Right headlight acting weird....PLEASE HELP

[lowfatbaconboy]

um i put some hyper industries super white xenon hid simulated (100w i believe)bulbs in for my fog lights and for main headlights back in march

they have worked fine and yesterday they were working fine but today i just noticed that my right bulb looks like a dim yellow(it was bright white/blue yesterday as normal)

i checked to make sure the cable was plugged in securly and that none of the fuses were blown (Especially the RH fuse)

so im wondering is it just the bulb is crap and has gone out or what?


(btw when i turn on my brights the fog lights don't go off now...they did before tonight)

is it safe for my electircal sys and all to be using a 100w bulb its suppose to be able to run normall without having to rewire or pump more juice into it

oh btw its a subaru impreza 2.5 RS
and no its not riced i just have those bulbs everything else is stock
and no its probably not the fact its an import its prolly dealing with the bulbs i had a friend install

 

[lowfatbaconboy]

BUMP

 

[lowfatbaconboy]

can anyone friggin help me

 

[lowfatbaconboy]

you guys suck bump

 

[bigbootydaddy]

sounds like the bulb is going dead, or the coating on the bulb crapped out???

my lights last me like friggen 3 months up to a year. Safe to say buy the most expensive ones you can find.

booty

edit: bumping every 4-6 min isnt a good idea.

 

[lowfatbaconboy]

hm most expensive bulb would be 600 dollar ACTUAL HID lights that they put in BMWs n such

but if its just going out why then will the fog lights not go off when i turn on the high beams like they are suppose to

 

[perry]

Why not ask over on i-club? I'm sure they know more about the electrical systems over there and someone is bound to have the same car and the same lights as you...

 

[gygheyzeus]

okay, here is your problem: 100watt bulbs in regular wattage (what, 55w?) = bad. make sure you buy the HID's that are designed to work at the same wattage as your car... like i did. otherwise, fork out the $600 to get real xenons.

 

[lowfatbaconboy]

yes well the i-club people aren't helping i notice alot of people viewing the thread but no one is friggin posting

these bulbs are suppose to work in my car without rewiring anything.....meh....

 

[RossGr]

If you are indeed running 100W bulb in circuitry designed for a 55W you may well have a connector which is starting to go out. Start with the connector on the head lamp and look for corrosion on the pins then trace the wiring looking for other connectors which may be going resistive. If that is not the problem you may be frying a relay somewhere, could be inside the computer modual since the sensor for the fog lamps is not working right. I would look in getting the wattage bulb speced by the manufacture installed, should be ok with 10-20% over.

 

[gygheyzeus]

the best analogy i could offer is this: your t-bird is spec'd to run at 1.85v... no one is stupid enough to try and run it at 3 volts.

or, your speaker is rated to a certain wattage at a certain impedance ... why would you run it at say twice the rated spec?

you're basically doing the same thing with your headlamps.

 

[Soybomb]

I've known people who have had their dash light on fire because of running a higher wattage bulb than they should have and caused their vehicle to burn to the ground, so as a start thats not the smartest of ideas.

It could also be god telling you that immitation blue lights are lame and annoying to the other drivers and you just use regular lights and not attempt to be so 1337.

No matter though, seriously check the wattage, you don't want to be cruising down the highway angering me with your blue headlights and have a fire. I might not like 'em but I wouldnt wish that on anyone.

 

[lowfatbaconboy]

i don't have them cuz they look "cool" i like the looks of them but they help me see better
why don't ya bitch at the BMWs that have those type of lights come stock hrrmmm?

well guess i gota have the stock ones put back in.....meh ill figure out what the hell is wrong with it later

but as your analogies go um this isn't a speaker running more wattage to it its a light getting more wattage run to it (b/c the light needs 100w not 55w)

 

[perry]

You're trying to run a 100W through a wire designed for 55W. You could have already done damage to the harness, it'll take you alot of time to replacing that wiring. What you should have done in the first place was to install a relay, but I suppose it's too late for that now.

And the lights you have are faaaaaar different from the lights that come in high end luxury cars. They don't come with simple blue tinted bulbs, they have ballast systems and all that crap associated with HID systems.

You can get "normal" 100W bulbs that don't put out that blue color. I'm pretty sure JC Whitney sells them.

 

[Sluggo]

<< It could also be god telling you that immitation blue lights are lame and annoying to the other drivers and you just use regular lights and not attempt to be so 1337. >>



I think you have found the answer.

 

[JonnyDuke]

Okay...apparently you aren't listening, if you originally had 55W lamps...the wires that came with it are designed to carry 55 watts at 12 volts. Which amounts to 4.5 amps of electrical current.If you plug in 100W lamps, you draw 8.3 amps! Not to mention the HEAT produced by the lamp itself. Time to rewire. Include a relay to run a fused line from battery to your lamps. I'm surprised you haven't melted your switch!

 

[JonnyDuke]

BTW You are right on one point...if you have a 100W speaker and a 55W amplifier, you'll just get crappy sound...not melt your fuse block! A speaker only takes what is delivered, a light takes all it can handle until it vaporizes the filament, burning it out. Think of a light in this manner. A light is simply a wire connecting your power supply, that just happens to produce some amount of light as it shorts out your electrical system. Try connecting one of your lamps to a little nine volt battery and you will see what I'm talking about.

 

[bigbootydaddy]

um....i dont think any of you know what you are talking about, you know how at sears, they have bulbs that put out say 50w RATED....but only consume like 10??

thats what these are (at least the ones I have), no aftermarket shop is that stupid to let you put in 100W bulbs in 55W wiring...

2 cent booty (for sale!)

 

[Windogg]

BigBootyDaddy, you'll be surprised what aftermarket shops sell that blatantly illegal (clear brake lamp covers, blue turn signal bulbs, neon license plate frames, off road lights, etc). You are right about the bulbs that comsume the regular 55w but supposidly put out the light of a 100w bulb. A lot of shops actually do sell 100w bulbs and claim they work on standard wiring. Back in college I say many rice burners that had their reflectors melt from the heat. It's people with these fake bulbs that give people with real HID lights a bad name.

Real HIDs only consume 35w of power when running. A large inital charge from a ballast is needed to ignite the gas. When running, a auto leveling system is needed to ensure the lights are properly aimed at all times.

Windogg

 

[hoihtah]

hehe... slap that thing a few times...
and see how it response.

if when necessary, use a jack hammer.

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&quot;you guys suck bump&quot;

wow, ok... lemme help you, now that you have so freely commented on our nurture habbits.

 

[Soybomb]

Its not even just the wiring, but also the switch thats the problem. In older cars in particular with the pull out style switch that didn't use a relay to turn on the lights you're not just at risk of melting lenses, reflectors and underhood wiring, but also the wiring that goes through the firewall into the dash. Thats just not something you want to happen.


<< i like the looks of them but they help me see better
why don't ya bitch at the BMWs that have those type of lights come stock hrrmmm? >>

What you have is nothing at all like what a BMW rolls out of the factory with. If you want some odd colored headlights that actually will help you see better get dichroric bulbs that will give off a faint yellow hue. Actually while you're at it go ready why ricer blue headlights actually hurt your vision.
Personally I'd suggest that if you really want good headlights to save up some money and upgrade to euro-spec headlights.