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HID problem

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McGill2009
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#1
4:th-Oct-2016, 20:44:11
So I installed a set of HIDs this evening and was faced with this.
Kit was bought from Lush Lighting 5,000k 35w
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5:th-Oct-2016, 22:03:46
Could be the ballasts.


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5:th-Oct-2016, 22:20:00
Do HID ballasts need to be grounded at all?
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7:th-Oct-2016, 19:18:40
(5:th-Oct-2016, 22:20:00)McGill2009 Wrote: Do HID ballasts need to be grounded at all?

dont think so, i put them in my vectra without issue, the only thing i had to do was tell the car i was using xenon lamps so it didnt error with the canbus system,  did you buy canbus error free hid set?
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7:th-Oct-2016, 21:04:04
can we have a link to what you got from him as you will need canbus cancellers with the kit
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15:th-Oct-2016, 21:05:36
(7:th-Oct-2016, 21:04:04)tucpal Wrote: can we have a link to what you got from him as you will need canbus cancellers with the kit

this is the kit that he had supplied to me

https://www.lushlightingcity.co.uk/store...error-free

Sorry not been on here recently so only seeing replies now
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15:th-Oct-2016, 21:43:49
I would send them back looks like others have left bad feedback also
i used the terminator hid kit from hids direct and had no problems with them at all
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16:th-Oct-2016, 00:51:06
Ive since had a kit from Xenons R Us on ebay and they work 100%, no check bulb errors and no flickering
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16:th-Oct-2016, 10:53:57
glad you got it sorted out
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