I bought a skeezy used 35W Xenon HID install kit off a non-HID Evo for $70. (yeah, FAIL. I am smarter now [sigh]).

Neither light works.

I already have the J-ROX harness (to cancel DRL). Works great.

I only hooked up the transformers to the JROX and then the bulbs to each transformer. I di not use the red harness nor the the black capacitor (DRL-cancel thingy) for the input (because i have the JROX already).

The bulbs look good (clear - no cloud or blackening)...
But how could i tell by looking at them (or can you) if they are good?

Is it reasonable to assume BOTH 'ba da bling!'[tm] transformers (look pretty cheap) are bad?

I hooked the stock bulbs back up to the JROX harness and they work again.

-thanks for any help!

 

You know what they say, you get what you pay for. Trash them and buy a real set.

 

uhm, no...

I am either throwing away good bulbs or good ballasts (i meant ballasts - not transformers, above).

 

Get out a voltage tester and see if all the connections are getting power. You should know if your ballasts are getting power if they hum when they fire up.

 

No hum from either one.

Voltage is good into the ballast from the harness proven by it powers the stock Halogen bulbs just fine...

Hmmmh. This leads me to believe that is it.

But has anyone seen a 'blown' Xenon bulb? Is at all black inside - or can it fail and look 'fine'?

 

Good news for me! The guy agreed to a return.

Now i am just going to buy two slim ballasts and two bulbs.
Brand and site recomendations?

Thanks!