HID doesn't come on sometimes.
 

Ok so just recently my driver's side HID doesn't come on sometimes. but if i turn my lights off and bakc on again it'll come on. the wires are still all plugged in. so i have no clue why it's doing this now...help...

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Retrofit or PnP kit?

swap bulbs left to right and see if problem persists.. process of elimination.

PNP, and alright. i'll switch the bulbs this afternoon.

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ok just went out and swtichred the bulb...it's the bulb. >_<

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yea i figured that, ballasts are built like rock these days.

get some nice branded HID bulbs.. they were designed to last the "life time" of the car

yeah i'll probably just keep using it till i blow it. and when i do. use one of the blue or white one's i have lying around from my last set. and then go and buy a whole new set later. thanks man. =)

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hm.. i have similar problems with my yellow HID fogs... can this also solve my problem? i have a cheap Ebay kit.... thing is... both fogs are off sometime.. turn the fogs off and on.. and they stay on... sometimes when you start the car.. both turn on... or just one.... kind of a mystery to me...

^^sometimes the connection is a little iffy. I had that problem on my low beams and I just wiggled the ballast wires and bulb wires and lit them up again and now they're back to normal. Try making sure each connection is secure first :)

my connections was secure. but i think when i was taking them out and switching them wit stock to take pics for my ticket, must have hit them a little hard against the side's. >_<

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breakb, you might like this site:

http://www.ddmtuning.com/hidkihidbuhi.html

HID bulbs for $25 and the sponsors are very reputable on the e46fanatics forums ;)

THANKS MAN! def gonna get it from there when i need it!

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I actually just tried ordering with them and got this message when trying to click on check out:


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It won't let me order :( :cry:

It's not the bulbs.. it's either the ballast or ignitors.. lots of aftermarket kits have this symptom of one not coming on then when you turn it off for a while and turn it back on they both fire up again. My xenondepot kit is like this so is my DMM kit for my volvo. Although it happens much less on the one on my Volvo it still happens occasionally.

it's problems like this that I went for retro instead...but glad to hear your problems solved