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E46 Xenon Ballast
Hi
My E46 has factory fitted xenon lights and the passenger side light has been flickering lately. If I switch off the lights and then switch them back on, the flickering stops for a few minutes. It seems to be a common problem with the ballast so I'll replace it once I have confirmed that it is causing the lights to flicker.
My question is, where is the best place to source a new ballast? Are the spurious versions on eBay just rubbish?
Thanks
Brian
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Swap the ballasts around, if you're problem moves, you've confirmed it.
Don't buy shit ballasts, get the Bosch part number, you'll probably find that the same part is used in a lot of cars.
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Swapping the ballast to the other side was the plan to confirm it as the problem.
I'm just looking to find out the best place to buy a new one. I completely agree with you on not buying shit ballasts but the car is nearly 15 years old so keeping the cost down is a concern. There's no point in sinking big money into an old car with more than 200k miles.