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Old Oct 20, 2009 | 01:25 PM
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My boyfriend got me 12000K HIDs for my highbeams and regular new low beams. Turns out he got the wrong size low beam so they put the HIDs in my low beams until we got the correct low beams. We hooked them up they worked fine. Drove about a mile and the left side is out. The next morning my battery is just about dead. Any ideas?
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Old Oct 20, 2009 | 02:07 PM
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check the alternator, and replace the batt.

for the hids, check the head light fuses. 2 for low 2 for high, under dash.
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Old Oct 20, 2009 | 02:11 PM
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Just took it apart. The HID bulb is bad so thats whats wrong with that. Car took a jump. Just had my battery tested 2 weeks ago and it was fine.
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Old Oct 20, 2009 | 02:13 PM
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oh ok...
my bulb just went bad too. very anyoning.
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Old Oct 20, 2009 | 02:35 PM
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ugh the one side still wont work. we put the stock bulbs back in and the high beam on the driver side wont turn on still.
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Old Oct 20, 2009 | 03:57 PM
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thats pretty common for cheap aftermarket bulbs. theres a reason oe quality costs so much more. also, im sure the purple lights are cute and whatnot, but can you see anything with them? I saw some recently and thought i was gonna get a cancer from the uv light haha
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Old Oct 20, 2009 | 07:21 PM
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Glad you solved your problem. I guess it's a classic case of you get what you pay for.
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Old Oct 21, 2009 | 12:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Shortyluvsu2808
ugh the one side still wont work. we put the stock bulbs back in and the high beam on the driver side wont turn on still.
did you cehck the fuses, i bet you blew the high beam fuse.
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