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Old 11-10-2007, 09:36 PM
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Ok...so I had my car at a shop for the timing belt changed and I was there when they were taking the lights off. When he pulled the passenger side one he said oops and I think broke a connector. So now, just the HID part of the light does not work. Everything else works fine in it.

Any ideas as to what it might be? The bulb, or the ballast?
 
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Old 11-10-2007, 11:40 PM
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Don't matter, its his fault so he needs to fix it.
 
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Old 11-11-2007, 12:37 PM
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Usually when the light doesnt work at all it is the balast. It is easy to verify this by swapping the ballast from side to side. I would be suspicious of his oops thou. He may have damage a wire or something.
 
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Old 11-11-2007, 01:24 PM
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Well everything else in the light works...just not the HID part. So could the ballast still be the suspect?
 
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Old 11-11-2007, 07:05 PM
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Hm and now somehow it works?? What could be causing this?
 
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Old 11-11-2007, 07:18 PM
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The ballast or (igniter), try swapping the bulb or ballast from the left to right side and see if it does it on the other side as well. I would just swap the bulbs from side to side which is easiest. The bulbs hardly ever go bad.
 
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Old 11-11-2007, 08:23 PM
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Can you just purchase the ballast (igniter) by itself? If so, where could I find one? I did not see them on ECS tuning or I missed them.
 
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Old 11-11-2007, 10:02 PM
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You can get them from thedealer which is mucho expensive or just buy them from Cccccchina!
www.vvme.com the cheapest bulbs and ballast probably in the world, and they work pretty good too! Not factory of course so you might as well buy both if you wanna go that route cause they are SO cheap!
 
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Old 11-11-2007, 11:05 PM
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Great thank you...as always you have saved me heh.

OMG 12.99 per ballast shoot might as well get 4 heh. You are right that site is very cheap. Even the bulbs are just 19.99 per pair for all temps.
 
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Old 11-12-2007, 08:21 AM
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One more thing...the ballast is interchangable? I will not have to splice anything or will I?
 
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