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    One of my hids only lights up now and then (passenger side). I have swapped ballasts and bulbs and it still only lights up at random. Kind of stuck at what it could be?

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    my money would be ballast, i had the same issue

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    Just had exactly the same issue with one of my ballasts, worked every now and again but then went totally dead. Try replacing the ballast first

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    Check for water ingress on all connections, had a similar problem and found water in one of the connectors. Quick dry out with a hairdryer and some electrical contact cleaner all sorted.

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    It was the ballast on my car as well. Had to get another one

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    which hid kits are you guys using on later full canbus cars that work?

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    http://www.hids-direct.co.uk/hid-kit...its-p-445.html

    Thats the one i've got. been fine for about 4 months untill a ballast went. HIDs-direct replaced it no bother. Highly recommended from me

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    what year is your car? is it full canbus? does the bulb warning light come on at all? I was thinking of sticking with a 35w set up but you reckon the 50w is fine?

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    Car is a 2006 full canbus model. The 50w ballasts have built in cancellers but also come with seperate cancellers which i never used (don't see why you need them to be honest). 50W is abit brighter than 35W but not by much really, think most people have 35W.

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