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Old 12-30-2010
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Icon4 HID lights on working on one side

I bought ddm tuning apexcone hid 35w 6000k hi/low. I drove it all the way to work with them working. I turned them off and then back on to show a co worker and then just the left is working. It there a fuse on each ballast?
 
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no, but you should have a fuse for each headlight in the fuse panal.
 
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My year rangers only had one fuse for the headlights.
 
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Well I figured out, I had a bad ground to the ballast on that side. Thanks for help
 
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how do u like those hids? I have the DDM 35w hi/low and they suck
 
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Well I only have had them on there for 2 days now, but so far I like them. They are diffently brighter than my stock halogens. I haven't heard good things about the slim ballast hid. Mine are the regular ballast apexcone raptor 9007 hi/low 35w 6000k
 
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Do you have the site were you bought them from?
 
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I have just bought a 2009 Thunder Double cab with HiD conversion. lights work fine (apart from r/h side just stopped working, but haven't had time to check fuses yet).
Dash high beam indicator does not work at all though!

Is this normal for Hid's, is there a fix or is it a fault? I have no idea what system has been installed.

This is my first experience with this HiD's so any expert views on this are greatly appreciated
 
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Originally Posted by Ford04Ranger4.0
how do u like those hids? I have the DDM 35w hi/low and they suck
Same here the low is ok but the highs suck
 
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Both working now so must be intermittent connection/earth ?

Aparently the dash High Beam light does not function with HiD's due to resistance changes, dont know if there's a fix?

Low beam is bright but a little "woolley" at the top. Hi beam is like looking through a letter box, very wide & thin but ok i guess. Probably needs projector lenses to focus beam properly. Bought the car with Hid's already fitted so can't compare to the std Ranger halogens.
 
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Same here the low is ok but the highs suck
flip the pos pins so lows are the halogen bulb, and the high is the HID. unless you bought them for the look of hids on your truck, then your just gay.
 
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My dash high beam lite goes on when I turn them on
 
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