Well I pulled apart the headlights the other day to remove the amber lenses. Apparently I didnt seal them up good enough when putting them back together because I went and had the car washed and a little bit of moisture got in there. Both of my low beams have now stopped working. In fact they both stopped working at the exact same time. The only problem is the bulbs dont look blown and no fuses have gone either. Any idea what could be causing the low beams not to work? The high beams, signals, and parking lights work just fine. I'm at a loss.

Water has gotten into the HID ballasts. This is a common problem when clearing the STi lights and not sealing them properly.
You will have to re-bake the lights and seal them correctly, but in addition you need to remove the ballasts and open them up. If you are lucky just drying them out will allow them to work again, if not you will need new ones and they aren't cheap.
Be sure NOT to apply power to the ballasts while they are open, there are dangerously high voltages inside. The HID lights should only be powered when everything is fully assembled and connected.

Water has gotten into the HID ballasts. This is a common problem when clearing the STi lights and not sealing them properly.
You will have to re-bake the lights and seal them correctly, but in addition you need to remove the ballasts and open them up. If you are lucky just drying them out will allow them to work again, if not you will need new ones and they aren't cheap.
Be sure NOT to apply power to the ballasts while they are open, there are dangerously high voltages inside. The HID lights should only be powered when everything is fully assembled and connected.

Thank you Mulder.

Are they ballasts the connectors that the bulb plugs into?

They are the rectangular silver boxes on the back of the lights. 12V goes into them, high voltage for the bulbs comes out.

dangerously high voltage. and all because you didn't like the amber reflectors required by law. well, hope you get it fixed without having to spend hundreds of dollars.

dangerously high voltage. and all because you didn't like the amber reflectors required by law. well, hope you get it fixed without having to spend hundreds of dollars.


Whoa! Then I will consider myself lucky! Yesterday I was messing around with them while the car was running. Real smart! :eek: