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PostSubject: HID question   HID question Icon_minitimeApril 14th 2011, 9:44 pm

i bought a 55watt high/low from vvme.com and the driver side beam is stuck on high beam. has anyone ever had this happen or know how to fix it?
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BrYaNtOn wrote:
i bought a 55watt high/low from vvme.com and the driver side beam is stuck on high beam. has anyone ever had this happen or know how to fix it?

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PostSubject: Re: HID question   HID question Icon_minitimeApril 15th 2011, 4:02 am

no there hid. i got them off of vvme.com
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BrYaNtOn wrote:
no there hid. i got them off of vvme.com

I know. That is why I said Halogen.
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PostSubject: Re: HID question   HID question Icon_minitimeApril 15th 2011, 11:03 am

I'm HID illiterate, other then just changing the bulbs in my Audi, I've never added a HID setup to any car so forgiveness if this is a dumb question.

How does a single HID bulb possibly do both high and low beam functions?
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PostSubject: Re: HID question   HID question Icon_minitimeApril 15th 2011, 12:49 pm

Heretic wrote:

How does a single HID bulb possibly do both high and low beam functions?

Usually there is a second tube next to the lo-beam.

All the hi-beam portion does is create more glare.
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PostSubject: Re: HID question   HID question Icon_minitimeApril 15th 2011, 1:46 pm

Agreed with Golks.... usually there is the bulb and a little one beside it that like he said adds more glare or you get a "moving" kit and its all one bulb but as you flick between hi and low beams it moves the actual bulb forward or back in your headlight housing thus giving the same effect of more glare or higher n lower pitch of the bulbs.
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Thing is with HID's you dont need hi-beams, I used to have a set and I remember cruising the highway at night and seeing just as far, if not farther, than regular hi-beams.
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abs0Lut wrote:
Thing is with HID's you dont need hi-beams, I used to have a set and I remember cruising the highway at night and seeing just as far, if not farther, than regular hi-beams.

As long as your car didn't come with HID's you don't need HID's. Plain and simple.
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PostSubject: Re: HID question   HID question Icon_minitimeApril 16th 2011, 11:27 pm

Golks wrote:
abs0Lut wrote:
Thing is with HID's you dont need hi-beams, I used to have a set and I remember cruising the highway at night and seeing just as far, if not farther, than regular hi-beams.

As long as your car didn't come with HID's you don't need HID's. Plain and simple.
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locked2 wrote:
Golks wrote:
abs0Lut wrote:
Thing is with HID's you dont need hi-beams, I used to have a set and I remember cruising the highway at night and seeing just as far, if not farther, than regular hi-beams.

As long as your car didn't come with HID's you don't need HID's. Plain and simple.
i got some just cause of highway driving and trust me i always beak hid i hated them but i got kinda attatched to them now lol
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jdm_itr wrote:
locked2 wrote:
Golks wrote:
abs0Lut wrote:
Thing is with HID's you dont need hi-beams, I used to have a set and I remember cruising the highway at night and seeing just as far, if not farther, than regular hi-beams.

As long as your car didn't come with HID's you don't need HID's. Plain and simple.
i got some just cause of highway driving and trust me i always beak hid i hated them but i got kinda attatched to them now lol
looked good on friday... when i got it for my car was for highway driving purposes too...
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