weird HID problem
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RE: weird HID problem
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I have the McCollich 8000K HID kit, bought new bulbs recently. Only one HID lights up and thats the passenger side. I tampered with the driver side one and i got the bulb to flicker on but it went right off. Any idea whats the problem?
I have the McCollich 8000K HID kit, bought new bulbs recently. Only one HID lights up and thats the passenger side. I tampered with the driver side one and i got the bulb to flicker on but it went right off. Any idea whats the problem?
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RE: weird HID problem
ORIGINAL: sineo
Have you swapped the functioning bulb and ballast (one at a time) to the other side yet? That'll narrow down the problem. Could be a fuse...that happened to me recently.
Have you swapped the functioning bulb and ballast (one at a time) to the other side yet? That'll narrow down the problem. Could be a fuse...that happened to me recently.
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RE: weird HID problem
ORIGINAL: 01A4T
I think the problem is fact that you have 8000k and 10000k bulbs.............
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I have the McCollich 8000K HID kit, bought new bulbs recently. Only one HID lights up and thats the passenger side. I tampered with the driver side one and i got the bulb to flicker on but it went right off. Any idea whats the problem?
I have the McCollich 8000K HID kit, bought new bulbs recently. Only one HID lights up and thats the passenger side. I tampered with the driver side one and i got the bulb to flicker on but it went right off. Any idea whats the problem?
Joe
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From: Houston
RE: weird HID problem
I don't remember which fuses go to the headlights (maybe 14 and 15?)...I'll look it up in my manual tonight if you haven't figured it out before then. Don't ask Jeremy which fuse though because he'll tell you the wrong one and then you'll spend the next week driving around with the bright wiring hooked up to the lows and then you'll try to call in a favor from your lover who owns a Euro car shop, but he'll just get annoyed and then he'll dump you. Just a heads up.
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RE: weird HID problem
ORIGINAL: sineo
I don't remember which fuses go to the headlights (maybe 14 and 15?)...I'll look it up in my manual tonight if you haven't figured it out before then. Don't ask Jeremy which fuse though because he'll tell you the wrong one and then you'll spend the next week driving around with the bright wiring hooked up to the lows and then you'll try to call in a favor from your lover who owns a Euro car shop, but he'll just get annoyed and then he'll dump you. Just a heads up.
I don't remember which fuses go to the headlights (maybe 14 and 15?)...I'll look it up in my manual tonight if you haven't figured it out before then. Don't ask Jeremy which fuse though because he'll tell you the wrong one and then you'll spend the next week driving around with the bright wiring hooked up to the lows and then you'll try to call in a favor from your lover who owns a Euro car shop, but he'll just get annoyed and then he'll dump you. Just a heads up.
So back on track... he said he wiggled the bulb and it came on for a second. If it was the fuse, it most-likely wold not have come on at all. Of course it's worth checking, but I thought that was a given. Usually when HID bulbs flicker, it can indicate a ballast issue.
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RE: weird HID problem
ORIGINAL: sineo
I don't remember which fuses go to the headlights (maybe 14 and 15?)...I'll look it up in my manual tonight if you haven't figured it out before then. Don't ask Jeremy which fuse though because he'll tell you the wrong one and then you'll spend the next week driving around with the bright wiring hooked up to the lows and then you'll try to call in a favor from your lover who owns a Euro car shop, but he'll just get annoyed and then he'll dump you. Just a heads up.
I don't remember which fuses go to the headlights (maybe 14 and 15?)...I'll look it up in my manual tonight if you haven't figured it out before then. Don't ask Jeremy which fuse though because he'll tell you the wrong one and then you'll spend the next week driving around with the bright wiring hooked up to the lows and then you'll try to call in a favor from your lover who owns a Euro car shop, but he'll just get annoyed and then he'll dump you. Just a heads up.