HID Problems !?!?

TripleJ07 · 04-07-2008, 11:20 AM

So I just got a 2008 Civic Si last Friday. That same night I installed a set of 12K Xenon HID's. Now they worked fine until 20min after having them on. the passenger side bulb went out. i checked my fuse and it was blown. i replaced it again with another 10. it worked until saterday night and it blew it again. only the passenger side bulb not the driver side. so i once again replaced it but put 15 in it. and it blew it right off the bat. so i was F*ck it. put a 20 in. they worked fine and 5min later. both blew out. now I checked the fuses and they are intact. i put a set of stock 10's back in and nothing. lights are GONE. any idea's ? at this point im just curious i went and bought a set of PIAA's Performance bulbs. no HID BS anymore. havent installed them yet so hopfully i didnt f*ck anything up internally. i checked for melted wires or any wire being cut and touching something. but nothing. any idea's ? if you all say xenondepot is good then ill take these 90 dollar regular bulbs back and purchase an HID kit. the thing with my current HID kit. there is not extra ground cable that comes with it. it just plugs the stock plug into the ballist and then from that the HID bulb. help.

sorry to post twice. just not sure if anyone will go and read the other post.

NIGHTHAWKSI · 04-07-2008, 11:25 AM

did you install a relay harness?
if not, get one. that will fix it.

if your blowing a fuse in your relay harness, bump it up to a 20 amp fuse.

DO NOT increase the amps of an OEM fuse!!! put it back to stock.
search for relay harness and you should find a schematic to make one.

TripleJ07 · 04-07-2008, 11:34 AM

no relay harness.... does xenon depo's kit come with one?

icen · 04-07-2008, 12:10 PM

xenon depot's hid kits have the relay harness.

Probably your passenger side HID igniter has some sort of defect in it.
Causing it to draw excess current, and brunt the fuse...

thenu put in a 20A fuse, something else got burnt.

TripleJ07 · 04-07-2008, 05:06 PM

yeah it burnt the fuse under the hood. i took it in to honda and they took care of it for free. i put those PIAA's in but they dont look that great compared to HID's.... I think im addicted

04-07-2008, 11:20 AM	#1 (permalink)
TripleJ07 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 262 iTrader: 0 / 0%	HID Problems !?!? So I just got a 2008 Civic Si last Friday. That same night I installed a set of 12K Xenon HID's. Now they worked fine until 20min after having them on. the passenger side bulb went out. i checked my fuse and it was blown. i replaced it again with another 10. it worked until saterday night and it blew it again. only the passenger side bulb not the driver side. so i once again replaced it but put 15 in it. and it blew it right off the bat. so i was Fck it. put a 20 in. they worked fine and 5min later. both blew out. now I checked the fuses and they are intact. i put a set of stock 10's back in and nothing. lights are GONE. any idea's ? at this point im just curious i went and bought a set of PIAA's Performance bulbs. no HID BS anymore. havent installed them yet so hopfully i didnt fck anything up internally. i checked for melted wires or any wire being cut and touching something. but nothing. any idea's ? if you all say xenondepot is good then ill take these 90 dollar regular bulbs back and purchase an HID kit. the thing with my current HID kit. there is not extra ground cable that comes with it. it just plugs the stock plug into the ballist and then from that the HID bulb. help. sorry to post twice. just not sure if anyone will go and read the other post.

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04-07-2008, 11:25 AM	#2 (permalink)
NIGHTHAWKSI Senior Member Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: long island Age: 23 Posts: 14,741 Ian iTrader: 13 / 100%	did you install a relay harness? if not, get one. that will fix it. if your blowing a fuse in your relay harness, bump it up to a 20 amp fuse. DO NOT increase the amps of an OEM fuse!!! put it back to stock. search for relay harness and you should find a schematic to make one.

04-07-2008, 11:34 AM	#3 (permalink)
TripleJ07 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 262 iTrader: 0 / 0%	no relay harness.... does xenon depo's kit come with one?

04-07-2008, 12:10 PM	#4 (permalink)
icen Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 191 iTrader: 0 / 0%	xenon depot's hid kits have the relay harness. Probably your passenger side HID igniter has some sort of defect in it. Causing it to draw excess current, and brunt the fuse... thenu put in a 20A fuse, something else got burnt.

04-07-2008, 05:06 PM	#5 (permalink)
TripleJ07 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 262 iTrader: 0 / 0%	yeah it burnt the fuse under the hood. i took it in to honda and they took care of it for free. i put those PIAA's in but they dont look that great compared to HID's.... I think im addicted