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HID Flickers and then shuts off Drivers side only.

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    HID Flickers and then shuts off Drivers side only.

    HID system only passenger side works, drivers sides flickers then shuts off wires have power but I don't know if its the ballast, bulb, or just low power to that side.
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    #2
    Could be any of those things. Is it a cheap kit? Cheap kits will die in time... that's why they're cheap!
    Do you have an auxiliary harness to the battery? Or are you running only on the stock wiring? If it's just on the stock wiring, you may have damaged the harness, as HIDs draw more power than the wire harness was designed to handle while they're warming up. Seeing as it's the side furthest from the battery, that's a very real possibility.






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      #3
      Sounds like a junk ballast. Swap ballasts from good side to the bad side.If the good side ballast lights up the bad side then you need a new ballast.


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        #4
        I got it down to the available power the ballast and bulb are good I swapped then individually to the good side, but I noticed the connector on the drivers side is damaged so imma replace it today and see if it fixes the problem.

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          #5
          Ground connector for the harness had massive corrosion I took a pic but don't know how to upload from iPod, but I sprayed it down with electronic cleaner and it got better but after connecting it all up it still didn't turn on even with oe bulb so imma let a pro take care of it.

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            #6
            This is what you need

            I had the exact same problem and I have a very decent HID kit.

            http://www.ebay.com/itm/Xenon-HID-Co...422a8f&vxp=mtr


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              #7
              Are you connecting the ballasts to the stock halogen connectors? if so, thats going to be your problem and you run the risk of torching the wires.

              Run power to your fuse box, or better yet to the battery and then ground each ballast to either grounding point in the headlight well. try that and see if it does the same thing. If so, try swapping the ballast from right to left and see if the other side experiences the issue. If so, you have a bad ballast.

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                #8
                Cheap kits will do this. Had a cheap set of DDM awhile back and it had the same issues. Switched ballasts and it went away. TBH, on newer cars, 35W setups wont do damage so long as they're not on ALL the time. But the CBs are too old to take that chance so as said, I'd recommend a harness. Even for a 35W system.


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                  #9
                  Running them doesn't draw much power. They draw the most at startup, and that's when potential damage can be done.






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                    #10
                    Yeah, get a harness!... Mine use to flicker here and there til I got a harness the next day it was installed and hasn't flickered since.
                    4000watts just so all the haters hear me comin!

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                      #11
                      It;s your Harness and Ballast, get a harness and a new Ballast.

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