Anyone got upgraded hdlights? HID??
09-02-2008 | 03:10 PM
#51
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From: Ste-Madeleine QC
i will never ride with halogen again
09-23-2008 | 06:55 AM
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From: Denver Colorado
do you mean that you can get the canbus adapter at radio shack, if so you wouldn't know the part number would you? or are you talking about the relays?
09-23-2008 | 08:55 AM
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From: Nampa, Idaho
This is true but the resistor will get HOT! That is wasted energy being released as heat.... I wanted to save power in the JK as much as possible.
09-23-2008 | 08:58 AM
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1. flickering can be caused by having a bad ground. This is easily fixed by getting rid of the plug and soldering the wires directly.
2. Or the pulse in the electrical system is causing the relay that controls the bi-xenon bulbs to move to their hi/lo position is turning on and off really fast. This is fixed by applying a a 220pf Capacitor and a 50v diode.
Explained here.. https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/jk-electrical-lighting-sound-systems-13/headlight-relay-buzzing-2847/
09-23-2008 | 03:21 PM
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not sure if my problem is just mine, but i installed a set of HID lights on my truck, they eventually burned out. A tech guy told me the reason was because they require a lot of juice to ignight the gas at their first start up, so preferably when the vehicle is running. What happends on our jeep when you hit the unlock button, the headlights come on. It was the same with my truck. Be ready to start replaceing bulbs and balasts soon. Also, if you look at cars that have HID stock, the hid lights never come on when you unlock the car...they must know something....
09-24-2008 | 05:29 AM
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not sure if my problem is just mine, but i installed a set of HID lights on my truck, they eventually burned out. A tech guy told me the reason was because they require a lot of juice to ignight the gas at their first start up, so preferably when the vehicle is running. What happends on our jeep when you hit the unlock button, the headlights come on. It was the same with my truck. Be ready to start replaceing bulbs and balasts soon. Also, if you look at cars that have HID stock, the hid lights never come on when you unlock the car...they must know something....
09-25-2008 | 04:28 AM
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From: Denver Colorado
just turn off the light feature.
page 22 of the manual tells how to "turn off the lights with unlocked"...worked for my jeep...wouldn't that solve the issue of the lights always coming on and therefore burning out?
edit: apparently it is impossible to get the car to unlock using the procedure in the manual...you have to get the dealer to do this.
edit: apparently it is impossible to get the car to unlock using the procedure in the manual...you have to get the dealer to do this.
Last edited by mtnmedic; 09-30-2008 at 06:41 AM.
01-26-2009 | 07:00 AM
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From: Upton, MA
I bought a set of Xentec Hi/Low "Bi-Xenon" HID's 5000K on ebay. They were great, no pulse. I soaked them splashing around in high water and had to put the stockers back in. If you could water proof them they'd be amazing.