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Old 10-16-2010, 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted by yutzybrian
Usually around 10-15min
minutes? mine take max 30 seconds :/ i have digital ballast (most common nowadays)
unless you have analog ballast,

Originally Posted by CPR8
What'* the temp most car companies use, BMW in specific, I LOVE their headlights, 8000K?
8000K is way too blue for manufacture

BMW and Cadillac use 4300 or 5000K max
Old 10-16-2010, 02:35 PM
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The projector lenses OEM Mfgrs use make the HID look more blue than they are.

My lights take less than a minute to fully warm up
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Originally Posted by Black Pearl
The projector lenses OEM Mfgrs use make the HID look more blue than they are.

My lights take less than a minute to fully warm up
This. This is why I'm going to take pictures of my HID'* tonight in the dark so you can see how 5000k look at night from the front and from inside the car.
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It'* an error canceller from what the Ads said, but I'm not sure If that Was also supposed to Reduce flicker
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its not always about the error
some DRLs run off lower voltage than night time lights, most GM cars dont have that problem. Halogen bulbs dont "need" to run off 12v, but HIDs do.
you run lower voltage on a halogen itll go dimmer
you run lower voltage on HIDs itll flicker then shut off

so if you dont install the harness you might have a flickering problem in the day time, i never had it with the 7 GM cars i owned
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Don't run HID'* on the high beams in a Bonne and you won't have that problem. It'* only the newer GM'* that run the low beams as DRL'*. 06+ Impala/Monte Carlo'* are the ones I know for sure.
Old 10-16-2010, 05:57 PM
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yeah i was wondering about that few days ago
my dad'* 03 SLE have high beam as DRL my GXP are low beam
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Don't run HID'* on the high beams in a Bonne and you won't have that problem. It'* only the newer GM'* that run the low beams as DRL'*. 06+ Impala/Monte Carlo'* are the ones I know for sure.
Ummm Mouse so does my car
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The way my DRLs work is that I have to phically turn them on. It'* half position on the pull ****. Not sure if they're high or low.
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Totally missed the "*" on that last post. *physically


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