cjhurtado2

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My HID left headlight has been going out lately. Before once a month, then twice a week, but tonight 3 times in 1 hour. Is this a sign of a dying HID bulb or ballast? Thanks in advance for your input.

renozi

i have the same problem. i'm going to change the battery out soon and then get garax 6000k hids to see if that will fix it. i'm hoping it's not a ballast problem!

shrka

could be the balast. what kind do you have?
i had the first gen...then had to rebuy it as it was out of warranty.
can't remember what I have...but have had it on for more than 1.5 years with no prob.

Jetfire

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switch around the bulbs. then you'll have your answer. simple as that.

cjhurtado2

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I also hope its not the ballast. I got GARAX 6K last week and what happens. If its the ballast issue, any idea how much to replace?

ScKcBc

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If you changed the bulbs last week, chances are it's the bulb. I doubt the ballast just happened to go bad 1 week after you changed the bulb. I have OEM bulbs with 29k on them if you are interested, 40 shipped. They work perfectly

cjhurtado2

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Sorry I meant I got the GARAX bulbs last week but not yet installed.

ScKcBc

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Oh, so throw those in and see if it fixes the issue

kuuqi

It's a very common problem. Swap the bulbs around or put it in new ones and you should be all set. I've had my ballasts go on me but the thing I've noticed about a bad ballast is that the when it's a bad bulb, the lights fire up and go off immediately. If you let it sit a bit and refire them up, they'll light up and work fine. On a bad ballast, they tend to do the same thing but while you're driving, they can randomly go off again. Just my two cents.

cjhurtado2

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Just installed the GARAX HID 6K bulbs. I hope this will fix the issue.