Help!! Problem with my Xenon HIDs

did you try to free troubleshooting yet? swap ballasts and bulbs to see if the issue moved? check grounds and the easy stuff. see if your stock harness failed too

 

I looked at them and played with the wires a bit.. Honestly, I have no idea what I am look at / for.. Hopefully I can find someone around here that knows a little about stuff like that that will help me out..

I talked to the guy I got them from and he said they are still under warranty so he is going to contact the place he got them from for me.. We will see how that goes, maybe I will get a new set up for them or something I dont know... I am sure I can get him to take a look at them for me..

Thanks so much for your help, when I find out what has been going on I will def. post it. I had the same issue yesterday but instead of it being the driver side it was the passenger side this time so something is obviously wrong. I have not had the problem with the fogs yet though from what I can tell. Just totally not cool to be driving around with no grille, a rejection sticker for inspection and some illegal headlights that I cant even count on. I need to get on the ball!

 

for the inspection, return to stock so you can pass. you don't happen to have day time lights do you? that messed with my hid's in my wrx. either way, if it happens to both of them, then the problem is common to both like wiring(grounds, harness). the odds of both ballasts going bad are slim.

i'm leaning towards the truck being at fault, not the lights. only a guess, i've seen similar issues like this in the past, and it always pointed to wiring.

 

I don't have my stock bulbs anymore... they were part of the trade

Umm.. daytime lights? I don't think so... well, yes, like parking lights?

Yeah, I agree that it is most likely wiring.. But I don't see what would be wrong with my truck I never had this issue before the HIDs... I am thinking the harnesses that were suggested before may fix the issue.. I will also have the guy look at the wiring tomorrow when I go to meet him..

EDIT: Post # 1000 woot!

 

Yeah Jen, next time you get your truck inspected, def put in some regular halogen bulbs for both your heads and fogs. I'm sure my truck wouldnt pass that kind of inspection as well but the county I live in doesnt do inspections like that or even have smog checks.

Oh and the daytime running lights are the 2 front (not side) lights that stay on all the time when your engine is on. Like these on mine...

 

I feel stupid for not knowing... but does it do that automatically? like it comes like that? if so then yes, if not then i dont know LOL

 

Yes, the DTRL's come on automatically when you start your engine unless your E brake is engaged. But other then that, they are always on unless you flip on your headlights.

 

LOL ok.. thanks... soooo ummm... guess I am getting the wiring harnesses? I should any ways from what was said here..

The weird thing is the guy that had them before me didnt have any issues with them.. but i was driving the other day and noticed a SUV that def. didnt come with HIDs and one of them was not working (it was VERRY dim) UGH WTF happened to plug and play? More like plug and have issues!

Oh... AIM?

 

your pretty ... haha kinda off topic ahem let me rub the drool off my face but yeah sounds like a bad ballast to me not the wiring harness

 

thanks


But for both to go bad? At the same time?
I wish I knew someone around here that knows about them

 

Dont be hitting on my women bro!!!

 

yeah but that also seems the case both harneses going bad at the same time? if i lived closer i would definitely help but i live up near lildvl, eric with the swb

 

Down boy! *pets dannys head* ...

Well, hopefully i figure it out before I get pulled...

I know eric, hes supposed to come down here sometime! If I would have known you before I would have stopped by on my way up to PA.. I was supposed to stop and see eric but he bullshitted me LOL JK...

 

uh huh visit right lmao kidding definitely kidding but yeah thats pretty funny you got stood up but just tell danny that your not into old guys you want younger haha

 

OLD?!?!? Yeah Im pretty old.

 

Blah Blah Blah, its always my fault... going camping this weekend then im thinking a trip down your way the following weekend.. Hope you have you hid's fixed by then, dont wanna drive all that way and have to work! lol jk

 

Yeah... visit.... but he was at his girlfriend's house....

LOL Im really not on TW to find a boyfriend.. sooooo it does not really matter what I do or don't want.

<3 danny. its ok. your not old, weve had this conversation remember?

Hahaha! I love that you put up with my shit!

Eric, if you come down here there is no getting out of working (rahter it be HIDs, BHLM /& CHLM etc.. etc..) ... but don't worry, Ill be working before you come down.. Have to do a few sit ups to keep my promise of modeling with your truck...

 

i think i hurt dannys feelings, and see we start talking about E and somehow he pops up lmao but yeah your too old for me not saying your old just your 4 years older then me

 

Danny does not have feelings... LOL JK JK JK JK *runs and hides*

Hahahaha this thread is offically WAAAY off topic, but its all good.

WOW. So, I read that and was thinking "wait, hes 19... im not 4 years older!!!" then I count on my fingers.. "HOLY SHIT, I AM 4 YEARS OLDER!"

I am going to go cry now, thank you for that.

 

Ok ok ill do some work, no getting out of helping tho.

Then when its all doen your taking me to the beach, you can even drive my truck there