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Old 01-02-2011, 12:48 AM
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Fog HID's flicker

So I've gone through 3 different fog light HID kits and thought I finally had the problem fixed with this third one, but I just found out that I didn't The issue is: when I turn on the fog HIDs and once they're fully warmed up the light flickers. Its not a severe flicker where the light turns on and off completely, its a flickering with with the bulb still on. It just drives me crazy because its noticeable from the outside where the light hits the ground and I know other cars can see it and it just makes the car look cheap. The kit is properly installed and everything is connected where it should be but I just don't understand why the flickering is still happening. Anybody help me out?
 
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Old 01-02-2011, 01:52 AM
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Three different brands on kits or just three different kits of the same brand. If three different brands do it I would say there is an issue with your car. Maybe a loose wire in the harness for the fogs or a loose ground?
 
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Old 01-02-2011, 05:34 AM
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Three different brands on kits. Its weird though, it only flickers on one side, the driver side. Do you think the grounding kit would help somewhat? I just ordered SxExCx's kit. Should be here Monday.
 
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Old 01-02-2011, 05:38 AM
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Where did you ground the HIDs too? (not talking about Sean's ground kit, literally the ground coming off the light harness)
 
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Old 01-02-2011, 06:00 AM
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I connected the - and + from the HID bulbs to the - and + that connect to the HID ballasts.
 
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And where did you put the ground coming off the harness? (the negative)
 
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And where did you put the ground coming off the harness? (the negative)
^^^^^^^X10 or cheap kits!
 
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Old 01-02-2011, 05:13 PM
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Usually flickering means that the ballast is going out or with your case, you just got a bad ballast. Did you try swapping the ballasts from one side to another to see if its the ballast or even swapping the bulb to see if its the bulb?
 
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Old 01-03-2011, 02:09 AM
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As for being grounded, the kit was a PnP kit and didn't have a ground that I saw.

Here is the kit that I have:
http://www.momentumii.com/zencart/im...g/ONex-Kit.jpg
 
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Old 01-03-2011, 09:12 PM
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One end of the factory harness should be grounded to the chassis from the factory. Trace the harness and find it. Swapping ballasts/bulbs from side to side was a good idea. If it does not follow its a problem with your car.
 
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