Some great DIY's on this site, glad to see some folks doing their own thing over here. I spent some time this afternoon narrowing down an issue with the LH low-beam today with the wheel removed. It's apparently an issue with either the ballast or a short in the wiring. I'll pick up a ballast this week and swap it out this weekend, but a question for those who have done this:

It's an easy procedure, got it...but easier with the entire assembly removed from the car, or is it possible to fish the connector up through the asssembly to the back of the bulb without dropping the bumper, etc...?

Thanks for input!

 

did you try swapping out ballast ? left and right ballast are the same

just drop the bumper .. bumper is cake to take off

 

No I didn't, I began with the assumption that the bulb was bad, so I just went in from the back side, then checked all the fuses up behind the battery.

Dropping the bumper and taking the assembly out does seem pretty simple...I found a new ballast for 85 bucks, I'll probably just jump on it and swap it out this coming weekend...thanks for reply!

 

any further word on this? mine is coming on and off at will and im hard pressed to figure out if its the ballast or teh bulb. its ratehr cold up here already and if possible i dont wanna have to yank the bumper off to diagnose the prob. let me know what your outcome is

 

my passenger side headlight would go out every once in a while .. but all id have to do is turn off then back on and it would turn on ..

not anymore ..

i just had my passenger side bulb go out wednesday .. will not turn on at all .. got a friend to lend me a set of oem's ..

took off bumper swapped out bulbs and still nothing ..

my ballast is gone or is it the ignitor ??

any ideas where i can get a replacements ..??

 

bumper is not complicated at all bro. Is best for to do it that way. its harder removing it fro the wheel well .