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    The light on my passenger side sometimes wont turn on if i turn my lights on and off a couple of times it will then turn on but there is about a 50% chance it turns on. Is this the ballast or the bulb. And also now it wont turn on at all. So should i just buy a new bulb and ballast or just a ballast? I know it is a 55w Ballast but how do i find the right replacement or will any 55w ballast work.
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    Probably need a relay harness
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    Quote Originally Posted by theaceofspades View Post
    Probably need a relay harness
    is there any way to figure out if its ballast or harness?
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    Sounds like a bad ballast or a bad ground. Swap the bulbs and see if the problem follows or stays.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bronco Boy View Post
    Sounds like a bad ballast or a bad ground. Swap the bulbs and see if the problem follows or stays.
    ^^ditto^^

    swap the ballast around and make sure you have bare metal grounds

    What brand ballast do you have? Any ol 55watter will do.
    I personally am paranoid about those things. For matched brightness and startup I replace in pairs
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    Quote Originally Posted by spazzz View Post
    ^^ditto^^

    swap the ballast around and make sure you have bare metal grounds

    What brand ballast do you have? Any ol 55watter will do.
    I personally am paranoid about those things. For matched brightness and startup I replace in pairs
    the kit is a DDM Kit 55W 5000k. does that help anything ha and i will try to fix the ground but does this kid usually have a ballast go out or tend to get a bad relay harness?
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    DDM harness fuse by the battery like to blow/melt. but that would affect both lights not one.

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