Can Anyone Hele Please (HID FLICKERING)

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  • LowerRag
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    • Oct 2007
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    #1

    Can Anyone Hele Please (HID FLICKERING)

    ust fitted my HID's and they are every so slightly flickering now and than, not a issue tbh im hoping they will bed in fine but wondering if anyone else had these problems?
  • Acidburn
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    • Jun 2007
    • 13459
    • Country: United Kingdom

    #2
    Try check your earth points are definately clean

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    • LowerRag
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      • Oct 2007
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      #3
      ive earth it to the original audi earth cable back of the lights! there clean and taped up

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      • gavs20v
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        • Sep 2004
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        #4
        id earth it to the body
        S2 Cabriolet.........

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        • LowerRag
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          • Oct 2007
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          #5
          was going to do this tomorrow but i want it to work OE. or this just not possible?

          they look good though

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          • LowerRag
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            • Oct 2007
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            #6
            oh i was wondering,,,, do i need to run them in to make the stable, i read about burn-in time?

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            • Acidburn
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              • Jun 2007
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              #7
              I've got mine earthed to the body and they work fine no problems with the dash etc and no relay mod.

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              • LowerRag
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                • Oct 2007
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                #8
                wheres the best place to earth them? slam panel end bolt?

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                • LowerRag
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                  • Oct 2007
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                  #9
                  ive earth'd both hid direct to the battery and it was fine for a while and now flickering again the ballast is behind the headlight between the plastic cover cable tied... i think it flickers when it moves or could it be a faulty bulb...

                  has anyone else had this problem... some input would be grateful!

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                  • Evo1couperacing
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                    • Oct 2008
                    • 58
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                    #10
                    Your ballasts are defective. Had the same prob with mine and sent them back, and they gave me a whole new set with bulbs, ballasts and wiring.
                    sigpic <<<V-TECH THIS...you Honda punks!!!

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                    • LowerRag
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                      • Oct 2007
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                      #11
                      just changed my fuses to 30amp and there working perfect!

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                      • shark_90
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                        • Mar 2007
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                        #12
                        30 amp!!! Your fuses would have blown if the fuse was a problem.. I've upped my fuses to 15 amps but 30 is madness!
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                        • Acidburn
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                          • Jun 2007
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                          #13
                          whats this the fuses for the lights? the 2x 10amp one's iirc.

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                          • panzerwagen
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                            • Feb 2004
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                            #14
                            Flickering HID's ....I've had extensive experience with this.

                            The reason HID's flicker is because of a parasitic problem. In my experience installing these in other cars I have found one crucial problem...no matter if the set is good or bad. If you piggy back the power from one relay, one or the other HID ballast will steal most of the power going to the system. Usually the closer one to the relay will do it.
                            You can not run this type of kit off of one relay. I have done the following & have experienced no flickering, immediate ignition and same volume of lite from both bulbs.
                            1/ From one fuse I split the (+) into 2 separate lines which...
                            2/ Feed 2 separate relays....
                            3/ They in turn use the same OEM trigger wire in the harness which fed the original lites.
                            4/ Both lites & relays are grounded to the fender bolt holding the fender to the main body.
                            5/ The ballasts are also grounded to the body. Under no circumstances are you to ground the system to either the OEM wiring harness or Battery.

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                            • LowerRag
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                              • Oct 2007
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                              #15
                              ive had mine earthed to oem harness and now earthed to battery with no issues?

                              surely the battery would provide a stable earth!

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