my friend just bought hid's for his 05 ninja. his low beam goes on, but when he tries the high beams, they don't work. no fuses were blown. he tried connecting the wires opposite(pos. & neg.). he even connected the ballast and bulb onto the low beam side and it worked. there was nothing wrong before the hid's were installed. both lo an hi beams worked perfectly. any ideas what could be wrong?

 

HID technology still sucks for bikes. the ballasts require alot of power to "establish the arc" in the bulb. it is igniting a high pressure metal halide gas mixture..(i think its metal halide..)

my buddy's gixxer did the same thing, only they'd flicker and be all stupid.
if you have power on both the low and high beam terminals (12-14Volts) whenever its selected, chances are the ballast is a monday or friday ballast, and i'd be seeking a refund.

you can test the ballast by hooking it up to a car battery. if 900CCA won't fire it up, then your ballast may be fried. does it hum at all? there should be a high pitch whine from the ballast where the unit is actually inverting your bikes DC into high frequency AC to run a step-up transformer thatcreates the high voltage the bulb needs to glow.

if you hear the whine, then i'd look at replacing the lamps. they have a long life span, so i almost doubt that they're shot already... go steal you neighbors HID outta his lexus!

nah....

but as long as your stock headlight lamps work still, and everythings hooked up with the correct polarity, that s*it should fire right up if it has enough power available.

if the ballast has a "secondary voltage" rating (possibly close to 1000V) and you A. have no fear of electricity, and B. have a meter capable of measuring that power, you can rule out the bulbs if the ballast shows a steady output. just be super super careful it doesn't arc out of the lampholder to your finger or somthing...

good luck with that, bro.

 

i'll check that out. thanks man

 

Do you have a GOOD Ground for the High beam side?

 

Speed is right check ground with a meter make sure it reads!