can cause hot spots on the glass and cause them to go bad, same with halogens.
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