i turn my lights on and about 60 sec. later driver side turns off, and stays off. it only comes back on if i turn my headlights off and back o nagain. is this a HID bulb going bad? whats the stock HID ballast hold up to for output? i have 10000K in there...

 

Are these Philips Bulbs?

I had a similar problem, but with a much lower Kelvin (6K) and after 3 weeks of diagnosing the problem, I simply order some Philips bulbs (6K) and never had a problem again.
This is not to say that your 10K bulbs will not work, but I would kinda of expect to start having some HID problems. Do a search...There are a tons of info on HID and why you should stick with more main stream bulbs.

I suspect that the Bulbs are getting to a high temperature and as a precaution, the ballast is shutting the bulb down.

 

Swap the old one back and report back to us.

 

okay il switch them back out, and im going to try putting the one thats going out on the other side. to make sure its not the ballast, and see if its the bulb itself. il get back with you guys. thanks.

 

Interresting. As far as I know, ballasts only support so much, and ballasts that carry 10000k in the U.S. are not common (if even produced). My guess is you'll need new ballasts.

Beyond that, afaik, 10000k's live much shorter lives than lower temp bulbs, are also illegal (but then again so are many other mods), and don't even produce as much lumens as lower k bulbs.

You must want some pretty blue lights.
- Matt

 

actually they are blue with a purple tint. kinda look like a high powered black light. looks really sweet with the black car. its only been one day but cops havent said anything. and only driving with the one headlight on. but if i do upgrade my ballast, how would i go on to changing from old to new. i would def. have to splice into some wires? huh? tried to stay away form that, being brand new rx8..