Installed two ballast they would cause me to have to flip my lights on and off till they would come on. Then they started to only have the driver side hid work or they would cut out all the way. Thought it was my passenger side ballast till I replaced it yesterday and the same issue except the passenger side works more frequently. What do you think the issue is?
The hid I replaced I found a ton of beach sand in it...

 

I'd try using a relay wiring harness. The OEM fog wiring was designed for halogen bulbs, not HID startup.

 

What if I dropped down to the 3ks or 6k would it make a difference on what I'm running bc I have 8k in now.

 

No that won't make a difference, the output color of the bulbs has nothing to do with it. The problem is the power supply to the ballasts, or the ballasts themselves. Using a relay harness, the thicker wiring goes directly to the battery with the relay as a switch controlled by your fog light switch. It may not solve it 100% as aftermarket ballasts sometimes do that, but it should be better.

 

 

It was the bulb. Even though the kit was supposedly new

 

the problem is buying a cheap hid kit. They all fail sooner or later. Some are DOA.

 

Must have lucked out. Have had mine for 2 years now with no issue except got wrong bulbs shipped to me. Now I have two sets. Ebay special... think I paid 60 for the ballasts and bulbs. Easy install as well.

 

Make sure you have a good ground. I grounded to the bumper support at first and i would have to turn the lights on and off then back on a few times before they would all come on. The problem started a few months after the install. Noticed there was corrosion on my ground likely from dis-similar metals. Moved the ground to a bolt with a star washer behind each headlight assembly which actually serves ground to the head lights too. Same 8000k bulbs since 2007. Original analog ballasts were still working when replaced with digital ballasts in 2009 to remedy interference with the HD radio on my new head unit. I also drive with my lights on all the time, day or night.

 

the reason why the wiring harness is recommended for any HID setup is simple. HID bulbs require a lot of power to ignite the salts that are in the bulb. while this is only for a short period of time( the power draw lowers after the bulb is on), it can slowly cause wear in the wires of your stock setup. The harness completely isolates the HID power circuit from the wiring system of your car. Only thing the harness needs to work(if it is wired correctly) is a power source( the battery) and a signal to tell it when to open the circuit(the bulb connector that will connect to your bulb socket, only used as signal). It is much easier to replace the wiring harness than it will be to replace the cars wiring harness( or to troubleshoot the problem if one does arise).

correct me if put any incorrect info chrisman