HID question

[98dustingtp]

I have HID's in my fog lights along with headlights along with the upgraded harness. It seems like when my car is cold, or the lights are cold it takes them approx 3min to turn on. The lights are new as of spring, and this has never happened before until these past couple weeks in cold wisconsin. Does anyone else have this problem or know something i can do to get rid of this problem. Im just thinking about buying new hids soon.

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[smug]

I had this problem last year and I went through all my wiring, put grease on all the plugs, double checked my grounds and moved the relays to a nice dry location under the hood. On my harness the fuse holder sucked so I solidered in new weather inline fuses and everything has been fine

 

[bikrboy128]

i had this problem on my old GTP. i didnt have a relay harness though.
i ended up buying newer (better) ballasts and havent had a problem since. they are on my jeep now and turn on every time.

 

[99PONTIACGP]

I have HID's in head lights and fog lights with seperate relays, and now my fogd turn on with no issue and my head lights won't work. I need to quickly turn the head lights on then off for them to eventually tuen on... its annoying.

Do they need to warm up?
Should I try turning them on and leaving on to see if they fire up?

*maybe I have the same issue

 

[10sec]

I think everyone that buys cheap hid's on ebay has this problem, which is mostly because they're CHEAP EBAY GARBAGE what do you expect? I know i had this problem on both my cars, and many others that have the same. Sometimes these fixes above work, but to get these to work in the cold, would require you to pay more than $40 for them. that's the big fix.

 

[Mook]

i had that problem w/ the daytona when me and mike were out in it. lights were working great then at the end of the night, refused to turn back on. after it sat all night in the blistering cold, i pulled the car in the garage the next morning, and the lights fired right up.

that was the first time theyve ever done that (taking in mind ive only owned the car about a month).

my fog lights turn on immediately (also hids).

so in closing, im of no help.

 

[Eagle]

i had this problem on my old GTP. i didnt have a relay harness though.
i ended up buying newer (better) ballasts and havent had a problem since. they are on my jeep now and turn on every time.

This. If you're already on a relayed harness, it's cheap / worn out ballasts.

 

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Owell, you can't beat how cheap they are, i remember i bought them when they first came out for my Focus and i thought i got a steal at $300. I knew people that paid $500 for them. Same shotty parts too

 

[98dustingtp]

my headlights are wbodystore and fogs are ddm tuning

 

[99PONTIACGP]

Hmm...new ballasts? :thumbsdown:

 

[bikrboy128]

my headlights are wbodystore

annnnnnd there's your problem. my old wbodystore ballasts were junk too.

 

[PANDA]

Yep I had alot of problems with WBS units.

 

[RossiGTP]

I need to figure out which ones will work for my grand am. I put a set in before and it triggered the SVS light when the daytime lights were on.

 

[98dustingtp]

im going to order a new set of hids i had 35watt 6000k does anyone have a 55watt kit and if so have the headlights melted or anything??

 

[utryd2]

I have 55watt 6000 in the vette, and everything is good!

 

[PANDA]

im going to order a new set of hids i had 35watt 6000k does anyone have a 55watt kit and if so have the headlights melted or anything??

From what I understand that's only a issue in the GP Fogs. I have 55w with no problems.

 

[99PONTIACGP]

What brand ballasts would you guys recommend since Im having issues with head lights firing up?

I originally got mine off ebay.

 

[Bru]

http://www.ddmtuning.com/

Fire up with no probably at all and I'm not using a separate harness.

 

[99PONTIACGP]

Not even in the cold weather?

 

[Bru]

Even when it's been 10 degrees they fire up fine.

 

[99PONTIACGP]

Thanks for the link.

 

[Eagle]

You running a relay kit on your ballasts? If not, I'd do that first!

 

[Eagle]

I have 55watt 6000 in the vette, and everything is good!

I have the same in the burb... no issues.

 

[Bru]

You running a relay kit on your ballasts? If not, I'd do that first!

Harness is probably cheaper than a new kit. One of mine on the old kit started to flicker and then wouldn't come on anymore, and it was a bum bulb.

 

[99PONTIACGP]

Yeah, I have a relay harness for head lights and fogs.