HID high and low beam question.
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GAINMOB
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nope...are they blinking...or they blinked when they came on?
WHOISMOOTOO
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do you mean when you lock it with the fob? or is it not lighting up or flickering?
GAINMOB
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Describe the flickering...depending on how cheap they are...you see flickering when they're on...when you lock your truck...they will flick cuz that's what the headlights do...
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tallsville
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if they blink then one are both turn off, you need a relay. HIDs pull more current to start. the relay will pull power directly from the battery to give it the extra power it needs to start. im sure thermo will be here soon to answer it in more detail if needed
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ZombieSoldier
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Wow a lot of questions. Remember the color chart for kelvins in 35watt? When moving up to 50/55 watt setups if you choose 6000k the light will actually be 1 level down so it would look like a 5000k. I don't recommend 50watt kits, just not worth it IMHO. I have run just about every kelvin temperature from 4300k to 10,000k. In my opinion 6000k is the best all around.
If you have a kit that flickers while driving its often due to poor quality Chinese kits, with weak ballasts, an often times a pooe grounding source. A lot of people will add a simple $1.25 capacitor from radioshack to fix the problem. I have done it, but dont like to di that. Don't think all Chinese kits are junk. They aren't. There are 2 companies that I use for my customers needs. 1 is DDM Tuning, the other is 3B Specialties, with the preference of the later of the 2. My reason is it is a lot easier for me to talk to them and tell them the vehicle I'm working with, and what they need and I get a complete all inclusive kit with all relays, capacitors, and or error eliminators built into it, while maintaining OEM harness looks at a great price ( no I don't pay their website prices), and get it shipped overnight to me.
If you have a kit that flickers while driving its often due to poor quality Chinese kits, with weak ballasts, an often times a pooe grounding source. A lot of people will add a simple $1.25 capacitor from radioshack to fix the problem. I have done it, but dont like to di that. Don't think all Chinese kits are junk. They aren't. There are 2 companies that I use for my customers needs. 1 is DDM Tuning, the other is 3B Specialties, with the preference of the later of the 2. My reason is it is a lot easier for me to talk to them and tell them the vehicle I'm working with, and what they need and I get a complete all inclusive kit with all relays, capacitors, and or error eliminators built into it, while maintaining OEM harness looks at a great price ( no I don't pay their website prices), and get it shipped overnight to me.
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ZombieSoldier
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Chrysler is really bad with this because their computers are designed to instead of send a constant power to the bulbs they send pulses to the bulbs to "extend the life of the bulb" bit when hooking up HID's they require a canbus setup so they can store power for in between the pulses so the don't flicker and trigger a bulb out code on the computer which shows up on their dashes.
ExpyKurt
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Just out of curiosity... is there any kits that you can but in a store? Like an autozone, pepboys?
ZombieSoldier
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I have yet to see any at those stores. Pm me if you would like a great quality kit at a great price.
BrandonH13
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I have a kit from retro solutions in my accord. Had a problem with the bulbs and they sent me new ones, just had to pay to ship the old ones back. When I get some for the new expedition it will be from the same company probably. DDM is to hard to get ahold of or I would go with them since they are cheap and ok quality.
ExpeditionAndy
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Restarting an old thread.
I am interested in doing this to my 05 Eddie Bauer Expedition. I'm a little confused about the wattage vs the color discussion. I'm looking for a good bright white light for mine.
Thanks!
I am interested in doing this to my 05 Eddie Bauer Expedition. I'm a little confused about the wattage vs the color discussion. I'm looking for a good bright white light for mine.
Thanks!
ZombieSoldier
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5000k or 6000k will meet your needs.
bubbadabulldawg
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Here's my dilemma; I ordered 35 watt kits for my high, low & driving lights with 5k bulbs.
I installed them and these are the issues I am having;
The low beams are reversed polarity than the high beams.
When I turn on the headlights, the lights power up fine BUT my dash board power resets the gauges and all the lights on the instrument cluster light up (like what happens if the battery gets disconnected) and the radio power resets like I just started the truck and it does the same thing when I turn on the high beams either to flash to pass or just to have the high beams on.
When I turn on the driving lights there is a faint glow of the high beam indicator notification on the cluster.
Once the instrument cluster resets everything functions normally unless like I said I flash the high beams.
The kits had came with 10000uF 25v capacitors but they do nothing for the problems I'm experiencing.
Has anybody else had these issues with installing HID's on our trucks? I am going to try powering the ballasts thru relay harnesses hoping that resolves the issues. Just looking for answers to this weird actions.
I installed them and these are the issues I am having;
The low beams are reversed polarity than the high beams.
When I turn on the headlights, the lights power up fine BUT my dash board power resets the gauges and all the lights on the instrument cluster light up (like what happens if the battery gets disconnected) and the radio power resets like I just started the truck and it does the same thing when I turn on the high beams either to flash to pass or just to have the high beams on.
When I turn on the driving lights there is a faint glow of the high beam indicator notification on the cluster.
Once the instrument cluster resets everything functions normally unless like I said I flash the high beams.
The kits had came with 10000uF 25v capacitors but they do nothing for the problems I'm experiencing.
Has anybody else had these issues with installing HID's on our trucks? I am going to try powering the ballasts thru relay harnesses hoping that resolves the issues. Just looking for answers to this weird actions.
ZombieSoldier
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whos kit is it? did you contact them?
bubbadabulldawg
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I resolved my problem with the radio restarting when I turn on the headlights and high beams by building a relay harness to power the low beams and running power directly from the battery. I also looked through my factory Ford wiring diagram book snd the low beam plugs are reversed from the high beam plugs. I have to put in another relay harness to power the driving lights because it is still causing the high beam indicator to faintly glow.
ExpeditionAndy
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Sounds like a lot of work!
Mikes05expy
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I've been looking HID kits for a while now but there's so many of them I'm not sure what brands are better than another.
What brands are you guys running?
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What brands are you guys running?
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GAINMOB
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ExpeditionAndy
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I ordered mine from ZombieSoldier yesterday - 35-watts, 5K bulbs. PM him for price and options. I went with HID on low beams only.
billycuth
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This is something I want to do, but I don't want to be buying new housings with projectors... I want something that works with the original housings.
