hid problems

[blue0453]

Alright heres the deal, I have had hids for about 2 years now never no problems other than a few ballasr going bad. Last week my left light wouldnt come on so I figured it was the ballast, had an extra, swapped it out and nothing. I didnt have any extra bulbs, so just to see if plug was getting power plugged a oem light into factory plug and it worked, so I figured it was the hid light. So I just went ahead and ordered a new kit to have the extra ballast laying around when I need them, hooked the new ballast and bulb up and still nothing??? Checked the oem light again and it still works, what is going on here?? please help thanx NIck

[Sleaper]

I had a similar problem on mine and all I had to do was swap the polarity of the wires going to the bulb and they worked fine. What type of kit did you get?

[blue0453]

zentec is the brand name, this is also the same brand that I have had for the last 2 years with no problems

[WARLOCK]

I had those in my grand am. They were nice.

[Sleaper]

zentec is the brand name, this is also the same brand that I have had for the last 2 years with no problems

Mine would come on, then if I switched ballasts or moved them, they wouldn't work anymore until I switched the wires. Not sure if my kit is the same as yours...

[blue0453]

its just weird that it has worked for so long and now its not, I wonder if the ballast is not getting enough power from the factory plug to fire up the ballast?? I did notice a little black residue on the factory plug