HID Problem

[wkbrdr91]

Hey guys, after my dad saw my HIDs on my Solara, he ordered some for his yukon, but DDM no longer had the slim ballast kit, and ordered the Apexcone Raptor V2 kit. His driver side HID light (not sure about right, he says it does the same thing but a lot less) looks like there is a very small strobe light inside of it... the light is not fully going on and off, but there is a extremely fast flicker to it, like it gets brighter then back to normal very fast.

I tried to capture it on video, I think the easiest part to see it is at the end. Also revved it up just a tad.. the exhaust on his truck is amazing.. though the iPhone didn't seem to capture it that well, but hes also got a GM performance CAI.

Note: When it dims or gets brighter, that is just me playing with the auto-focus/brightness settings on my iPhone 4.

HD link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reRYyJjGBxg&hd=1

[wkbrdr91]

I pulled the car out to look more closely at the problem.. it appears that the light is shaking up and down almost.. doesn't capture in video too well, would need a high speed camera to really see, but here's a video of it with the truck pulled back a bit.. the iPhone changed the color of the light cause of the house color.. so it looks like a halogen but its really an 8000K 55W HID.

[dinoxor]

maybe theres a mini rave party in there?
It could be the engine thats causing the vibration right?

I'm beat but I think you should visit a yukon forum to see if someone has a similar problem.

[Projex0]

its obviously a power problem if its going dim then bright etc.. try a relay kit that way its getting the juice it needs to stay at a constant voltage

[wkbrdr91]

its obviously a power problem if its going dim then bright etc.. try a relay kit that way its getting the juice it needs to stay at a constant voltage

It has what I believe to be a relay kit. Gets power from the battery, connect to the cars stock light thing just so it knows if it should be on or not. Its flickering/shaking way too fast to be from the engine but I will make sure that's not it in the morning.

[Projex0]

does he have a sound system in there? yea just look over the entire wiring if it looks good then the it could be the Hid kit(bulb and ballast) is a bad or going bad. just my guess

[wkbrdr91]

does he have a sound system in there? yea just look over the entire wiring if it looks good then the it could be the Hid kit(bulb and ballast) is a bad or going bad. just my guess

Its got the Bose system, but no subs (yet, they're sitting in garage waiting to be installed, 2 10's), but the stereo wasn't on anyways. My dads going to double check the wiring then call DDM and see if they know.

[99BlackSandv6]

It looks like a ground issue. Where do you have the kit grounded?
Make sure that connection is solid, and good metal to metal contact.

[wkbrdr91]

It looks like a ground issue. Where do you have the kit grounded?
Make sure that connection is solid, and good metal to metal contact.

I forget where he grounded it, but he knows what hes doing with that type of stuff. I told him to try grounding it somewhere else anyways.

Back when he had the time to really mess with cars (high school/college) one of the things he did to his first car (GTO) was set it up so he could control all his lights completely, make the reverse lights turn on even if hes not in reverse, make the brake lights come on when hes not braking... or the opposite. He also wired undercover cop lights in it. He also got it an emron paint job, straight pipe exhaust, port and polish, rims, extremely nice sound system and a lot more.

He inherited 10k when he was 16 and used it to do all those mods... which is why he paid for my rims, subs, and intake.. he understood what its like to want to mod a car.

[99BlackSandv6]

That sounds like a nice GTO.

I've got a buddy with HIDs in his GMC. He had his stuff grounded to his core support.
It was unreliable until he hooked up a heavy gauge jumper from the (-) on his battery
to the core support, and between the two points his HIDs ground to. Now, he never has
a problem, and they're actually noticeably brighter. Just sayin' if he grounded to the chassis
he could get a better ground. Or it could be something else.

[wkbrdr91]

That sounds like a nice GTO.

I've got a buddy with HIDs in his GMC. He had his stuff grounded to his core support.
It was unreliable until he hooked up a heavy gauge jumper from the (-) on his battery
to the core support, and between the two points his HIDs ground to. Now, he never has
a problem, and they're actually noticeably brighter. Just sayin' if he grounded to the chassis
he could get a better ground. Or it could be something else.

Ya he really regrets selling it. The sad thing is, a week after selling it, the new owner got drunk and drove it off a cliff type thing onto a local fire department building. My dad snuck into the junkyard and was able to take the shifter ball off of it for memorys.

So basically your saying to connect the battery ground terminal to the chassis? Could he just ground the HIDs to the battery directly then?

[99BlackSandv6]

Yeah, direct to the battery is best.

[Mole]

i say bad bulb.

[wkbrdr91]

He grounded direct to battery and ordered the error eliminator that the sites FAQ said would work.. still the same problem. Hes going to order HID fogs so ill have him contact them about replacing his set he has now too.

[99BlackSandv6]

Well it must be a weak ballast then. The same thing happens with fluorescent lights in homes etc.
The ballast goes weak and the light flicker.