HID electrical help?

TPR10 · 07-19-03, 01:51 AM

My oem lexus hids don't seem to work right. something with the electrical system keeps acting up everytime I hook up the driver's side ballast because it tends to flicker constantly.
I know it can't be the ballast because I swapped it with the passenger side and it still works fine.
How can I get both of them to work?

ChrisK · 07-19-03, 02:55 AM

Have you tried powering the ballast directly from the battery yet? Since you swapped the pieces and it still acts up, it has to be the wiring on the Legend that has a problem. If you bypass the Legends wiring and power the ballast directy from the battery that will proove one way or the other if it is the wiring or not. If it works, than you have a problem with the Legend wiring on the problem side. If it doesn't, then you have a more serious problem that I can't think of right now.

07-19-03, 01:51 AM	#1 (permalink)
TPR10 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Hawaii Posts: 108 Car 1: 1994 BLK/BLK GS iTrader: (0)	HID electrical help? My oem lexus hids don't seem to work right. something with the electrical system keeps acting up everytime I hook up the driver's side ballast because it tends to flicker constantly. I know it can't be the ballast because I swapped it with the passenger side and it still works fine. How can I get both of them to work?

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07-19-03, 02:55 AM	#2 (permalink)
ChrisK 0000$$$$0000####0000 Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hawaii Posts: 4,972 Car 1: Acura iTrader: (0)	Have you tried powering the ballast directly from the battery yet? Since you swapped the pieces and it still acts up, it has to be the wiring on the Legend that has a problem. If you bypass the Legends wiring and power the ballast directy from the battery that will proove one way or the other if it is the wiring or not. If it works, than you have a problem with the Legend wiring on the problem side. If it doesn't, then you have a more serious problem that I can't think of right now.

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