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Old 08-05-08, 04:45 PM
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Default HID fogs not firing all the time at start?

this is to people who have converted their fogs to HIDs...

do your fogs light up 100% of the time when u turn on the car? i mean like at night, in a parking garage, etc.

mine doesn't always fire and i have to turn the fog light switch to off then on to turn them on...anyone else have this issue?
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That actually happened to me a couple of weeks ago and found that it was a bad Ballast. I bought my HID kit from Mobile HID and told CLiff about the problem and he sent me a replacement ballast. I replaced the Ballast and the problem was fixed. Do you notice any flickering in your HID lights? Mine was flickering and would just turn off on one side.
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Yeah. I have the exact same issue for mine to. It happens probably 1 out of 20 times. I think a relay kit will prevent this problem. My hid are xentec.
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Originally Posted by LEXMAN350
That actually happened to me a couple of weeks ago and found that it was a bad Ballast. I bought my HID kit from Mobile HID and told CLiff about the problem and he sent me a replacement ballast. I replaced the Ballast and the problem was fixed. Do you notice any flickering in your HID lights? Mine was flickering and would just turn off on one side.
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no, no flickering for me...it's just randomly it doesnt turn on sometimes it's really weird =S
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Originally Posted by smokyis350
Yeah. I have the exact same issue for mine to. It happens probably 1 out of 20 times. I think a relay kit will prevent this problem. My hid are xentec.
yeah i'm not running a relay either...since it's too short =T
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