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Old Jan 1, 2011 | 02:20 PM
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faulty ballast?

I have a 10k 3bspec kit and one of the headlights appears to be a little less blue than the other one...do you think that would be the ballast or the bulb that needs replacing??

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Old Jan 1, 2011 | 02:52 PM
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Originally Posted by brickloaf
I have a 10k 3bspec kit and one of the headlights appears to be a little less blue than the other one...do you think that would be the ballast or the bulb that needs replacing??

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switch the ballast from the one bulb to the other bulb and see if that bulb goes dim. if it does then it should be your ballast.

if it doesnt go dim, then its prolly your bulb.

tht would be my guess
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Old Jan 1, 2011 | 02:55 PM
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switch the ballast from the one bulb to the other bulb and see if that bulb goes dim. if it does then it should be your ballast.

if it doesnt go dim, then its prolly your bulb.

tht would be my guess
good idea i never thought of that...I just emailed 3bspec so if they cant give me a definite answer ill have to try that...it just seems like a huge hassle

thanks tho!
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Old Jan 1, 2011 | 02:59 PM
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it is a pain in the ass to do, but it should give you the answer as to whats wrong with your hid kit.

also did you buy the relay harness?
the relay harness may help with this situation because it then will pull power directly from the battery.

good luck, hope you figure it out.

-ive bought 2 hid kits from buyhids.com and they are amazing
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Old Jan 1, 2011 | 08:12 PM
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it is a pain in the ass to do, but it should give you the answer as to whats wrong with your hid kit.

also did you buy the relay harness?
the relay harness may help with this situation because it then will pull power directly from the battery.

good luck, hope you figure it out.

-ive bought 2 hid kits from buyhids.com and they are amazing
the relay harness came with the 3bspec kit...this kit has worked perfect for me until the past 2 months or so...although it seems like ive only had it for maybe a year and a half or so
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Old Jan 2, 2011 | 07:12 PM
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Originally Posted by brickloaf
the relay harness came with the 3bspec kit...this kit has worked perfect for me until the past 2 months or so...although it seems like ive only had it for maybe a year and a half or so
so then it deff has to be the bulb or ballast
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Old Jan 7, 2011 | 10:23 PM
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I've had 2 different sets of hids in my headlights and both did the same thing on the same light I assumed this was normal
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