So the dealer told me it had a bad ballast,.. and was gonna charge $300 to fix it, ( i have a 04 coupe btw...lol )

i have aftermarket HID's on my 240 so i know those would work fine, for a cheaper cost too.

i got the HID's, hooked it all up and nothing

:-/

idk if my car has a headlight fuse that may have blown?.....my other cars do, i just cant find it on the G anywhere.

there is also a yellow (looks like) ground wire from the harness from the OEM bassast that my aftermarket doesnt have,..idk if that could be the problem!



just help me nukkKas!....pretty prease!

 

Just go by to OEM, and purchase a used OEM ballast from ebay. Your aftermarket ballasts will likely die soon anyways. Then check all your fuses including the ones behind the battery

 

i already bought the aftermarkets,...and im kinda a DIY'er...lol

IS there a headlight fuse?.....u said behind the battery?

 

if you are a DIYer then you should know how to check all your fuses to see which one is blown

 

hmm?

i know how to check fuses.....***!....lol

jk

but im guessing you dnt know then.

so if anyone else can help me, just askin' if there is a headlight fuse i cant find......or a connection im missing somewhere on these HID's

 

are you trying to hook-up an aftermarket ballast to the stock bulbs?

 

No sir, but the bulbs do look similar.

I got new bulbs and ballast,.. ballast hooks up to stock ballast harness,...and then new harness that hooks up to the bulb. OEM has a ground connected to it ( where ballast meets bulb ) that the aftermarket doesn't have...so that could be a problem ( I doubt it but... ) idk, I can see how this would be confusing...lol

I could post pics later if that'll help

 

yes. pics would help. I need a visual.

 

mk,.. ill take some pics, and post them up,.. ima give it another shot when i get off work, so if i can find this "headlight fuse" that exists, maybe thats the whole problem.....................hopefully

 

I know exactly how the headlight wiring works and how to wire up ballasts(OEM or aftermarket). It seems you don't know because you aren't able to pinpoint your problem and asking a very generalized question which can't be answered with more information. Try hooking the ballasts up directly to the battery and see if they light up the bulbs, that would eliminate them being an issue. Reconnect your 1 good ballast and see if that still works. That should eliminate a fuse issue. Otherwise, take it to a shop that knows what they are doing so they can diagnose your wiring.

 

lol....simma dude.

i know how the wiring works too man,..i just asked 2 simple questions and your yet to answer 1, and talkin' down to me like i dnt know ****.

so Mr. Iknoweverythingandimgonnabeadickcauseidntknowyou

- is there a headlight fuse im un-aware of? ( cant find anything searching here, and dnt have an owners manual )

- is the ground connected to the ballast harness necessary?

 

Did you check those ones

 

The ground isn't necessary either, if you are talking about the one hooked up to the ignitor

 

well if your talking about the ones you can see when u lift that cover then yes,.....are there more than that?.....im at work right now buddy, sorry if im buggin' ya,...im just tryin' to cover every angle, and get some knowledge before i go back and take another look at it today

 

The fuse box they are referencing is ocated behind the battery. You have to remove the battery and the cover. It is a little black box against the firewall.