What i did was to put two relays one to each side and a 3300 UF 25 Volt capacitor. Reply ... as it is only affecting one side:- Have you tried an anti flicker capacitor? I’ve been reading online how to prevent HID Flicker / one side off when retro fitting HID’s to canbus using cars. What if my HID bulb doesn’t fit properly? or just one side? Flickering OEM Hid I had the same problem on my Magnum with the 300C front end. 1. HID's Flickering. HID Newbie. Hey guys i got a Xentec HID kit for Xmas, and i just got aroudn to putting em in today, first warm day in a while, i also picked up a relay kit for it. 3) Disconnect the double relay plug connection and switch with the other. Yesterday evening, when I got home from a ~1 hour drive, I pulled into my garage and noticed the right side light was flickering badly. My shiny new Morimoto kit has developed a bit of an annoyance to me. So i took them off and taped them up good around the ballast and around all the connections. BALLASTS / DRIVERS: Swap the LED drivers or HID ballasts to the other side. a fair number of the general Ebay kits come with these. My car did not have the Hid light from the beginning. This solved my problems. Keep in mind, the flickering/ blinking only happens on one side so below is what we have attempted so far; 1) Switch HID light bulb from side to side. Hid kit installed now one side slightly flickers. If the problem switches sides than you know you have a problem with the ballast. I got the HID Lights by misstake and got big problems with flickering headlights. Join Date: Nov 2013; Posts: 79; Share Tweet #1 Bulb flicker on one side only with engine running. To help identify the broken part, you can follow these steps. 2. So basically, i installed my 8000k HIDs and they have been flickering when they are warmed up. I then turned off the lows, but before I could turn the car I off I saw a flash of light. 2) Switch the ballasts from side to side. Go to Sylvania’s Application Guide to make sure you ordered the correct kit. now as of yesterday the other one is doing it and the first one is fine, any ideas of what could be the problem ?? Some say use resistors in series with the input and ground of each connection and some say use a capacitor. replaced? Then I saw another, and another. if its both it could be low voltages at the ballasts. December 26th, 2013, 08:28 AM. When only one side does not turn on, it's usually caused by one of the components not working as it should. the last week or two my pasenger side headlight started flickering when I started the car only for ten seconds or so then it seems to be fine, then it went off altogether and the dis gave the warning, it came back on but still flickered and the dis warning went off. Feb 14 2012, 9:02am. If the problem continues, try swapping the ballasts from one side to the other. is the flicker only … battery has a enough charge? Is it both HID's flickering? 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