I was looking at my headlights on my car and noticed the inner lights weren’t illuminating. I took the bumper off and noticed that the ballasts have been removed from the headlight. Just reaching out to find out if there’s a reason why someone would do this? (Some sort of upgrade) …before I order some replacement ballasts.
Also had a bit of an accident with the fog light wiring…will create another post for that
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E85 prelci headlights
- paddy wright
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Ballasts can get water ingress and fail causing a warning on dash- I guess your previous owner was a little unscrupulous and taken them out to hide the issue. If buying replacement just go on eBay- they are hella ones and used across a range of manufacturers and can be had cheaply.
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If you have Xenon lights the inner light is only for "flash to Pass". The low and high beam function are both performed by the outside Xenon bulb.
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Cheers for that. All sorted. Replacement ballasts and a general clean up and they work perfect fine.paddy wright wrote: ↑Sun May 12, 2024 12:50 pm Ballasts can get water ingress and fail causing a warning on dash- I guess your previous owner was a little unscrupulous and taken them out to hide the issue. If buying replacement just go on eBay- they are hella ones and used across a range of manufacturers and can be had cheaply.
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Z4 2.2 sterling grey,Msport seats,retrofit cupholders,cruise,footwell lights,sound gen and mfsw,18"ellipsoids,xenons+light washers,ZHPknob,folding mirrors,3"stubby,update wheel caps,gateway300 ipod, wind deflector to keep the wife happy!