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HID low beam flickers randomly. replaced low beam last week

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Old 12-12-13, 11:13 AM
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Default HID low beam flickers randomly. replaced low beam last week

My passenger stock low beam went out few weeks so I decided to buy garax 6k to replace them.

Ever since I replace them, my low beams would flicker when I hit a bump on the road. I checked the connection to the bulb multiple times and it seemed tight. Am I not connecting the low beams correctly to the wire?

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Old 12-12-13, 01:29 PM
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Make sure your ground connection is good and solid.
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Originally Posted by SeanO
Make sure your ground connection is good and solid.

How do I check ground connection? It's stock HID ballast.
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maybe your bulb is not seated properly
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Originally Posted by smokyis350
How do I check ground connection? It's stock HID ballast.
the ground is the black cable with the bolt going through the "O" at the end of it.
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Originally Posted by sw2oboi
the ground is the black cable with the bolt going through the "O" at the end of it.
can't help you out with the placement of the ground connection.. my IS didn't have stock HID's in it.. all I know is that when i installed my xenon depots i had my driver side flickering when hitting bumps and what not.. checked over the whole system and turned out my ground connection was loose
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Originally Posted by my1s250
maybe your bulb is not seated properly
There is a specific way the bulb needs to be seated? I thought it was random because its not like a 9005/9006 bulb where you rotate and it locks into place. The D4s locks by using a pin.

Originally Posted by sw2oboi
the ground is the black cable with the bolt going through the "O" at the end of it.
Where is the black cable? All I see connecting to the D4s bulb is the stainless steel connector.
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Look at the bulbs again. there should be notches similar to the 9005/9006 bulbs
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I'm having the same problem now on the right side, it comes and goes and bulbs are only 3 months old...
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