Davy Crockett

Hi allNeed help from the forum....
Have a 2007 forester with xenon bulbs and passenger side has gone. Swapped bulb to drivers side and it works, checked fuses and relays and no joy. Guessing it's ballast unit that's failed, tried motor factors but not a stock item
Any ideas or advice other than selling my soul to a main dealer? New headlamp is £600


Any advice greatfully received

Sarg400

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Just get a new ballest of eBay £20

alcazar

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Aye, remove old ballast and check specs, buy a decent one off ebay or similar...DO NOT buy cheap.

PS: swap working side bulb into non working light to check it's not wiring fault.

Don Clark

Ballast sits under the headlight so prone to water ingress.

Should be available seperately, item 24




Ballast-head lamp, 84965SA010

goatblower

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Call Matty B & see if he has any.....

Davy Crockett

Thanks for the replies and advice folks

riiidaa

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Can vouch for that, the o-ring was pinched when previous owner dicked with one on my blob headlamps and it eventually got soaked - not only did the headlight stop working but about a week later the central locking went nuts constantly triggering.

we removed it from car after disconnecting cables, and shook it and the ballast pack was flooded, dried it using a heat gun, (it was Winter) and the sod works until this day!

alcazar

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I have four ballasts on my classic, two Hella, two Morimoto. The sealing on them is superb.

FMJ

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alcazar: I am planning on fitting some proper projectors to my classic project after seeing how good they are on my hawk for night driving and wondered if you can point me towards which Ballasts are half decent? Money is a limiting factor as always but I don't want to buy cheap and buy twice/three times so mid to high mid price range would be good. Sorry to go off topic but it's not really worth it's own.

alcazar

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Go to www.theretrofitsource.com

Based in the USA, so they need to know that you need RHD units, but helpful and not badly priced.

That's where my projectors came from on this thread: https://www.scoobynet.com/technical-...mpler-way.html

Davy Crockett

Thanks for your help and advice folks

Had an hour on the car tonight, so took the ballast out in prep for fitting another at the weekend. Riidaa was bang on the money...full of water. Warmed it up for a while, plugged it back in and **** my old boots it works!!!
Neighbour looked at me gone out when I swore and started laughing all on my own!
Massive thanks

johned

Great stuff.

alcazar

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I'd be inclined to seal it properly after a good dry-out, Araldite works a treat.

riiidaa

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riiidaa

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Feeling happy to have helped

Sadly I had already done £100 getting another bulb same day which was superfluous once opened and we'd then realised it was that with mine... Still my central locking being cured saved auto electrician bills....

In other news
Only electrical gremlin i have with my car now affects my passenger front window. A PITA

KevP84

i got my projectors to fit, got mine from the retrofitlab.com think i remember. theyre do the same stuff as the states except its in the eu so dont pay duty :-)

alcazar

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I paid no duty on mine.

riiidaa

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Got to make use of said bulb now, mine failed on same side this week.