mikey33

Hey guys. I am trying to swap my hid low beam bulbs and it is proving to be very difficult. Can anyone give me exact steps of how to reinsert the bulbs and igniter?

I have put the new bulb in the insert and put the two spring connector in place to hold it down but cannot for the life of me get the igniter to go into place and lock. It is supposed to go into these four slots and then be twisted clockwise to lock but it is not working? Some help would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

mikey33

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E92-Lighting

i know a place in Soca that can install for you, but all of our HID bulbs are error free or a full refund will apply

Ammi

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mikey33

Thank you god! After 11 hours of fuc**ng around I finally got them in. I had to remove all four pegs or tabs on the igniter by cutting them off and filing them down and then I had to glue gun the little metallic ring back onto the igniter since the tabs were gone. I put glue on the two ends with the little circles until they were solid and held in place. After this I just put the igniter on the bulbs which were in place and twisted clockwise and they connected. The tabs to hold the igniter in place are not really needed, so cutting them is not a big deal for the bulbs will hold the igniter in place.

Thanks Ammi for the tip on cutting the tabs off!

insaneraptor700

i just had the same problem on my 03 cl55 i was about to break the damn thing i tried for 4 hrs to get it in then finally all of sudden my last try of gettin the ballast on i was even payin attention it just smoothly went on. Why do you guys think these ballasts and holders are a pain in the ***?

izzyz28

If the bulb is seated correctly, the ballast/ignitors easily slide right on. However, the passenger side ignitor goes on UPSIDE DOWN!!!! If you look at the writing on it, it'll be right side up on the driver side and upside down on the passenger side when correctly installed.


Edit: I spent 20 minuted screwing around with the pass. side before I figured it out.