# HIDs installed in 03 325i, Now they flicker like strobes

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**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive
**Created:** [July 12, 2006, 2:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hids-installed-in-03-325i-now-they-flicker-like-strobes/14475 "2006-07-12T14:39:08Z")
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### Author: ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2006, 3:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hids-installed-in-03-325i-now-they-flicker-like-strobes/14475/3 "2006-07-12T15:51:26Z")

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> [@97FormulaWS-6](#):
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> Sounds like a ballast issue to me; almost like they are not getting enough power; how do you have them wired in? Please tell me u ran a new wire from the battery through a 40A relay, then to the ballast? if not, that could very well be your issue.
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> If that doesn’t solve the issue, then you may have a bad set of ballasts.

word. if you are running through your old harnesses, that could be a problem…

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