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Old Jun 9, 2006 | 10:46 AM
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My first Question is that how would you know if you blew the bulb on a Hid?..
Second Question how do i know if my struts are blown The struts are Agx 8 ways
I know they really are dumb questions but no one around here tell me the answer
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Old Jun 9, 2006 | 11:49 AM
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Your struts would probably be really noisey, like when going over bumps they make squeaking noises.

As for the headlight.. take it out, dont touch the glass, and look to see if anything in there is blown out. It would look like a house light would look like when they go out.
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Old Jun 9, 2006 | 12:42 PM
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about the struts just push up and down on the fender and see if the car bounces around. if it's all bouncy the srut is blown. they can also blow and the sieze so if you push down real hard on the fender and the car doesn't drop at all the truts are bad as well.
with good struts you can push the car down some and it stay tight and doesn't really bounce much but is does travel some. if you do this and their bad you will know.
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Old Jun 9, 2006 | 01:25 PM
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Quick solution to see if it's your bulb or ballast that's dead: Switch bulbs. If the bulb that wasn't working on the passenger side now works on the driver side or vice versa, then your bulb isn't broken, your ballast is.

If the bulb doesn't work on either ballast, it's most likely dead.
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Old Jun 9, 2006 | 08:10 PM
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Actually HID's don't have a filament, so it won't look like a house bulb. I'm not sure if there is a way to test them without a working system.
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Old Jun 9, 2006 | 08:17 PM
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You have to have a working igniter and a working ballast to test an hid bulb. the likely hood of the bulb being bad is very slim. I have had mine for many years and they are still fine. If I had to guess it would be the ballast. Check the grounds for the system and if they are at all loose then that is why they are toast.
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Old Jun 10, 2006 | 07:30 AM
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whoopies. For some reason i saw headlight not HID. My bad.
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Old Jun 10, 2006 | 12:04 PM
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well my 8000k hid light bulbs went out and it looked a lil hazy in the housing
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Old Jun 10, 2006 | 03:44 PM
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To check the struts, you should push the car down, and it should return to its original position without bouncing back down. If it bounces around too much, the strut is blown.
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Old Jun 10, 2006 | 04:48 PM
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I was swapping out my springs and was noticing that my struts were able to be pushed in and out with my two hands is that normal or wat
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Old Jun 12, 2006 | 07:41 AM
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Oh btw my Hid kit is verry Ghetto i have one side from 2002 acura Tl i really dont know what the other side is from the thats the side that i dont know if its blown or not.. i think its just my rear struts that are out..should i go with the Agx again or upgrade to the tokine*sp*
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