hey guy. Im new to this site. My name is Ricky and i was wondering if anyone know what the problem with my HID. well i had HID before but i got new one. BUt the problem is that when i turn on my light. the lefthand side would come on and the righthang side wouldn't. i have to turn it off and turn it back on again. Thank for the help and hope you guy can help me. THANK YOU

 

Bad ballest, or bad bulb?

 

oh okie. but i had the same problem with my old one. but the old one did not have it that much. and this one happens everytime when i turn on the light.

 

my guess is ballast. Its not igniting properly,.

 

oh okie. cool cause i didnt know if it was the ballast or the bulb or the wiring. my dad said it cant be the wiring cause it come on and the bulb works. so it has to be the ballast. but when i high beam. it sometime does not come on, but you can hear the high beam moving but no lighting. so im guessing it the ballast. and u guy say ballast. =/ so that mean i have bad luck wit both of the ballast lol

 

that sucks man.... what HID's are you using? if they are new.. Take it back and say one of the ballast dont work..

 

im using some brand my freind made. cause my bro is using it on his REX to and he has no problem. but once i got one for my car it has the problem. so im guessin it the ballast like everyone said. haha i hope it the ballast lol

 

Did you relay the ballasts?

 

umm i do not know. i just connect what had to be connect and that it.

 

Well the thing is the current that the hid requires to fire is more then the stock headlight system can handle and chances are its not even relayed. So what you do is get a relay and wire it like this.

4prong relay.
85= Ground
86= Hot from oem wirieng.
87= Hot for ballast.
30= Fused hot from battery.
That means that the stock wiring is used to just trigger the relay then the ballast gets its source directly from the battery. You only need one relay and only use 1 of the stock leads.

 

good **** u think u can grab a pic

 

uhh haha. sorry im not really a eletric person. but i will ask my friend to see what happen. because i never did the that before. so ya. thanks for the help. i will try to figure it out. or do u have a pic liek wut jdmvtech said haha

 

What do you mean "your friend made?" If it's a cheap set like the $100 ones on eBay, you'll go through tons of bulbs and ballasts. They're garbage.

 

well i got it for free from my friend. he is selling them for 200 each. so i do not think there anything, maybe just a defected ballast haha

 

i would like a pair of some hids u think u can grab a pair 4 me wat would he include i got a honda civic 95 4 door

 

My suggestion I would check the ballast and the wiring. That sound like the problem how about just take a couple of minutes if you dought your self and switch the ballast to the other side and then you will find out who knows it could be the wiring before it gets to the ballast.

 

ya my dad and i were thinkin of doin that, but we havent had time so ya haha.

 

ya my dad and i were thinkin of doin that, but we havent had time so ya haha.

 

Did you try turning them on while the car is on?

 

ya i been doing that. and when the car is on. there no problem. when the car is not on, it sometime happen. havent tried it without the car on yet. i been doin night driving. but no problem when i turn it on when my car is on