HID problem or bad luck?
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HID problem or bad luck?
I have a 2007 IS350 with stock HIDs and about a year ago i changed the bulbs to 6000k because i hated the stock HID color. After about a year of using them i noticed that my driver side light was really purple. A couple of days later the light went out. I took the bulb out and the bulb was blown. I bought a new set of bulbs (5000k) and put them in and noticed that the driver side bulb was flickering. I sent the bulb back to the company, thinking that the bulb was a defect and temporarily put in the 6000k bulb from the passenger side. Everything worked fine for about 2-3 weeks until the same thing started happening. The drivers side light turned really purple 
(the color of that face) and then a couple of days later the bulb went out. I took out the bulb an noticed that the bulb was again blown.
Could it be that i really have bad luck with all these bulbs or is something wrong with my car?
I was thinking that the ballast could be bad but its really just a random guess...
I would take my car into the dealership but im afraid that it might not be covered in the warranty because i painted the outside of my headlights...
Could someone please help me out....
(the color of that face) and then a couple of days later the bulb went out. I took out the bulb an noticed that the bulb was again blown. Could it be that i really have bad luck with all these bulbs or is something wrong with my car?
I was thinking that the ballast could be bad but its really just a random guess...
I would take my car into the dealership but im afraid that it might not be covered in the warranty because i painted the outside of my headlights...
Could someone please help me out....
Last edited by kschawaii; Jan 21, 2009 at 01:55 PM.
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I may have mis-placed my OEM bulbs but the first set of bulbs i bought were from xenon-depot. I think they were xtreme or phillips. The second set of bulbs were off of ebay.
But do you guys think that the ballast might be the problem?
But do you guys think that the ballast might be the problem?
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I have a 2007 IS350 with stock HIDs and about a year ago i changed the bulbs to 6000k because i hated the stock HID color. After about a year of using them i noticed that my driver side light was really purple. A couple of days later the light went out. I took the bulb out and the bulb was blown. I bought a new set of bulbs (5000k) and put them in and noticed that the driver side bulb was flickering. I sent the bulb back to the company, thinking that the bulb was a defect and temporarily put in the 6000k bulb from the passenger side. Everything worked fine for about 2-3 weeks until the same thing started happening. The drivers side light turned really purple (the color of that face) and then a couple of days later the bulb went out. I took out the bulb an noticed that the bulb was again blown.
Could it be that i really have bad luck with all these bulbs or is something wrong with my car?
What type of brand you using? The original ballast supports only 35w. If you bought the hid from mobilehid, you have to buy the harness to support their 50w hids. GL!
I was thinking that the ballast could be bad but its really just a random guess...
I would take my car into the dealership but im afraid that it might not be covered in the warranty because i painted the outside of my headlights...
Could someone please help me out....
(the color of that face) and then a couple of days later the bulb went out. I took out the bulb an noticed that the bulb was again blown. Could it be that i really have bad luck with all these bulbs or is something wrong with my car?
What type of brand you using? The original ballast supports only 35w. If you bought the hid from mobilehid, you have to buy the harness to support their 50w hids. GL!
I was thinking that the ballast could be bad but its really just a random guess...
I would take my car into the dealership but im afraid that it might not be covered in the warranty because i painted the outside of my headlights...
Could someone please help me out....
it is not bad luck, unless you get phillips or osram, sylania bulbs, all else is crap...
you can read about HIDs here http://intellexual.net/hid.html
you can read about HIDs here http://intellexual.net/hid.html
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If it is my ballast that is shot, would you guys recommend me getting the OEM ballast from Lexus or getting an aftermarket one?
Also is there any way that i can test the ballast or to somehow see if the problem is for sure the ballast?
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Another possibility is that moisture is going into the headlight, and the radical change in temperature and moisture can pop bulbs, so if the seal on those bulbs arent any good it will keep doing it. OEM is always best man stick with it!
where do you get your information?
the OP has OEM HID... i think we spoke today actually... my suggestion is to stick with OEM HID bulbs because many aftermarket bulbs are not designed to the right specs.
my offer on that d4s bulb still stands if you buy a fog light kit man.
thanks.
clifford
my offer on that d4s bulb still stands if you buy a fog light kit man.
thanks.
clifford
Your cheap aftermarket bulb blew your ballast.
Now you're asking if you should go back to OEM, or dig yourself a deeper grave.
Switch bulbs guy!
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