PURVIE Sexy Member Donating Members 524 Member For: 17y 11m 7d Gender: Male Location: Berwick, VIC Posted 08/05/11 05:19 AM Share Posted 08/05/11 05:19 AM Hey Guys!It's been a while! I recently picked up a brand new G6ET and installed a HID kit. It worked perfectly for 3 months and during the week the drivers side stopped working. Did a bit of troubleshooting, replaced the globes, wiring and turns out it was a ballast problem. I replaced it and it worked fine until the next day the replacement ballast blew out. I have been through 3 ballasts now and while driving yesterday the dash popped up with 'headlight fault' There is no issue with the passenger side and the fuses are still in tact. I have gone back to standard halogen globes today, no problem as yet.Any ideas?It's good to be back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest XR09 Guests Posted 08/05/11 08:09 AM Share Posted 08/05/11 08:09 AM Did it blow the fuse first ??? Or are they Chinese cheap ones off Ebay.I went through a few on my bike. Turns out they don't like any sort of moisture. Even high humidity stuffs them. The ballasts that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmy Massive Tool Donating Members 567 Member For: 16y 2m 4d Gender: Male Posted 08/05/11 08:57 AM Share Posted 08/05/11 08:57 AM Im assuming that most kits are the same and think that you have a bad earth on the drivers side. The ballast creates an extremly high voltage when starting and a bad earth will damage or blow your ballast. The kits that we sell clearly explain this in the instructions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMURF6 Jamie Donating Members 380 Member For: 15y 9m 12d Gender: Male Location: Maroubra, Sydney, NSW Posted 08/05/11 09:19 AM Share Posted 08/05/11 09:19 AM Ok this has happenend to me on my cars except my dads merc. Ive used the same hid kit, all same brand ballasts and globes. With my FG F6 I noticed on auto lights they would blow when I start my car. To fix it you need a time delay kit for hid's. About $40.If using them on manual mode they don't blow unless you start your engine while the lights are on. Most german cars have a built in delay feature. Hope that helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PURVIE Sexy Member Donating Members 524 Member For: 17y 11m 7d Gender: Male Location: Berwick, VIC Posted 10/05/11 01:14 PM Author Share Posted 10/05/11 01:14 PM Thanks for be replies guys. I will go and buy a set of time delay\canceling capacitors and get a new HID kit, will report back with results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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