Issue with HID upgrade on 16' 4R

[Simpleman74]

had the same issue it was the connector to the ballast. reseated it and viola

 

[Off-choader]

Interested to hear if issue has been resolved . Recently purchased a DDM Premium kit and one headlamp inop out of the box, narrowed down to ballast failure -returned for a refund. Looking into the Xenon Depot kit as hearing great reviews . Did you get the extreme HID or the Volt ?

in my experience ddm are trash ballasts

 

[aspec44]

Interested to hear if issue has been resolved . Recently purchased a DDM Premium kit and one headlamp inop out of the box, narrowed down to ballast failure -returned for a refund. Looking into the Xenon Depot kit as hearing great reviews . Did you get the extreme HID or the Volt ?

I checked all the connections and swapped the ballasts last night. Both lights fired the few times I tried them. I'll keep an eye out the next few days and let you all know if it fixed the issue.

The kit I went with was:
H11 HID Kit | Xtreme HID
[HID Color & Bulb Options:4300K]
[Vehicle Options:Without CANbus]

 

[e60ral]

This whole "reliability" discussion is silly. No different than any other mod: Buy good (oem) products, know what the hell you're doing, and it works. I've had 3 HID retrofits in two cars, professionally done, over a period of 6 years, with zero issues, zero.

Buy aftermarket (usually cheap) kits, stick 'em in halogen headlights that weren't designed for them? Half the time installed by less-then-qualified owners? Guess what?

If the problem were "HID headlights", there wouldn't be dozens of car brands with them as OEM.

also keeping the original set of halogen bulbs in the vehicle costs nothing, takes up essentially no space, and would take like 30 seconds to swap back in. as long as you use a decent brand and aren't getting the crappiest shitty ebay kit, reliability shouldn't be a major concern

 

[philsey]

....also keeping the original set of halogen bulbs in the vehicle costs nothing, takes up essentially no space, and would take like 30 seconds to swap back in.

Well, sure, sorta .... be easier still to keep a spare hid bulb. I do. If cost is an issue, you're playing with the wrong toys.

30 seconds? Horsepucky.

 

[e60ral]

Well, sure, sorta .... be easier still to keep a spare hid bulb. I do. If cost is an issue, you're playing with the wrong toys.

30 seconds? Horsepucky.

You don't have to rewire anything, all you would need to do is take the connection off the ballast, insert bulb, connect bulb, replace dust cover. If that takes you any amount of time stay away from modding anything.

When you remove your factory bulbs throw them in the plastic case the HID bulbs came in and throw them in your glovebox, then you have no need to be concerned about the reliability of HID

( and spare HID bulb doesn't help you if tour ballast dies, or your relay dies if your using a lot that requires one)

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[gm350reratliff]

This whole "reliability" discussion is silly. No different than any other mod: Buy good (oem) products, know what the hell you're doing, and it works. I've had 3 HID retrofits in two cars, professionally done, over a period of 6 years, with zero issues, zero.

Buy aftermarket (usually cheap) kits, stick 'em in halogen headlights that weren't designed for them? Half the time installed by less-then-qualified owners? Guess what?

If the problem were "HID headlights", there wouldn't be dozens of car brands with them as OEM.

I'm glad your kits worked for you but they don't always work for everyone. The kits I had were not cheap, 1 was all OEM stuff, and I'm more than qualified to install them.

FWIW, OEMs have problems with them too. I have a co-worker with a Lexus that occasionally has issues with them not firing, Lexus has yet to find the issue. Another co-worker with an F150 also has occasional issues with his. Both are OEM.

 

[BettysNephew]

Previous to owning my T4R I had a Volvo S60R. It was a pretty nice little car but repairs were getting too expensive so it was time to go. It had a factory HID system that used a solenoid to move the assembly for low/high beams from the same bulb. Randomly one or the other light would fail to ignite, usually in very cold weather, and it was a full Phillips system, bulbs, igniters and ballasts. The dealer basically said it happens to most of them once in a while, there is not really anything broken. The bad part is sometimes you find out about the issue from Officer Friendly when its not quite dark enough to see the problem but dark enough the auto on feature has turned them on. It's a good thing I don't drink as I had a car that would sometimes call attention to itself.