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z'd up · 03-10-2010, 08:34 PM

I installed an hid kit in my bike last year and it woked fine until the end of the season it started flickering/strobing. I've checked to see if anything is loose and everything seems fine. Just wondering if anyone else has had this problem or knows a fix for it?

It never shuts off completely just gets brighter and dimmer really fast. Sometimes it changes with rpm and sometimes it doesn't.

95SC2 · 03-10-2010, 11:32 PM

sounds like a power problem. mine are somtimes like that when the bike isnt running an they arent getting the proper power to them.

z'd up · 03-11-2010, 02:16 AM

ive got a 12 or 14 gauge wire running straight from the battery to it and i wired a relay energized by the original headlight wire. I just dont kno why it started doing it all of the sudden.

Reds82 · 03-11-2010, 03:06 AM

How many blast are you running? If two are both acting up? Do they ever have problems firing up? If only one is swap good one see if it works on that light. If they have trouble starting the bulb probably the ballast and usually what craps out on most kits. If that doesn't work check your voltage while running if it fluxs up and down bad you might have a bad voltage regulator. Also go over your wiring loose and bad connections can happen over time and are a bitch to put a finger on.

z'd up · 03-11-2010, 08:15 PM

I'm just running one now. Haven't sprung for the high beam yet. If I don't figure it out by the time I get it I'll try swapping ballasts. I might try hooking my ohmmeter up and checking resistance through the power wire. Idk how to test the actual ballast without trying another bulb.

03-10-2010, 08:34 PM	#1
z'd up Tri-State Addict Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Gap, PA Member #3985 My Ride: 2002 Honda CBR 954rr, 94 Astro shaggin wagon iTrader: (0)	Hid problem I installed an hid kit in my bike last year and it woked fine until the end of the season it started flickering/strobing. I've checked to see if anything is loose and everything seems fine. Just wondering if anyone else has had this problem or knows a fix for it? It never shuts off completely just gets brighter and dimmer really fast. Sometimes it changes with rpm and sometimes it doesn't. __________________ aim: NOSSKYLINE88 Xbox live: HoofHearted 88 To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures. ^ADD ME^

03-10-2010, 11:32 PM	#2
95SC2 Tri-State Addict Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Langhorne,PA Member #560 My Ride: 05 Xterra, 97 Taurus SHO & 05 Yamaha r1 iTrader: (1)	sounds like a power problem. mine are somtimes like that when the bike isnt running an they arent getting the proper power to them. __________________ 05 Nissan Xterra 4X4 05 Yamaha R1

03-11-2010, 02:16 AM	#3
z'd up Tri-State Addict Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Gap, PA Member #3985 My Ride: 2002 Honda CBR 954rr, 94 Astro shaggin wagon iTrader: (0)	ive got a 12 or 14 gauge wire running straight from the battery to it and i wired a relay energized by the original headlight wire. I just dont kno why it started doing it all of the sudden. __________________ aim: NOSSKYLINE88 Xbox live: HoofHearted 88 To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures. ^ADD ME^

03-11-2010, 08:15 PM	#5
z'd up Tri-State Addict Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Gap, PA Member #3985 My Ride: 2002 Honda CBR 954rr, 94 Astro shaggin wagon iTrader: (0)	I'm just running one now. Haven't sprung for the high beam yet. If I don't figure it out by the time I get it I'll try swapping ballasts. I might try hooking my ohmmeter up and checking resistance through the power wire. Idk how to test the actual ballast without trying another bulb. __________________ aim: NOSSKYLINE88 Xbox live: HoofHearted 88 To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures. ^ADD ME^

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03-11-2010, 03:06 AM	#4
Reds82 Tri-State Addict Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Fogelsville Pa Member #10670 My Ride: 1981 Mercury Crappi iTrader: (2)	How many blast are you running? If two are both acting up? Do they ever have problems firing up? If only one is swap good one see if it works on that light. If they have trouble starting the bulb probably the ballast and usually what craps out on most kits. If that doesn't work check your voltage while running if it fluxs up and down bad you might have a bad voltage regulator. Also go over your wiring loose and bad connections can happen over time and are a bitch to put a finger on.