E85 prelci headlights

[Mo996]

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

[paddy wright]

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.

[BumpyZ4]

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.

[Mo996]

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.

Cheers for that. All sorted. Replacement ballasts and a general clean up and they work perfect fine.

[paddy wright]