I got a set of HID's about a year or two ago. I was so happy because my original light output sucked ballz. I have JDM CTR headlights which have a H4 bulb housing. . The set that i got is a ANALOG set, using a magnetic core instead of the digital setup which uses a digital circut board. Its a plug and play kit, so as soon as i got home, i installed them. Turn the car on, switch the headlights on and WTF? These WEAK, and i mean beyond WEAK halogen bulbs come on. I look at my buddies standing around as we install them, and they are dying laughing at me. i got back into the car and flick on my HIGH BEAMS, and suddenly...HID! beautiful BLINDING 6k HID's in your face.

The HID's only work when i have my high beams on! WTF!? I have looked over all connections, all plugs, everything, and it all seems fine. I dont have a problem leaving them on high so i have the HID's, actually the halogen bulbs are so weak i honestly couldnt drive my car at night with just those on.

I got pulled over right before i put her away for the winter. WHY you ask?! becuase my headlights were TOO BRIGHT! and of course when the officer questioned me about it, he saw that i had my high beams on with my lights. luckily for me, the cop must have gotten a more important call because as he was running my info when he suddenly put his lights on, pulled up next to me, rolled his window down,literally threw my information into my window, said get it fixed and drove off!

Wondering if anyone else had this problem with there HID kits?
any possible solutions?

any info is big help....

 

P.S....

that second picture is the City Lights on the JDM CTR headlights, those are not the poopy halogens...

god i love amber...

 

You have them wired wrong is all I can guess. Sit down with a wiring diagram and go over the connections.

 

easy fix....the h4 bulb has a 3 pin connector
the hi-beam and low-beam wires are most probally backwards on the connector itself
either re-pin the connector or cut the two wires and swap there places....pm me if you need more help

 

Ive checked all connections as far as i can see, short of disconnecting everything. All connections and lights worked with no problems before except for absolutely shittay output. could it be something to do with voltage/wattage/amperage?

sorry- when it comes to electrical...well ive already been electrocuted twice, that explain it?

 

hmmm...never thought of that. I didnt touch any of the wires or any OEM components. Like i said it was a plug and play kit. simply removed old, put it new.

 

I have a plug and play HID kit with 4800k and the only time they're on is on HIGH beams. I've gotten used to it but everytime my fiance gets in the car, she says, "your high beams are on". LoL!

 

What wheels are those!?!?

 

Oh, and the only thing I can think of is possibly your low beam circuit doesn't produce enough voltage/current for the HIDs, that's why they have them setup for use on the high beam circuit....
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I'm not for sure if the voltage/current would be any different but this is the only thing I can think of as to why the are setup this way...

 

Volk TE-37 reps... Gunmetal w/ polished lip...

im thinking of sellin them and getting the same ones but in TA...

im doing all black panels on the interior, and already have CTR red carpet...

 

TA?

Are those the Rota replicas? And how much would you want to sell them for?

 

Time Attack...wait for it...you may need a towel...






















towel please??

 

Man, those are nice and will look good on your car....

I want some polished wheels in 16s....probably the slipstreams...

 

Slipstreams look good, but do something else...i see those all over.

you do something other than Slipstreams and ill vote for Romney...

 

Hahahah, I was looking at the Rota P45 in hyper black but I don't know how those will look on my car...I might just keep what I have, Old school Enkei Fubukis...

 

Any idea on which lines lead to which??? distinguish by color?
i have no idea...



EX-T....any pics of your setup???

 

dear god...

you guys run high beam HIDs all the time...no wonder people get bad reps for PnP kits.

all that money in your car and some Volks...why not do a real retro fit...Fx35 bi-xexons.

 

someone else suggested that to me...how hard would that be to do? not THAT hard im guessing...

 

not that hard at all.

go to the lighting forum and there is a whole thread on retro and also couple DIY

but yes...please dotn get another PnP do it right get a retro.

www.hidplanet.com

 

Thanks Lobster....i figured there is plenty of threads on this...

research here i come...

 

A lot of the badly designed HID kits don't do high beam and low beam, just one or the other. The stock bulbs have separate filaments for high and low beam, while HID bulbs don't and need various tricks to get both beams. Quite a few of the guys selling cheap HID "conversion kits" don't even bother.

 

its DEF a dual filliment bulb, it puts out a WEAK Halogen light on reg lights.