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So I just got a 2008 Civic Si last Friday. That same night I installed a set of 12K Xenon HID's. Now they worked fine until 20min after having them on. the passenger side bulb went out. i checked my fuse and it was blown. i replaced it again with another 10. it worked until saterday night and it blew it again. only the passenger side bulb not the driver side. so i once again replaced it but put 15 in it. and it blew it right off the bat. so i was F*ck it. put a 20 in. they worked fine and 5min later. both blew out. now I checked the fuses and they are intact. i put a set of stock 10's back in and nothing. lights are GONE. any idea's ? at this point im just curious i went and bought a set of PIAA's Performance bulbs. no HID BS anymore. havent installed them yet so hopfully i didnt f*ck anything up internally. i checked for melted wires or any wire being cut and touching something. but nothing. any idea's ?

 
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if you hook back the halogen bulbs and they dont work, you fried your wiring. too bad. putting a higher fuse is never a good idea because it exceeds the limit of the wiring. hid draws a ton of amps on startup and the stock wiring cannot handle it. thats why the fuse blew. you need a new upgrade relay harness with thicker wire to run the hid. and since you ruined the stock wires, youre gonna need new harness even if you go back to halogen.

 
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nope didnt blow anything up. just another fuse under the hood. forgot to check that one. lucky me. i bought PIAA's