Defective Ballast from HIDExtra?
Alright, so I made progress on the HID installation in my TL. Woo hoo! We wired them up accordingly, and plugged them up while the front bumper and everything was still disassembled.
Upon testing, the passenger side headlight wasn't working. Strange. The driver side works perfectly well. We took the passenger assembly and hooked it to the driver side main power -- no luck. However, the driver side assembly plugged into the passenger side main power -- perfectly fine. We triple check all of the connections on the passenger assembly, ballast, etc. Blinker, hi-beam both work. Took the ballast off and wired the ballast 12V lead into a halogen bulb -- it works. So the voltage is there. Couldn't be the wire, could it? I'm thinking that the ballast (brand new, received one week ago) is defective. We put the D2R bulb from the passenger into the driver side -- it works. So the bulbs are fine. If the ballast is bad, can I return just one ballast for warranty replacement to HIDExtra? Anyone ever had one good, one bad upon receiving them? |
HID Extra problem
Originally Posted by binary_10essee
(Post 15040799)
Alright, so I made progress on the HID installation in my TL. Woo hoo!
Upon testing, the passenger side headlight wasn't working. Strange. The driver side works perfectly well. We took the passenger assembly and hooked it to the driver side main power -- no luck. However, the driver side assembly plugged into the passenger side main power -- perfectly fine. I'm thinking that the ballast (brand new, received one week ago) is defective. We put the D2R bulb from the passenger into the driver side -- it works. So the bulbs are fine. If the ballast is bad, can I return just one ballast for warranty replacement to HIDExtra? |
Originally Posted by 3.2TLc
(Post 15040831)
:whyme: Yeah, it appears as though ya got a lemon. If by switching sides as ya done, it's apparently a bad component. Just call HID Extra and you'll have parts in a day or so. Bummer man !!! :(
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they have a no hassle warranty, call them and a new ballast will be in the mail immediately
no exchange-inspection etc bs,,just Im sorry you had a problem Sir! the occasional bad part is going to happen Do tell them what you found in testing |
Originally Posted by 01tl4tl
(Post 15041240)
they have a no hassle warranty, call them and a new ballast will be in the mail immediately
no exchange-inspection etc bs,,just Im sorry you had a problem Sir! the occasional bad part is going to happen Do tell them what you found in testing |
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