HID kit ALREADY dead, WTF? - SRT Forums

Mrcho · 09-29-2006, 06:25 PM

I just bought a brand new HID 6000k kit last week and installed it, tonight when trying to turn on the headlights, the left one wont turn on, its freaking dead! ... wtf?? I had the kit for one week!! It maybe worked for 10-12 hours .... I checked all connections and neither one seem disconnected, everything seems fine, could my bulb be ALREADY dead?!?!?!?!?!?! .. where the heck can I get it???? are all 6000k bulbs the same????? whats the cost of one of those bulbs????? how can I know that the bulb is the problem?? it`s maybe something others ballasts or I dunno????

Im so fuckin mad Im about to go remove the whole fuckin bs cheap HID thing and throw it in the fuckin garbage the goddamn piece of shit

**haknslash** · 09-29-2006, 06:44 PM

haha tell us how you really feel!

Where dfid you buy it and who makes it?

Mrcho · 09-29-2006, 07:06 PM

I bought it from some chinese guy

The kit is a McCullouch one I think... Im not home now so I will have to confirm that, I will get back Sunday

Any inputs guys?? wut do u think could be the prob?

Im very VERY mad

Gringoloco · 09-29-2006, 08:33 PM

Did you touch the glass on the bulbs at all during the install?

**haknslash** · 09-29-2006, 09:26 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Gringoloco

Did you touch the glass on the bulbs at all during the install?

While touching the glass is never a good thing, it's more of an issue with halogen than with HID capsules. The filaments can't handle the heat from the oils in your skin and will kill a bulb in no time. This can also happen with HID but it's not as common to cause complete failure since there is no filament to burn up.

As to the original poster, McCullough has a bad reputation for short lifespan. At least their older units did I know for a fact. They use Asian knock-off components that aren't engineered as well as some might think.

Toyin' Round · 09-29-2006, 09:27 PM

The problem is you didnt buy them from hak!! Na man, Idk on this one, but I know i would kill for a pair of haks!!

**ZukesSrt4** · 09-29-2006, 10:41 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Toyin' Round

The problem is you didnt buy them from hak!! Na man, Idk on this one, but I know i would kill for a pair of haks!!

who wouldnt lol..

2005 Orange-Blast · 09-29-2006, 10:52 PM

i had a very similar problem with my hids....took them out bc i couldnt figure it out, and now i cant get my regualr 9007 bulbs to turn on on the drivers side....they only work if the brights are on. if i try to drive with my fogs on and just regular low beams, the drivers side light wont come on. tryed changin the bulb, nothing...something with the wiring......any suggestions hak?

dommo_g · 09-29-2006, 11:55 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Mrcho

I bought it from some chinese guy

My mom taught me the dangers of this at a very young age. Buy nothing from a chinese guy, unless it's chinese food.

**haknslash** · 09-30-2006, 09:53 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by 2005 Orange-Blast

i had a very similar problem with my hids....took them out bc i couldnt figure it out, and now i cant get my regualr 9007 bulbs to turn on on the drivers side....they only work if the brights are on. if i try to drive with my fogs on and just regular low beams, the drivers side light wont come on. tryed changin the bulb, nothing...something with the wiring......any suggestions hak?

Sounds like either low beam fuse is blown or your MFS is taking a dump on you. Did you use a harness upgrade or just wire them straight off the stock wiring. Big no no if its straight off the wiring!!!

evo77 · 09-30-2006, 10:19 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Mrcho

I just bought a brand new HID 6000k kit last week and installed it, tonight when trying to turn on the headlights, the left one wont turn on, its freaking dead! ... wtf?? I had the kit for one week!! It maybe worked for 10-12 hours .... I checked all connections and neither one seem disconnected, everything seems fine, could my bulb be ALREADY dead?!?!?!?!?!?! .. where the heck can I get it???? are all 6000k bulbs the same????? whats the cost of one of those bulbs????? how can I know that the bulb is the problem?? it`s maybe something others ballasts or I dunno????

Im so fuckin mad Im about to go remove the whole fuckin bs cheap HID thing and throw it in the fuckin garbage the goddamn piece of shit

I had a similar issue when I bought my HID kit a couple years ago. The kit was on for about a week and one morning on my way to work my passenger bulb did not want to turn on. I turned them on and off a few times to see if it might kick it back on but no luck. I thought to myself "thats what I get for paying for a cheap no-name HID kit".

To my surprise the next day the bulb was back on and working fine but did turn off a few times for a short period. I have no idea what the problem could have been since I double checked all the connections. Since then not ONE single problem with the kit and they fire up for me everyday *knocks on wood*.

I've got the 6000K Xtec kit.

2005 Orange-Blast · 09-30-2006, 10:26 AM

stupid question, but what happens if the mfs is f***ed up? how do i go about fixing it?

dkjdsn · 09-30-2006, 10:32 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by dommo_g

Quote: Originally Posted by Mrcho

I bought it from some chinese guy

My mom taught me the dangers of this at a very young age. Buy nothing from a chinese guy, unless it's chinese food.

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Phuahahaha!!!!

Mrcho · 09-30-2006, 11:46 AM

I didnt touch the glass at all, I really paid attention at that

And I know the problem is that I didnt bought the kit from hak, I should have, now Im sure that every fucken lightning mod I want to buy, Ill go see hak first

BTW hak, do you sell black projector headlights?? I'll be looking into that in a couple of months ... if yes, whats the price??

Im gonna go and try to turn on the headlights, I'd be surprised if they turn on like EVO77 ones ...

BTW I checked the fuses yesterday and all of them seem alright...

I also wired the HID kit to the stock wires just like they recommend it, is that bad or what??

beyondspexj · 09-30-2006, 12:14 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by evo77

Quote: Originally Posted by Mrcho

I just bought a brand new HID 6000k kit last week and installed it, tonight when trying to turn on the headlights, the left one wont turn on, its freaking dead! ... wtf?? I had the kit for one week!! It maybe worked for 10-12 hours .... I checked all connections and neither one seem disconnected, everything seems fine, could my bulb be ALREADY dead?!?!?!?!?!?! .. where the heck can I get it???? are all 6000k bulbs the same????? whats the cost of one of those bulbs????? how can I know that the bulb is the problem?? it`s maybe something others ballasts or I dunno????

Im so fuckin mad Im about to go remove the whole fuckin bs cheap HID thing and throw it in the fuckin garbage the goddamn piece of shit

I had a similar issue when I bought my HID kit a couple years ago. The kit was on for about a week and one morning on my way to work my passenger bulb did not want to turn on. I turned them on and off a few times to see if it might kick it back on but no luck. I thought to myself "thats what I get for paying for a cheap no-name HID kit".

To my surprise the next day the bulb was back on and working fine but did turn off a few times for a short period. I have no idea what the problem could have been since I double checked all the connections. Since then not ONE single problem with the kit and they fire up for me everyday *knocks on wood*.

I've got the 6000K Xtec kit.

i ordered the sameones through our shop. they come with a relay on both sides. hey Hak, where was that harness upgrade available from again?