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99lecamry · 09-09-2007, 08:11 PM

i bought an hid kit back in july and they have been working fine until like last week all my connections are nice and tight but sumtimes one of the bulbs randomly goes out. if i turn the lights off for a min then back on they both work again. i have a waranty but the asshole isnt answerin my emails. any ideas???

MIC0417 · 09-09-2007, 08:29 PM

maybe their overheating

geoff5093 · 09-10-2007, 07:33 AM

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Originally Posted by 99lecamry

i bought an hid kit back in july and they have been working fine until like last week all my connections are nice and tight but sumtimes one of the bulbs randomly goes out. if i turn the lights off for a min then back on they both work again. i have a waranty but the asshole isnt answerin my emails. any ideas???

Is this one of the cheap ebay kits? I bought a $99 one last year for my previous car, and I had to do that same thing every time I started up my car.

It could be the fact that your harnesses are starting to fail, or maybe the ballast is too hot or got wet?

99lecamry · 09-10-2007, 04:16 PM

yea i paid 120 for it so wut ill do is get new high resistance plugs and go from there. wut did u end up doing just get a new kit?

geoff5093 · 09-10-2007, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by 99lecamry

yea i paid 120 for it so wut ill do is get new high resistance plugs and go from there. wut did u end up doing just get a new kit?

I actually just lived with it for a few months until I sold the car and replaced it with stock bulbs

CamNub · 09-10-2007, 07:13 PM

Would a relay harness fix this? PM me if it could...Do it tonight.

leasaunce · 09-10-2007, 07:21 PM

^i was going to say, check the relay! but sounds like you don't have them.

CamNub · 09-10-2007, 07:23 PM

^Most single kits don't come with one. It is additional.

99lecamry · 09-10-2007, 08:07 PM

i was looking into just spending the money and get a real kit. any one ever hear of a company by the name of maculoch i think it was. no mine doesnt have relays but the kit i was lookin at does so i guess its a better kit

CamNub · 09-10-2007, 08:15 PM

McCulloch is going to be a conversion kit also. They are a reputable company, and expensive.

Relays don't indicate a better kit, but for the 400 dollars or whatever they cost, they better be damn good (It will be better than that Ebay kit x1000)...

CamNub · 09-10-2007, 08:27 PM

Now that I think about it, I'm not even sure that my relays would match up w/ your kit...

99lecamry · 09-11-2007, 12:00 AM

i was lookin on the stuff for sale and seen the mod express hid kits has any of u gotten one of those kits? if so how are they?

CamryOwner98 · 09-11-2007, 05:02 PM

If overheating is the issue.

instead of paying more, just learn how to use relays and add them in yourself. Relays only cost a few bucks. Once you understand it, it's not hard to see how to use them.

But if you really are gonna pay $400 for this Mculloh or whatever, just get OEM, such as Hella. You pay the same for realiable ballasts and high quality parts.

***darksparkz*** · 09-11-2007, 05:30 PM

Exactly, for $400, you can go for a real HID set, ballasts and bulbs from Philips. You just need to mod your headlamp to accept D2S bulbs or do retrofit.

You would want to put in a wire harness that has a relay on it, that should solve the problem as mentioned above.

CamNub · 09-11-2007, 07:07 PM

^Imo, there really isn't any benefit to using Phillips or whatever. Just get a quality kit and retro the projectors...