Hey guys, I recently just moved to LA from Wyoming. On my drive over here a few days ago, My driver's side HID went out. I'm not really sure what exactly caused it. I did some thread reading and apparently HID's usually become discolored before they burn out? I didn't notice any discoloration in my bulbs prior to the burn out. But I may be wrong. Anyways, I was wondering if someone in the SoCal area that knows about HID's could help me? I will drive to you for your help. It be greatly appreciated.

 

I also need help on my HID's also.. Tim, do you know how to balance off level HID's, cuz i need help on installing them on a Honda Pilot.

 

Tim, I'm not sure how 3G headlight looks so I cant say for sure, but you can try to swap the bulb to see if the driver side bulb is blown or not. Hopefully it's not the ballast.

 

I don't really know anything about HID's honestly. I've never gotten around to playing with them before. I'm sure it's easy, but I don't want to ruin anything. So if I run into someone that could help me, I'll contact you, and we'll have an HID installing party.

 

I'll get right on that and find out if it's the ballast or bulb. Thanks Huy!

 

Do you have kaixen bulbs by any chance? I checked out acurajj's hid bulbs and his driver side had to be replaced thru warranty. I'm from the 323

 

I have the stock bulbs that came with the car. I'm not sure if they're Kaixen, but if it's under warranty, I've probably voided that, due to the clearing of the headlights.

 

I just got back from checking my HID's i did some moving around of the harness' and It popped back on. Apparently it was a loose harness, and not the bulb. ^_^

 

stock bulbs are osram. kaixen are aftermarket. glad to here you've got figured out. what part of the 323 are you from

 

im still stuck here.. lol. I got a phillips HID that needs leveling...

 

stick a philips screwdriver into the adjusting holes and turn clockwise/counterclockwise and level it on a wall. I still need to adjust mine ever since cars been lowered one year ago

 

aiite, thx for the tip..

Edit: Im a bit lost looking at the bulb.. Mind posting a pic of what i do? There are 2 screws and thats just to hold the bulb to the metal thingy.. and on the metal thing, there is a missing screw, but im guessing it has nothing to do wit it.. Sorry, im a newbee

 

I dont know what its like on the 2nd gens. but on my 3rd gen there are two slots located on the engine covers that have a clockwise/counterclockwise arrow showing where to insert a philips screwdriver.

Not sure about the metal thing, try checking out if there are those holes im talking about

 

Its going on my honda pilot. Ill check it out

 

I'm in the southern Pasadena area. If that helps any.

 

Hm.. Are you near colorado blvd?

 

close to old town pasadena

 

Ahh Ok near fair oaks I'm guessing. I'm 5-10 minutes to old town. see you at the meets

romeo

 

When are meets?

 

They're spotaneous mostly. Might have a meet next week.

You can find most of the meets in the ATTENTION!! Calling all thread .in the SFV (san fernando valley) thread and around the socal regional. There's also a meet at cerritos park august 29th

 

romeo

 

whats up man, hows it going

 

not a damn thing dude.. I'm getting bored of Summer...can't wait to go back to work and school. LOL.. what's new with you pare? haaha

 

ughh same here. I was about to pull my car out of the garage for a wash when my battery died.

are you free next week for a meet?

 

Time to jump-start that sucker. haha.. That sucks though.

Dude, I wish! LOL... I won't be free until my next paycheck comes in. ETA... 2 months! I need to prepare for next summer in terms of having a job before summer vacation comes.

...sorry for the thread jack.. LOL...

 

haha the jump start wouldnt work. I ended up charging it for 30 minutes and it worked, but I'll check in the morning if it still struggles.

Haha good for you man, getting ahead of everyone.
Why the 2 months? Were you issued a state IOU?

 

No IOU for me... ... I got issued a 2 month vacation since the school I work at issues 2 month vacations to the students... Shit happens every year during the summer yo! It's a conspiracy!

 

2 month vacation with pay?!?! where do i sign up

 

Dude... no no no.. LOL... Other way around man! 2 month vacation withOUT pay! Certified teachers get vacation WITH pay... Teacher aids don't get squat during the summer. hahha

 

weak...time to get certified!

 

Yeah, thats usually how it goes in most states that I've seen. BTW no worries about the thread jack, lol. My problem was solved. I hope Legendz figured his Pilot out.

 

oh wow timtim, you live pretty close to me. About 10 min drive for me to old town

 

Nice, What are you up to tonight?

 

Just going to go to the shops and do some more work...

Some of my ooooooolddd Lexus friends are having a a Friday night meet, at Pavillions (on Naomi in Arcadia) so i'm going to swing by there to catch up with a few of them around 10-11.

What about you?

 

Absolutely nothing. I barely know anyone around here, besides...I'm bummed out about my car being towed today. Set me back $100

 

What kind of work at the shop do you do? My sideskirt needs attention. The towing people fucked it up more, now it's like sagging off the car, I need some way to brace it back on.

 

Anyone else want to meet up?
Maybe a welcome to the area meet for timtim today? lol

 

We could probably move this convo to the main thread and see if we can spark some interest.

 

I'd love to come but have a detail scheduled early tom. morning.

 

Shop does everything, it's a auto body repair shop and a mod shop :P
I mainly keep up with internet stuff and phone sales, and occasionally work on people's cars.