HID Issues

[ripley]

Let me say I fucking HATE HIDS. I have had two kits in my goddamn car and both have died. I Was wondering if someone tomorrow would take a look at my car and the HIDs and maybe figure something out as to what the problem is. If they cant im just forgetting the whole HID thing for a long ass time. The only reason I have these kits was I got them from friends in return for work on their cars. (They volunteered to give them to me)......

Someone please help!!

I always hate telling people this but... your first problem is you are using a kit. Even if you can get them to work you arent going to get all that you could out of them. The easiest way to do it is to do a retrofit from another car (TSX, S2000, E46 are frequently used.) Kits where you just slap the bulb into your stock housing normally gives an unwanted outcome. Stock harabolic housings are designed for normal bulbs. WHen you put an HID bulb into a harabolic housing or even projector that was designed for fillament bulbs you end up with glare (this is the reason why HID kits are illegal). Glare will blind the living hell out of anyone comign toward you. Also with kits you are using rebased bulbs, which if die... you have to find that company to get replacements... or get another kit. With a retro all bulbs are D2S or D2R, interchangable between cars/bulbs. (I use a ballast from an E46 M3 and one from a navigator). And the most important part... with a retro you know that the equipment is tried and true... if it wasnt, the manufacturers wouldnt have put it in thoasands of cars trusting it to work. o yes... and my favorite part... you wont get that awesome flicker when you have too much glare. for more info (AND PICS!) check out hidplanet.com forums (link on the right side).

With that said... are you using a wiring harness or your stock wiring? Ballsts pull a large amount of power when they first fire... if they can't pull enough power they wont work (or they melt your firing, not fun).

What is happening when they stop working? Are one or both of them not firing? or after they are on are they fading and diming? Not firing suggests ignitor or wiring, fading out suggests ballast (you ballasts probably have ignitors built in).

If you need to know how to make a wiring harness let me know, it's easy and only about $15, much better than rewiring your car.