does anyone kno about HID's ? one of my HID's is out .... its not the bulb becuase sometimes when i move the wires and wiggle the ballast it would work but now i dont kno whats up with it . my friend is sayin i need a new ballast because its not puttin enough voltage to like up the crystals in the bulb .... i need other peoples input about this and also if i do need to get a new ballast...where do i get one ?

ricky

 

Well, if the bulb works... then it has to be the ballast.

I would switch ballasts/bulbs and narrow down the problem.

 

thanks bro . ill give it a shot .

 

Yea no prob. Post up your results. Also, what HID's are using? Is it a retrofit (from like an M3 or Audi, etc.) or is it an aftermarket kit?

 

im thinkin its the ballast...so how can i get it fixed or get a new one ?

 

I've never taken apart a ballast. Just buy a new one. And answer my last question as well.

 

i dunno where i can buy JUST 1 lolx...u kno where i can get one ?

 

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I really really like your sig xs

 

ballast

 

its aftermarket .

 

What brand...?

 

bohmen ballast .

 

yeah dude, it definately your ballast acting up. usually there's a coil of wires in there, and often after long periods of use they get worn out. you could try and fix it, but i'd say just get a new one.

 

how would i try fixing it ?

 

?

 

You don't. You buy a new one and call it a good day.

 

again xs that chick in your sig is fine

 

try grounding it. same thing happened to me and it running a wire from the ballast to a good ground fixed it.

 

haha thanks ludetech .

-frankie i grounded it the same as the other side and the other side works jus fine ...

 

KOOL, Yo do you have more and bigger pics of that girl in your sig. DAMN!

 

nah sorry dude...i reformatted my comp. so i lost everything

ill try to find her agian for u guys...gimme u guys AIM .

 

my aim if frankiej324.
damn, she looks mighty fine, even at 70 x 70 pixels.

 

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hah, agreed

 

once again to agree with everyone else, your ballast is dead, sorry to hear, you should take it out right away, if the ballast is bad, eventhough the bulb isnt lighting up, it can still send some current to the bulb and slowly killing it at night when you have your headlights on

please dont open the ballast, not only will you not be able to fix it, you might get hurt, heard there is some discharge inside that can happen and you could get shocked, and the wattage on a hid ballast is alot more than standard

alot of companies are out for a little bit, and alot just take your sale and never help you again, brightstar sells the ballast by itself if you need it, please check my post on https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=926420, believe the shop i go to sells them for about $90 plus shipping for ballast

but there is a couple things to warn you about, read up my post first and then read the rest of this, not all kits are made the same, one fo the reason brightstar last longer is because unlike the other aftermarket hid ballast, it lights reverse, if you notice, even with OEM setups like MBZ and BMWs, when you turn on, its really bright in beg. and then gets lower to the set brightness, brighstar in their technology to make the bulbs and everyhting last longer, it goes dim to bright, or the set brightness, so if one ballast is the older company, when you turn on your headlights, one side will go bright to low an d the other side will go low to bright

they will both look the same after warmup because the color is all based on the bulbs, and since both your bulbs are the same, after warm up it will be fine, jsut looks funny or cool, how you look at it when you turn it on

another thing is, jsut about every company uses different plugs, what ive had to do for friends because the ones who didnt get brightstar, they ahd bad ballast or bulbs, what you want to do is cut up the bad ballast and take the connecting plugs that match up to your bulbs, then cut the new ballast and correctly connect or especially sauder&lt;-- dont know spelling, the wires, jsut make sure you got the correct sides, one is usually power and one is ground, usually a color of red or something bright indicates power i believe with most kits, suggest jsut getting 2 ballast or 1 at a time when it goes out, up to you

hope everything works out