man. now my passenger side ballast is out. I checked the bulb and it's fine. Switched it with the other side, so it's not the bulb. Took my other bulb and put it on the passenger side, and it doesn't work. The ballast makes this short buzzing noise, but doesn't cut on. dammit. they go for 100 bucks. what a bummer.

 

There is one available for sale right now on BM. Get it while it still lasts.

 

Hm that sucks but at least you know how to fix yourself I heard it costs like 600 for the dealer to do it.

 

I'm sorry that your car is giving you so many problems!

 

Did your headlight get condensation at all causing the ballast to quit? Make sure to fix the real problem before you replace it with another ballast.

 

yeah man, those dealer will charge an arm and a leg.

 

well,there's no condensation. I just got done washing my car. Then I was driving and turned on my headlights, and later noticed the passenger side was out.

 

If you are hearing the electric buzzing noise, then the control unit (ballast) may be fine. It could be the ignitor which is a cheaper fix.

Swap the control units and see what happens.

 

nice. i will try that out. thanks for the advice... one thing though. When the ballast is on, it makes a buzzing noise no matter what. it's just that it's making a short buzzing noise. and it stops.

 

when the light works properly, the buzzling noise should be constant; if it stops then something is not working right, check ignitor like he said above.

 

Welcome to the club. My first retro wasnt sealed properly, after installing it i washed my car, turned on the lights and one of them went south on me.. The problem here is that the ballast opens into the headlight and is positioned so that if there is any water what so ever in the headlight it will drain right into the ballast. Do not use the same washer that you took off from your headlights. Get yourself some foam washers. There is a picture of it in my closed thread in the vendor market section.

Also make sure you seal your headlights proper.

 

Is there a easy way to get to the ballast to swap them and see if it's the ballast that is broken?

I had some auto body work done, and needed a new headlight, and the light hasn't worked since then. The guy who did the work said the ballast was real rusty, so he was assuming the ballast broke... I want to try to test it to make sure it is before buying another one... also is there a place to get them that isn't going to try to rape you?

 

well, i would say you have to take the entire headlights out..both of them..and swap em out. you can't access them without the headlights being taken off. Search in the BM for a single ballast. I just purchased mine for 80 shipped.. good luck!

 

What's the BM?

I've been looking on eBay, but not much coming up on there for 03's.

 

BM is Black Market, it is on the bottom screen before you get to this screen.