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Old Feb 22, 2009 | 09:48 PM
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i recently bought 9006 itek HID's for my 4dr civic they worked fine for the first week then only one would work we would switch the balast and the oppistie side would work.we took them back recieved brand new balast and the same issued occured. both bulbs work. so then we bought a realy kit thinking my car isnt supplying enough power and still the same issue is occuring. does anyone have any insight on this HID issue please im desperate for a solution
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Old Feb 22, 2009 | 09:53 PM
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maybe its a factory defect i would most likely go with a name brand or a well known company or even do a retrofit
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Old Feb 22, 2009 | 10:07 PM
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sounds like you are getting shitty quality hids.

ive been doing this for wayyy too long and seen it all.your car does not require a relay kit either.
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Old Feb 22, 2009 | 11:23 PM
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Check your fuses... had the same issue.
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Old Feb 23, 2009 | 12:32 AM
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weird ive dealt with a ton of these kits and even used to sell them and have never had an issue
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Old Feb 23, 2009 | 08:09 AM
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the fuses are good checked Them. I had a friend tell me that its possibale its doin this cause my high and low beam run off two different circuits not fuelin the hids with enough power
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Old Feb 23, 2009 | 08:13 AM
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nope.that is not the problem.
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Old Feb 23, 2009 | 08:13 AM
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Its not that. I ran HID's fine from Umnitza on my car just fine before I went for my retrofits. Its the kit. Get a quality kit or do a retrofit.
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Old Feb 24, 2009 | 11:22 PM
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H.I.D kits use less power to run the ballasts/igniters compared to standard holagen light bulbs.

If its not the ballasts, will a standard bulb work when you plug it in to that socket? you test for power at that plug?

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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 09:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Curiouz_G
Its the kit. Get a quality kit or do a retrofit.
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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 12:58 PM
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the orginal stock bulbs work perfectly fine im not to sure but i contacted the distributer and there going to help me out with the HIDS hopefully give me a new kit cause i think the kit is faulty
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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 10:27 PM
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i had to use my high beam to turn mines on..when its on low beam it flickers like a strobe light try getting a relay harness if anything
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Old Feb 26, 2009 | 07:29 AM
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Check your grounds... that was my problem when i installed mine...
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Old Feb 26, 2009 | 07:36 AM
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Originally Posted by JDM_ES2chick
i recently bought 9006 itek HID's for my 4dr civic they worked fine for the first week then only one would work we would switch the balast and the oppistie side would work.we took them back recieved brand new balast and the same issued occured. both bulbs work. so then we bought a realy kit thinking my car isnt supplying enough power and still the same issue is occuring. does anyone have any insight on this HID issue please im desperate for a solution
Them ES2/EM2s are really tricky with HIDs, what I did in my mother's ES2, was use the relay kit, wiring the trigger to the positive pole of the headlight relay within the OEM fuse/relay box, then just attach the relay kit to the battery and ground.

Otherwise, I couldn't get it to work and this was on many many different 7th gens. My method worked on every 7th gen I've installed on, and that's 5 out of 5.

Others will say the kit is 'subpar', or the car's wiring is bad, I have narrowed it down to be something to do with the cars electrical system and it not wanting to power the other side due to an imbalance.
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