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Help! HID headlight broken?

grandtheftdasauto

New member
Location
Canada
So on a road trip, the HID igniter somehow came loose and judging by the smell of burnt plastic and the scorch marks, electricity arced between the contacts. At this point I was panicking and watched that Deutsche Auto Parts video while pulled over. I ended up trying to brute force the igniter back onto the bulb, which as I know now, should never be necessary and wouldn't work. I am more or less resigned to the fact I will need a new igniter and bulb at the very least. But my pushing on the bulb socket with the igniter ended up pushing the projector out of alignment with the shiny ring. Is this fixable or have I completely screwed the pooch? Gentle tugging doesn't seem to have any effect and I don't want to force it again.

Pictures are worth a thousand words:
Nice and crispy:
http://i.imgur.com/V2wzqLy.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/3aidMcTr.jpg

Misaligned projector:
http://i.imgur.com/3ZKVkEhg.jpg
Other (passenger) side for comparison:
http://i.imgur.com/3EBiOpc.jpg

P.S. Is the ballast fried too? I am new to all this HID stuff.
 
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ericgu22

Passed Driver's Ed
Location
Toronto
Looking from the picture, there's no way you would be able to put the igniter back.. Use a screw driver and turn the brown plastic ring inside the igniter to line up the slots.... Don't know if you broke something but use a Allen wrench and try to adjust the headlight using the plastic slots on top of the headlight. There's one for left and right, one for up and down...
 
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