Check your grounds,and relays.I had same problem and it was my ground cable,or if the relay is faulty is not getting enough power to the ballast,or bad ballast and sometimes it could be the bulb itself.

 

I believe the fix was to not run them in DRL mode. HIDs cannot be run at the lower power setting of DRL.

 

Is there any difference between the solstice and the sky when it comes to voltage for the lights? because mine run with the daytime lights too with no problems.

 

SOLS dont have DRL they use the amber parking lights as theres... the sky needs a rely to run HID @ the DRL power...

 

I know all about this... Fixed it, too.

When I first got my HIDs they flickered in Daytime Running Light (DRL) mode when I turned them on, then they ended up with one on and one off. This is caused by the fact that the SKY uses a reduced power setting for the DRLs. This makes the incandescents burn less brightly, but proves an insufficient amount of power to drive both DRLs. Therefore, as a result, they flicker for a while and eventually one gets enough power to be lit while the other goes off completely. Not a good thing.

You can pull the DRL fuse from the fuse box to turn them off completely. I didn't like that approach.

My HIDs are from KappaSphere. They now provide a harness and a relay that fixes the problem. What it does is the relay senses the low current signal to the headlights, and uses that to trip a relay that then draws full power from the battery. The harness runs separate power leads to the battery and forms a bridge between the ballasts and the bulbs themselves. With this in place, when the headlights are in reduced power DRL mode they still get a full dose of power via the harness. It works perfectly. Now I have automatic DRLs that do not flicker at all, and light up to full intensity, so that other friends of the road can see my cool HID headlights day or night.

If you follow this link it proves a full set of instructions (with photos) on installing the harness, getting the DRLs to work properly, mount the relay and wrap the wires to make it look all pretty under the hood:

http://www.skyroadster.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13279

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Now that's the info I needed! I wonder if Kappashpere would just sale the relay? Thanks for your help!

 

Also if you buy Ignited HID's they come with blasters. That might help?

 

Hid Wiring Harness From Kappasphere

If You Purchased The Hid's From Kappa, They Will Send You A New Harness, No Charge. Just E-mail Them.

 

If you don't want to mess with it you can also turn your lights on manualy every time. We do this anyways because with the DRL's the tail lights don't turn on durring the day. I preffer having all the lights on so that the car is more visible durring the day.

Regards,

Brian

 

I have heard rumors that the HIDs on vehicles not equipt from the OEM will become illegal for on-road use. Which will suck because there are tons of them out there... I don't know if this is fact or fiction but it would suck if it was fact....

http://www.sema.org/main/semaorghome.aspx?ID=57289

 

They are and have been illegal. They are NOT DOT approved.