- Wed Feb 18, 2009 9:32 pm
#97294
If you ordered a regular single beam kit for your car and your car is a bi-xenon headlamp from the factory, you have to do some rewiring which if not done right will cause issues. Other thing is the ballasts need to be solid mounted, no ziptied to a random cable. Third you need to make sure that the wiring into the ballast is pushed all the way in so the clip is all the way locked in.
Another thing is you are just damaging the bulbs massively when doing that, if you read the instructions it asks you to leave the bulbs on 1-2 hours before going to normal driving conditions. This is because the bulbs needa break in period. So off and on and off and on and off and on is not helping you at all. Also check your OEM ground connections, they are 35w ballast but produce more current after power converting.
9 out of 10 times its single beam kits in bi-xenon housings not properly wired. I have done 100s of local install and never have flickering as an issue, so again usually installer error.
Another suggestion as its still cold outside, mount the ballast closer to the motor so they warm up faster. If its like 5 degrees out and you are just trying to use them give them a minute to warm up if they are closer to being exposed to lots of cold air.
But thing to do is check how you wired it up. But with the off on off on you are doing you are just destroying the bulbs.
If you have issues you are welcome to call us and we can assist you.
Vtec Civic 93 wrote:I bought an HID kit from jdmlighting.com and when i first turn the lights on they flicker. and 90% of the time they dont turn on first try. Usually they will both flash then turn off, or one will turn on and not the other. Takes a couple tries to get both to turn on. Any help?
If you ordered a regular single beam kit for your car and your car is a bi-xenon headlamp from the factory, you have to do some rewiring which if not done right will cause issues. Other thing is the ballasts need to be solid mounted, no ziptied to a random cable. Third you need to make sure that the wiring into the ballast is pushed all the way in so the clip is all the way locked in.
Another thing is you are just damaging the bulbs massively when doing that, if you read the instructions it asks you to leave the bulbs on 1-2 hours before going to normal driving conditions. This is because the bulbs needa break in period. So off and on and off and on and off and on is not helping you at all. Also check your OEM ground connections, they are 35w ballast but produce more current after power converting.
9 out of 10 times its single beam kits in bi-xenon housings not properly wired. I have done 100s of local install and never have flickering as an issue, so again usually installer error.
Another suggestion as its still cold outside, mount the ballast closer to the motor so they warm up faster. If its like 5 degrees out and you are just trying to use them give them a minute to warm up if they are closer to being exposed to lots of cold air.
But thing to do is check how you wired it up. But with the off on off on you are doing you are just destroying the bulbs.
If you have issues you are welcome to call us and we can assist you.
Jeff Gray
