[SloViper]

Just wanna know how ong do those light bulbs last? It seems they dont last very long, i put my kit in not even two weeks ago and one light is already out. Thats bullshit if i have to change those lights every two weeks, it makes me go back to the regular light bulbs

 

[XenonDepot]

Hi,

Quality HID bulbs are designed to last approximately 2500 hours. Did the kit that you purchased come with a warranty? Have you tried to get a hold of the vendor?

Steve

 

[olds]

when i bought my hid kit off xenondepot i had them for about 6 yrs before i had to replace a bulb....

 

[gar187er]

buying a non ebay kit would help out...lol....had my ddm kit for 3+ years....no issues on my mazda.....but my angel eyes, thats another story...lol....

 

[SloViper]

i bought it off hid canada

 

[XenonDepot]

Did you contact them for warranty?

 

[gar187er]

that falls on them....sounds like ballasts keep blowing....

 

[SloViper]

i think its the balast too, cause i put the new light bulb in and it didnt work, but the power was coming to the balast, si yeah, ive contacted them im just waiting for their reply.

 

[XenonDepot]

Let me know if they can't help you out. I will do my best to do so.

Steve

 

[SloViper]

Let me know if they can't help you out. I will do my best to do so.

Steve

thanx buddy, ive talked to them and theyre sending me another balast, hope it will be here soon

 

[XenonDepot]

Glad to hear it.

To confirm though, Were your lights flickering at all prior to them burning out?

Steve

 

[SloViper]

yes they were before installing the relay, do you think that would burn the balast?
Dan

 

[XenonDepot]

So once you installed the relay harness the lights stopped flickering in DRL mode?

Steve

 

[SloViper]

So once you installed the relay harness the lights stopped flickering in DRL mode?

Steve

Yes
Dan

 

[XenonDepot]

Hmmm interesting.

Steve

 

[kupiheab]

I have found that HIDs with DRL burn out. A fix I found in my truck was to disconnect the DRLs. Since the lights would kick on when the key was turned on it would surge the ballast and crap out. Now a remedy for the automatic lights I would set my park brake before putting the key in the ignition and it would kill the power to the headlights and they wouldn't come on till the e brake was released and in turn stopped surging the ballast.

 

[gar187er]

its also partly because drl's dont run at full voltage....in my 1st gen, ive pulled the relay...even though i dont have hid's, id rather manually use my parking lights as drl's then waste my $50 Philips xtreme bulbs....

 

[SuperMat64]

That's why you need to put a relay harnesses that bypass that drl feature and give full power to them. I have that and absolutly no problem.

I have found that HIDs with DRL burn out. A fix I found in my truck was to disconnect the DRLs. Since the lights would kick on when the key was turned on it would surge the ballast and crap out. Now a remedy for the automatic lights I would set my park brake before putting the key in the ignition and it would kill the power to the headlights and they wouldn't come on till the e brake was released and in turn stopped surging the ballast.

 

[jdlewis]

Hi everyone I'm new to this forum my name is JD I live in okl. my wife as a 2005 equinox and one of the front bulb went out and I was wondering how hard they were to change out. Please let me know thanks.

 

[goodeforu]

One of the things I did to make sure I did not get flickering and the ballast was given full power was to install a capacitor inline with the input voltage to to the ballast. I got them from radio shack pn 272-1030. Have been installed for about a week with no issues.