Recently purchased and installed HIDs. Problem?
Recently purchased and installed HIDs. Problem?
I spoke to the guy who sold me the HID kit, who is a private distributor of this particular HID kit.
The thing is that so far, the HID kit looks excellent, it mounted very nicely. The problem is that my high beams do not really look "high" at all. It simply changes the beam of the light, instead of it being more compact and down the middle, it dims the center part, and adds a minimal amount of extra light on the outside. Basically its not a high beam at all, its just a different beam of light.
I was told by the guy that this has to do with the housing on my headlights. Since the HID bulbs are longer, the displacement of the light is different, therefore when I use the high beam it does not work the way it is supposed to.
I figured since we are all Lancer owners, someone might know how to fix this, instead of the distributor who probably has no idea about the setup of the headlights on the car. Does anyone have any ideas on how to correct this? I refuse to believe that the Lancer headlight cannot run HID high beams. Its wired correctly and everything.
The thing is that so far, the HID kit looks excellent, it mounted very nicely. The problem is that my high beams do not really look "high" at all. It simply changes the beam of the light, instead of it being more compact and down the middle, it dims the center part, and adds a minimal amount of extra light on the outside. Basically its not a high beam at all, its just a different beam of light.
I was told by the guy that this has to do with the housing on my headlights. Since the HID bulbs are longer, the displacement of the light is different, therefore when I use the high beam it does not work the way it is supposed to.
I figured since we are all Lancer owners, someone might know how to fix this, instead of the distributor who probably has no idea about the setup of the headlights on the car. Does anyone have any ideas on how to correct this? I refuse to believe that the Lancer headlight cannot run HID high beams. Its wired correctly and everything.
Please tell me you're not running HIDs in your stock housings! Not only are you blinding all oncoming traffic but I assume it would cause a problem like this.
Buy projector housings and it'll fix your problem (assuming you don't have projectors already, in which case I don't have a clue what would cause this)
Buy projector housings and it'll fix your problem (assuming you don't have projectors already, in which case I don't have a clue what would cause this)
Last edited by WangMan; Apr 21, 2011 at 04:14 PM.
...yup, stock housing. I had my neighbor drive my car when I drove his so I can see how they look, and they aren't blinding like you say. I know exactly what you're talking about. They are definitely brighter than standard halogens, but they don't bother me like some other HIDs on cars.
That link you provided, those housings are a little steep in price. Plus unless I am mistaken, aren't those four bulbs? Compared to the stock 2 bulbs?
That link you provided, those housings are a little steep in price. Plus unless I am mistaken, aren't those four bulbs? Compared to the stock 2 bulbs?
Those projectors are designed to switch to a halogen bulb for high beams... there are projectors that I've seen with straight low/high beam HID that you're looking for but they're at least twice the price. These housings are the cheapest your gonna find new.
Do you understand the problem though? The high beams don't look like high beams because the light is reflected everywhere instead of being properly projected
Do you understand the problem though? The high beams don't look like high beams because the light is reflected everywhere instead of being properly projected
Yeah it makes sense. I just somehow thought it would work. Maybe I will invest in these shortly down the road. But are they four bulbs or two? Because if they are four, then I would have to invest in a second HID kit.
They are 4 bulbs. and you dont want hids for the fog lights. the hids take a while to warm up if you needs the fogs now because you are driving on a dark road. but once they are on they warm they are massively over bright. i have had them in my headlights (like in above link) for the fogs and it got me in trouble with the law once. I would invest in those projector housings and you will need a new set of hids as well. h7 i believe. ddm tuning has a good price or you could do ebay. I chose ddm because they are an actual business unlike ebay so there is more protection on that part with my money.
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Nah, honestly your kit should work, you just wouldn't have to use halogen bulbs for your high beams. Don't quote me on that but I don't see why your high/low HID wouldn't work if you found projectors with one housing for each for them.
From your previous thread:
Did you really think HIDs would work in your stock housings after reading this information?
From your previous thread:
...there is no way you can say HIDs in stock housings do not produce glare...other lancers, civics, accords etc with HIDs in stock housings that i have seen have a ton of glare.
even if you search on this site you'll see a thread or two that states how bad lancer HID glare is with pictures of a lancer with HIDs...
even if you search on this site you'll see a thread or two that states how bad lancer HID glare is with pictures of a lancer with HIDs...
I could dig up my own pictures and HID expeirences from a year and a half ago but I am confident you guys can search. Do not use hids without projectors...
HIDs are useless without projectors anyway, you don't get the look, the cutoff/color change, the brightness, nor does it make it look like you have a nice car. In fact I would go as far as saying it makes you look like a jerk because you are endangering others. Just search for my old HID thread to see before and after HID pictures (aka HIDs in stock housings (tons and tons of glare) and with projecotres).
HIDs are useless without projectors anyway, you don't get the look, the cutoff/color change, the brightness, nor does it make it look like you have a nice car. In fact I would go as far as saying it makes you look like a jerk because you are endangering others. Just search for my old HID thread to see before and after HID pictures (aka HIDs in stock housings (tons and tons of glare) and with projecotres).
I agree with you entirely, I hate it too. But from what I tested, its not like that. It IS significantly brighter, but not what you're referring to.
Would there be any other possible alternative to get the projector housings for cheaper? Because as of now, and probably not for many months, I will not be able to afford $200 for that.
And in my defense, that was from 2007. Right around the time I stopped doing anything new to my car, all of that information was completely lost from my brain by them.
No need to bash man, I am learning here. I found a nice HID kit for cheap so I jumped on it. I am doing my best to get the appropriate housing for my car now, but its just something that is beyond my price range as of now.
Would there be any other possible alternative to get the projector housings for cheaper? Because as of now, and probably not for many months, I will not be able to afford $200 for that.
And in my defense, that was from 2007. Right around the time I stopped doing anything new to my car, all of that information was completely lost from my brain by them.
No need to bash man, I am learning here. I found a nice HID kit for cheap so I jumped on it. I am doing my best to get the appropriate housing for my car now, but its just something that is beyond my price range as of now.
Last edited by Lazer77; Apr 22, 2011 at 12:39 PM.
