This is gonna sound retarted but i swear it's happening to me... i recently installed 6000k HID kit into my car(not ebay shit), and about 3 weeks later my radio reception is shit when i turn my headlights on. And i know its when i turn them on because the station becomes moderatly static like, enough to agrivate someone i flip the lights off and boom static is gone.. Is there something i can check? I have no electronic modifications other than the HIDs, and it didn't do this at 1st. Please guys help me out? Thanks!
Mine do the exact same thing...it really is quite annoying. I figure its either an insufficient ground to the ballasts, or the ballast isnt shielded well. I'm mid-project in an HID project im doing to my car. I plan on addressing, or at least trying to address this problem. Im going to make a new harness to replace my current relayed one. New harness will consist of two relays, one for each bulb, and bigger grounds. If this doesnt fix it, then I'll most likely try to make some cover for the ballast out of aluminum, hoping that since aluminum isnt magnetic it might work well as a shield. We'll see though.
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Yup, people have had this issue with kits and this car. Try running it off a relay harnes than through the stock wiring or at minimum try chassis grounding the balast rather than letting it get its ground from the stock harness. The stock ground isn't all that great thru the harness.
mmm, sucks that this is happening to other people! but on the upside im glad im not the only 1... so you guys think i should change the ground spot for it 1st? Thanks guys!
My friend installed it for me, he's good with cars, i guess i'll have my electician friend re-ground it for me and if it doesn't change ill re-do the wireing somehow.
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