I Have Another Dadgum HID Problem

[daddy]

Do this and get rid of those stupid AHL's anyway.

http://www.truckmodcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1670

 

[junior3815]

I'll have to look into that! Thanks T!

 

[PenguinLTZ]

Curious, do you still have a "regular" bulb socket in the harness? I mean, did you adapt to the ballast? I was just wondering if it would light a standard bulb without issue.

 

[junior3815]

I haven't tried with a halogen but I have tried three different ballast all with the same problem

 

[~$t3v3-o~]

Had the same issue in my truck. Try a halogen bulb just to see if that works. If it does work, my problem was the HID bulb not the ballast.

 

[junior3815]

that could be a bulb problem?

 

[~$t3v3-o~]

Mine was actually the wiring right after the bulb, not the bulb itself. The harness and everything was fine, just before it plugs into the harness made the light go on and off intermittently.

 

[junior3815]

interesting. Gonna change the bulbs and do the AHL mod and I should be cooking with gas

 

[junior3815]

I havent done the AHL mod yet but my headlights started to flicker when I hit a big bump and then going down the road tonight the lows completely shut off for a good 5 seconds. Im going insane

 

[drperry]

What brand of ballasts are you using?

You should be using a relay harness anyway, unless you've got the low current, very slow warm up ballasts, the current spike from the HID's firing can damage factory wiring.

I'd ground your ballasts directly to the battery, or make your own ground to the frame, instead of using the factory ground.