***Your HID Questions Answered Here.***

[TruckinAin4Sissies]

You know if they banished any Kelvin temperature above 6000K I'd be ok with that.

I install HID kits on vehicles weekly. Any time a customer asks for anything above 6000K I refuse to install them.

 

[Charby]

I have a question, i bought a cheapy set off ebay they worked for a day naw when i turn them on one works and the other flickers and diesent ignight, any ideas? Bad conection? Ballast , bulb?

I regret buyin cheapys

 

[canuckz71]

I have a question, i bought a cheapy set off ebay they worked for a day naw when i turn them on one works and the other flickers and diesent ignight, any ideas? Bad conection? Ballast , bulb?

I regret buyin cheapys

Sounds like you need a relay harness, my HID's had the same problem.

 

[MOBS]

You know if they banished any Kelvin temperature above 6000K I'd be ok with that.

I install HID kits on vehicles weekly. Any time a customer asks for anything above 6000K I refuse to install them.

Have you seen the HID bulbs that change colors? I'm not 100% sure how it's done, I suspect some sort of multi-color diode setup somewhere on the bulb. wait for it....wait for it....green headlights like the Green Hornet car!!!

 

[TruckinAin4Sissies]

Have you seen the HID bulbs that change colors? I'm not 100% sure how it's done, I suspect some sort of multi-color diode setup somewhere on the bulb. wait for it....wait for it....green headlights like the Green Hornet car!!!

"dual sodium-bicarbonate" IIRC

 

[MOBS]

"dual sodium-bicarbonate" IIRC

^^^ wow....big werdz hyuck!!! Thanks man, now to find GREEEEN.....

 

[Mean Green]

I have a question, i bought a cheapy set off ebay they worked for a day naw when i turn them on one works and the other flickers and diesent ignight, any ideas? Bad conection? Ballast , bulb?

I regret buyin cheapys

Yep, as CanuckZ71 said, a relay harness would solve your problem most likely. It's not that you bought a cheap HID kit, honestly there all similiar in quality whether there $30 or $130. See HID's require a large amount of power to ignite the bulb, and a lot of times the stock wiring isn't up to the task being it's a rather small gauge wire and the run is rediculously long and underpowered for the job it's doing. With a relay harness, it draws direct power from the battery which results in having plenty of power to ignite both ballasts and eliminate any flickering issues.

 

[MOBS]

Also, if your vehicle has an underhood power center, that would help declutter your battery terminals. Most ones I've seen have an Auxiliary-A and Auxiliary-B post, these are pretty much off-shoots of the battery's positive post, the wire that powers them is massive.

 

[jdyates]

Well guys i am back with another HID question. I asked a few pages back whether HIDs get hotter than halogens or not (apparently they do!), but now i want to know...would HIDs MELT my headlight lenses? I was talking to a friends cousin the other night and the cousin said HIDs started to melt his headlight lenses in his explorer (or his current Malibu, dont remember). I didn't think these trucks came stock with glass lenses, since my OEM replacements are plastic...So has anyone had issues with damages housings using HIDs?

 

[1badgmc]

Are you sure your friend wasn't running 55w HIDs? 35w HIDs should run around the same temp as 55w halogen bulbs. You shouldn't have any heat issues.