i got some hids right,? installed them, right? and they dont shine like 10k hids. they are like regular bulbs. any ideas. oh the bulb are def 10k bulbs.

 

 

did I say something wrong? i just needed help. if you didnt understand. here goes. I bought a HID kit. Installed according to the directions. But they still shine line regular factory bulbs. without the high beams on the lights dont even turn on. but i used the high beams and the come on just as regular lighting and not like 10k hids should shine. any help is appreciated.

 

And how is a 10k HID supposed to shine?

No OEM HID capsule is anywhere near that high of a color temp. Output wise, they probably aren't even brighter than a stock halogen bulb. Higher K = lower output.

 

First when it comes to the color of the bulbs it is very loose in color standards from seller to seller (I've seen 12K's that were just as blue as 8K's but just dimmer...), all hid bulbs will slowly color shift as they "burn in" (OE bulbs at 4300K have a defined yellow tinge like halogens when brand new, but after around 100 hours they color shift to a pure white).

You say you have to use your high beams to get them to work which leads me to believe your kit is probably misswired but with out know what what kit you have for what car I can only guess till I go blind...

 

Standard 9006 and H4 low beams put out around 1000 lumens.

A standard OEM 4300K bulb puts out around 3200 lumens when new.

A Philips Ultinon bulb (probably the only true 6000K bulb on the market) puts out around 2400 lumens when new.

Your 10,000K bulb (ridiculous to claim that high of a color temperature) probably has so much blue coating on the bulb that it struggles to put out 1500 lumens, if that. So I can very much understand why you think it's not much better than a halogen bulb.

And don't forget, xenon HID bulbs lose brightness over time, as do all forms of HID and fluorescent lighting.

 

well i would agree if i had them for a while. its brand new. and it is xenon kit. i had the bulbs replaced by the company. they still shine the same way.

 

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I think this should tell you the problem is with the product itself.

 

has this happened to anyone before?