okay, i have gen 1? halo/projectors in my car, and i have an RTX 6000K 35W HID kit in the low beams, anyways, ive had the kit since march, worked great, all of a sudden my passenger side ballast decideds to bite the dust, okay, i buy a new ballast, it last a week, now its blown, all in all, if i buy another ballast itll be my 3rd ballast on the passenger side, anyone able to help me figure this out? ballasts arent cheap lol

 

have u tried to use the drivers side to know if its the ballast for sure ?

 

are you blowing any fuses too?

 

I'd check if the ballast work on the driver side.

 

You want to be killed because your hid ballasts are ******* up? Ahh yes, CSS.net

 

Where are you mounting your ballast at? Are the ballast you are ordering water proof?

I would start buy checking the driver side ballast with the passenger side bulb. $20 says the bulb is done and the new ballast got it to kick on just because of the "fresh" power. New bulbs and a good water proofing and walla.

 

also do you have a relay harness or anything like that? if not get one

 

yeah you probably need a relay harness

 

Well the ballast is kind of just sitting there, but it doesn't move, hasn't gotten wet, and I don't have a relay harness, I'm going to check for blown fuses today after work, I have another set of bulbs too, and I'm not sure if the ballast is water proof, but its RTX's new updated design

 

thats why you go to buyhids to get hids

 

I had my HIDs before I knew about buyhids.com

 

oh ok well ditch those and go there comes with everything yo need and at a good price

 

Ill have to see, I hate the stock bulbs that came with my projectores and money is tight right now, may just buy a relay harness for the kit I got for now

 

i would buy the relay harness first oviosly your going to want to check bulbs and stuff but if the ballasts are getting starved for power due to wiring ya makes sense why they keep blowing up. relay harness will fix that. now theres also a good chance they are shitty ass broken ballasts to begin with and thats going to be pretty much how it is accross the boad. buy hids isnt going to be any better really so i would also explore warranty options on the new ballast you just got. u might not get anything idk their polices but its worth a shot regardless

 

you pull your DRL fuse?

 

Win

 

#1stworldcountryproblems lol

 

I'm gonna get relay harnesses, and no my drl fuse is still in

 

in my experience buyhids hid kits are cheap pieces of ****...

3bspec has worked great for me.

 

GRRR this thread pisses me off! i had a full ******* kit from buyhids... i wound up buying everything seperately because i'd piece it together and kept having issues of one headlight or the other not turning on... finally had it all working great for like 3 months. all of a sudden last week they just dont work at all. i finally said **** it, ripped it all out and now just have stock headlights. /rant

 

I have heard from friends DDM tuning is great for the price.

 

hah, no, nothing but crap. Have had quite a few of their kits crap out on me after a short period of time, and even got a set of bulbs from them that were way out of spec. Hid kits are truly a you get what you pay for situation.

Also OP, there are countless posts (many by me) saying that you need to pull your DRL fuse and you should be running a relay harness.

 

Ive had a DDM tuning HIDS in every single one of my cars..never had a problem with em..infact I have DDM Bulbs in my cobalt right nwo and love em

 

ive had ddm tuning hids on my car, gf car and her sisters car all for about a year and a half no problems at all and my kit was only $25 plus shipping

 

Well I'm getting a new ballast through warranty, and, I know its more than likely possible, but does anyone know if I can make my own relay harness? I have tons relays and wires in the garage, because if I order them I can't really wait for them, I'd have to make them while I'm waiting for my ballast so I can ut it together right away, they put out a new law, and you can get a $250 ticket for having a light out :/