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Old Sep 15, 2011 | 08:25 PM
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Im kinda new but i was wondering. If you have HIDS should one light be brighter than the other. I have 10k HIDS.
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Are you talking about high beams or low beams and are you comparing high beams to low beams or right to left? If you have HID in your high beams, then you simply shouldn't. If you have them in your low beams then they should be roughly the same left to right, but yours are way too far into the blues to be able to see effectively (IMO). White is actually a much better light to see by than blue.
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I have 10k HIDS.
Was your last car a Honda Civic?
Old Sep 16, 2011 | 06:47 PM
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If they're installed in your low beams, one beam may be aimed a bit higher making it seem like one side is brighter.
Old Sep 16, 2011 | 08:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Anthony008
Im kinda new but i was wondering. If you have HIDS should one light be brighter than the other. I have 10k HIDS.
No one should not be brighter than the other... what kind of kit do you have?
Old Sep 17, 2011 | 02:38 AM
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You could have one 35w and one 50w.
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You could have one 35w and one 50w.
I'm thinking "not likely"... maybe a bad bulb, or a bad ballast, or just not set to the same elevation. With the low lumen output of 10K HIDs, even the slightest difference in elevation aiming will show a heavy degradation in light output. I'll never understand why people go for color over light output when spending the money on HIDs.

As we used to say in the 70's... all show, no go. I don't know if that's the problem here, but it seems plausible.
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Originally Posted by CIONIDE
I'm thinking "not likely"... maybe a bad bulb, or a bad ballast, or just not set to the same elevation. With the low lumen output of 10K HIDs, even the slightest difference in elevation aiming will show a heavy degradation in light output. I'll never understand why people go for color over light output when spending the money on HIDs.

As we used to say in the 70's... all show, no go. I don't know if that's the problem here, but it seems plausible.
I would rather run 3K for the vision but I don't want tickets so I run 4.5K
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I would rather run 3K for the vision but I don't want tickets so I run 4.5K
That's a whole lot different than 10k.
Old Sep 18, 2011 | 06:56 PM
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Originally Posted by CIONIDE
That's a whole lot different than 10k.
Yeah, driving with 10k's is like driving with sunglasses on so, I can see how a very little amount of light-loss is a really big deal.
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