Ok, i got a set of p&p from a friend of mine for free. I dont like the glare of hids w/o a retrofit. However, these have a cutoff line..IDK why but it does. It also came with a switch to adjust color. NO bs. i can even post pics. The only wiring required is the manual color switch. All of it is done. Its flickers every now and then and also changes colors. I thought it can be a ballast or ignitor but it will switch from one headlight to the next. Can it be a loose wire in the switch?




THIS IS THE SWITCH...!!!


Modified by mach0 at 10:56 AM 1/17/2008


Modified by mach0 at 10:22 AM 1/18/2008

 

sounds like either a wiring problem or ballast problem. Post some pics of the cutoff line and the color switching. I've never seen or heard of this

 

cutoff without projectors? gotta see that. yep, sounds like problem lies in the ballast/s

 

post up some pics of this kit..i have never heard of anything like that..

 

i will start with the wiring.its not a sharp line but it deff stops at a certain height...even on the highway you can see it on the barriers...ill take pics tonight and post them...thanks

 

I'm just curious to see a kit where you can change the color of it...

 

i will post pics tommorrow...both of the cutoff line and the switch...the cutoff is not crazy as i hear that the integra lenses take away from the blue..the color only goes from white to bluish white, blue to a light purple...nothing crazy..i usually keep it around a light blue...the ballast has three sets of wires,..one to the light harness, the other to the bulb, and the last to the switch...the guy i got it from bought it back around 03/04...they still work so im fine..just got to wait till i get home to check the wiring and rewire the switch

 

oh you put it in the integra with projector halgon bulbs? well than yeah you would expect some form of cutoff..not in a reflector housing tho..

 

im trying to upload pics to show u guys and i cant...i click insert image and it refreshes the page..

 

did you upload them onto an image hosting site first?

 

not yet...but it did not give the option to insert image...ill upload them and then post the links for you guys to click on

 

pics r up

 

your forgot the switch lol

But i would look at the switch, jiggle the wires behind it, and see if that could be it, and do the same for the balasts and waht not...

but you said at one point both headlights were the same color?

Also what temp kit is that IE: 4300k,5000k,6000k....

 

any hid will have the same cut off as oem if the bulb is not a complete piece of crap. it has to do with how it is placed in the socket. if the filament is in correct relation to the reflector it will retain the proper cut off..

color switching of an hid is impossible. you are just "dimming" the bulb by varying the amount of voltage going to it. this will signigicantly shorten life of the bulb.

hid color temp is achieved by the metal salts inside the bulb. different metals make different colored plasma.

 

mine is just plain weired... i have to turn on high beam to turn on my head light its still not even bright... look like just stock light

 

do you have a 92-00 civic?

sounds like you have an h4-2 bulb which is hid low halogen high, and the hid portion is not working.

 

its round...its there..im holding it.

 

you sure they are hid? other technology bulbs, esp. led can be color controlled from a box like that. and i see no high tension leads.

 

yea they are hids but so far I fixed it by rewiring the switch...so far no flickers...thanks

 

do these have abrand on them? ive looked everywhere and cannot find a color changing hid... without a color wheel anyhow

 

Ill check the company later..but mind you...i did say i got these off a friend..he originally bought it in 2003. I dont know if any P&P companys are still around by then..but when i got outside i will check.

 

try turning on your lights and than letting doin the e brake that happens with my car sometimes.

 

Thats why there is a cut off...You have them in Integra headlights....which already have projectors.

More pics of the color changing please..!

 

HI YOUR PROBLEM IS THE BALISTER FYI I WORK FOR BENZ AND THERE CAR IS KNOWN FOR THAT, CHANGE THE BALISTER AND YOU SHOULD BE FINE. OH YOU SHOULD CHECK AND PROJECTOR LENS TO SEE IF THERE ARE TIGHT THAT COULD THE LIGHT TO FLICKER

 

ravie, for future reference plepase do not type in all caps, since im sure you werent yelling at the op (original poster) and they are just hard to read.

Thanks for your post, but no caps. Thanks!