Hid Problems

[R32IST]

Sorry typo I meant HID. I bought my car with hid's already fitted to it it was working fine till about few weeks after only one would turn on so I though the bulb was out or something till another night I turned them on they both came on. I've had my car for about 2 years now and it takes me a few minutes of flicking on and off my lights for them both to work. Anyone else have the same problem? This is on an r32 gts4 with the older non projector type headlights

[levinboy]

check and clean the connections

[turboedsloth]

The ballasts are up to shit, are you able to borrow a pair of ballasts to check them out?

[Joe_89]

Yea mate mine does the exact same thing, the ballast is buggered.

Havent got the cash 2 throw at a new set so i just drive on my fog lights atm, if u drive for a half hour or so then the ballast seems to store enough energy to make the light work

[Raimi_R]

Yea mate mine does the exact same thing, the ballast is buggered.

Havent got the cash 2 throw at a new set so i just drive on my fog lights atm, if u drive for a half hour or so then the ballast seems to store enough energy to make the light work

You drive on your fog lights??? Mine gives stuff all light....

Try taking the high beam bulbs out and chucking them in your lows. That should sort you out until you get the cash to fix em

[Joe_89]

Hahaha yea theyre not great, but i only need to see better in the suburban areas, in which case i can use my highbeams aswell.

On main roads with other cars and street lights i can see fine

[PM-R33]

I got a new set of good quality H1 HID's that I will sell if any one wants them. Send me a PM if you want details.

[Joe_89]

I got a new set of good quality H1 HID's that I will sell if any one wants them. Send me a PM if you want details.

Only if they are 8000k PM sent

[heller44]

Same issue. Did the smart thing and ripped them out, went back to standard globes with higher output. Works first time, every time.