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Old Jul 18, 09, 01:15 AM   #1
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bulb or ballast

Well my drivers headlamp dont work, I put on the lights and it flicker and it cuts off, the passenger side lights rite up, I have Hid's on my car. Is it the bulb?
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Old Jul 18, 09, 01:19 PM   #2
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your description sounds like its the ballast.
you need a multimeter, to see if your getting power after the ballast.

swap bulbs.
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Old Jul 18, 09, 01:21 PM   #3
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couldnt you just switch bulbs or ballast and find that out? but yeah i think its the ballast too if its going on and off.....
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Old Jul 19, 09, 01:11 AM   #4
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How much power should it read?
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How much power should it read?

around 12v DC.
easier to just swap bulbs from the other side.
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Old Jul 19, 09, 09:50 AM   #6
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mine does the same, could this be caused by a bad ground causing the ballast to go out?
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yea i had the same problem, it ended up being a bad ground try that first
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I don't know which wire to check,bought the car with the hids installed
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I checked the ballast, it gets power then dies.
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