Hid newbie

[rap2_tan]

Need help tsikoteers
just installed my 55w 4300k
How true that i cannot use my hid as flasher when turned off? Need inputs on hid users. TIA ;)

[garyq]

you have this on your stock halogen headlights?

[ghosthunter]

Need help tsikoteers
just installed my 55w 4300k
How true that i cannot use my hid as flasher when turned off? Need inputs on hid users. TIA ;)

I think the reason HIDs cannot be used a flasher is because the system needs time to "warm-up" to operating brightness.

[rap2_tan]

Sir gary, yes dont yet have the budget on projectors ;)
Masisira ba hid if i use it as flasher?
im also wondering during warm up the left hid is whiter than the right side
After warm up nagpapantay naman sila... Is this normal?
Mga sirs any tips, do's and dont's sa hid? TIA ;)

[jut703]

Ikaw yung nagtanong dati about plug-and-play HID kits 'no?

You were informed by several forumers about how plug-and-play HID kits can be blinding to oncoming motorists, even when simply used as low-beam lights. This is regardless of what the color temperature of the HID. Mapa-4300K, 6000K, o 8000K yan, kung mumurahing HID yan na sinalpak lang sa housing ng halogen reflector headlamps, nakakaperwisyo yan sa oncoming motorists.

Nasa 1,200 lang ang Osram Nightbreaker. Mas malawak pa yung illuminated area with those bulbs than your HID. Maliwanag nga yang sayo, sabog naman.

I think the reason HIDs cannot be used a flasher is because the system needs time to "warm-up" to operating brightness.

I've read about this too. I have to ask though, what about bi-xenon headlamps where both the low and high beam bulbs are HID?

[garyq]

Sir gary, yes dont yet have the budget on projectors ;)
Masisira ba hid if i use it as flasher?
im also wondering during warm up the left hid is whiter than the right side
After warm up nagpapantay naman sila... Is this normal?
Mga sirs any tips, do's and dont's sa hid? TIA ;)

Bro I am not asking for you to get a retrofit ok? I know people need better lighting perfomance for their cars and that is normal but we have to consider how our upgrades can affect other motorists. Using pnp hid kits on stock halogen hl will cause so much glare to other motorists much more if you are running on 50w. Caveat din, this might ruin your chrome reflectors. I hope you consider these points.

To comment on your questions:

yes mas madali masira pag lagi fina-flash, especially cheap kits
cheap bulbs usually dont match in color.

[BratPAQ]

Buti pa dito sa tsikot panay ang paalala sa perwisyo ng hid na walang projector. Sa iba kasi ang payo pa wag lagyan ng projector kasi nababawasan daw liwanag.

[renzo_d10]

^ Alam ko rin kung saan yan... :lol:

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Sa Tsikot kasi, if you can't avail of good projectors but in need of improved lighting, there's the plug and play halogen bulbs. Osram Nightbreakers, Wuerth, Philips XV/XP

Pero kung gusto mo talaga mag-HID, dun ka na sa projectors talaga. It may not be of gary's, basta projectors para clear cut off.

[jut703]

O kaya kung makakahanap ka ng OEM reflector housing na designed for HID. Tipong naka-Altis 1.6G ka tapos palitan mo ng housing ng 2.0V para pwede ka maglagay ng D2S HID kahit hindi ka naka-projector. Pwede rin 'to with the 1.8 FD Civics upgrading to 2.0S headlamps.

Ewan ko lang kung magkano yung ganyan, baka mas mahal pa kaysa kay sir gary haha.

[marion2]

Madami kase masyadong bihasa dun sa kabila kaya nakakatamad na dun