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Thank you very much friend. I had no idea. What I don't understand is what exactly makes the reflector bowls deteriorate. Anyway thanks for the advice. Will try and get away with spending a lil' less moneys. Was actually hoping to do this myself. Anyone have had any success cleaning the reflector bowls or is it pretty much impossible and they need to be replaced somehow?

Hi I've noticed that my HIDs/xenons are looking awfully dim. They're recently replaced as well but made no diff. Changed ballasts too. Dealer says that there's a build up of "xenon-dust" or something like that which builds up on the inside of the lens itself over time and is specifically bad with my model ('11 legacy). The only solution is to change both headlights which he says will cost around 3400 USD. My dealer has always seemd pretty straight forward and no nonsense. However I can't seem to find anything on this anywhere else. Has anyone else encountered this? Is there really no other way?

Thanks! Well guess what I went to a mechanic yesterday in the evening because I couldn't bear the thought of spending any more time outside in the freezing cold here crawling around trying to find out what's wrong. Turns out the NEW ballast that is not OE but definitely supposed to work and even has a 7 year warrant was at fault. Ordered a new OE one yesterday from a UK site called xenons4u.co.uk for next day dispatch but didn't receive any tracking info today + they're not picking calls/repsonding to email so after reading some reviews I learned I've probably been scammed. Anyway went ahead and ordered another one OE used today from a domestic vendor that will be here on friday.. A real royal mess in other words. Better use a CC next time and read some reviews before I order.

Thanks for chiming in as well. Passenger side is working normally. After thinking about it a little bit and mailing a little bit with my local dealer it seems the suspect would have to be the ballast. First question dealer asked was if ballast is OE. Answer is no but an equivalent (KDLT002) made for D2S bulbs that is said to work perfectly fine w/ this specific year legacy. OE cost 5-600 USD. This one cost about a hundred. Ballast gives a steady 2V output at the bulb socket but as I don't have the proper equipment I've not been able to test the initial surge. Don't know if ballast and igniter are separate. Dealer made no mention of that however. Anyway after so many hours and temperatures creeping below 0 C here I can only do so much testing since I don't have a garage so mechanic will be visited tomorrow for a couple of hours of troubleshooting then I will prob. do the work myself. Thanks again for chiming in here.

Thanks for chiming in. None of 'em tested yet. Will make sure to have them tested. A mechanic will do some troubleshooting for me tomorrow. Initially it just seemed strange to me to think that a general underlying issue like that would affect only the driver's side light repeatedly.

If someone with real knowledge in this field is willing to offer some of their time over chat to help me troubleshoot I would be more than willing to paypal anywhere upwards of 25 to 50 USD depending on the outcome.

Hi! First of all thank you to everyone who contributes to this great forum. My problem has become a bit of a headache over the course of 2020. It started with my xenons becoming weak on my 2011 legacy wagon and just wanting to replace both bulbs. Put in brand new bulbs and realized some deviation in color and strength from pass. to driver side. After a little time it became evident that the driver side bulb was dying out so I went for a new one under warranty from the same place. Same issue with the new bulb although it lasted slightly longer before barely giving a tiny purple glow (4 months maybe). Had a chat with the local dealer's manager who is quite friendly and suggested I replace the ballast. Purchased the correct ballast (KDLT002) and 2 brand new OSRAM D2S bulbs. Replaced everything and it worked fine. Then after about 24 hrs came to start the car and driver side HID was completely out. Things I've checked; Fuses (15A) Power from battery to harness connector with multimeter (~14V) Connector from harness to ballast with multimeter (~14V) Socket for bulb with multimeter (~2V which should equal about 30W given a 15A fuse) Putting the old bulb in the socket instead of the new one (no glow) Things I haven't checked; Initial power surge (V) using a multimeter to socket upon switching headlights on. Switching the new bulb to the functioning side to see if the bulb has been damaged somehow. Everything seems to be OK as far as I can see (fuse, harness, ballast). Still 3 new bulbs have now failed on the same side. Battery was recently replaced no issues. What's going on? Any ideas?

Thank you for the input. Indeed you were right. Going to try the metallic wire-thing.

Hi! Got some strange mettalic rattling noise coming from my car. Its not constant rather on and off. Seems to be more prominent while idling actually.. Anyone have an idea? Noise is here ---- https://youtu.be/N0GoPKONXg8