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2ND2N01 · 1st May 2002, 22:46

Here's the deal. I just recently upgraded my fog lamps from STG I to STG II via HIDS4LESS. They were working fine for the 2-3 days, but last night I noticed that my passenger side was burnt. Thinking that it was a defective bulb, I pulled it out and swaped it w/ the driver side, IT WORKED!

So, it wasn't the bulb....

I then checked the passenger wires and made sure all the connectors are right, they are! I then decided to plug the driver side bulb in the passenger ballast, and it didn't work! Now here comes the wierd thing! I put everything back the way it was thinking I will call HIDS4LESS tommorrow, but as I turned it on one more time, it came on

. I then shut it off and turned it back on, DIDN'T work again. And now I notice that when I turn it on, I hear a buzzing sound kind of like electricity and it doens't turn on. BUT when I don't hear the buzzing sound, IT turns on fine! It takes about 5-7 turns before the passenger side comes on, and I can't do it to fast either. ANY1 have any clue on what the problem is??? I never had problems w/ he STG I bulb in the fogs before....

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2ND2N01 Addicted Member (>300 posts) Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: SAC-TOWN Posts: 388 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	STG II fog lamp Problem! lil long Here's the deal. I just recently upgraded my fog lamps from STG I to STG II via HIDS4LESS. They were working fine for the 2-3 days, but last night I noticed that my passenger side was burnt. Thinking that it was a defective bulb, I pulled it out and swaped it w/ the driver side, IT WORKED! So, it wasn't the bulb.... I then checked the passenger wires and made sure all the connectors are right, they are! I then decided to plug the driver side bulb in the passenger ballast, and it didn't work! Now here comes the wierd thing! I put everything back the way it was thinking I will call HIDS4LESS tommorrow, but as I turned it on one more time, it came on . I then shut it off and turned it back on, DIDN'T work again. And now I notice that when I turn it on, I hear a buzzing sound kind of like electricity and it doens't turn on. BUT when I don't hear the buzzing sound, IT turns on fine! It takes about 5-7 turns before the passenger side comes on, and I can't do it to fast either. ANY1 have any clue on what the problem is??? I never had problems w/ he STG I bulb in the fogs before....