HI EVERYONE, IM GETTING AN HID KIT FOR MY TC BUT IM KIND OF WORRIED BEAUSE I DONT LIKE THE IDEA THAT EVERY TIME I PUT THE ALARM THE LIGHTS ARE GOING TO GO ON & OFF. I HEAR THAT THE HID BULBS LAST UP TO 3,000+ HOURS. IS THERE A WAY THAT I COULD DISCONECT THE HEADLIGHTS FROM THE ALARM OR DO SOMEKIND OF TRICK SO I WOULDNT SEE THE HID'S ON&OFF EVERYTIME I HIT THE ALARM BUTTON? OR IM JUST GOING TO GET OVER IT AND DEAL WITH IT??????PLEASE LET ME KNOW.THANKS

 

Isn't the light that comes on for alarms the parking lights?

 

EVERYTIME YOU LOCK OR UNLOCK THE CCAR THE FRONT HEADLIGHTS GO ON FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS, I WANNA KKNOW IF THERES A WAY TO LOCK OR UNLOCK THE CAR WITHOUT THE HEADLIGHTS TURNING ON????????????

 

hmmm
Thats weird I don't get that. Is yours an 05 or 06?

 

I JUST DONT LIKE THE IDEA THAT EVERYTIME I LOCK IT OR UNLOCK IT THE HEADLIGHTS ARE GONNA GO ON AND OFF,ON AND OFF,ON AND OFF . PLEAE HELP ME WITH THIS TASK ?ANYGOOD IDEAS??????????

 

MINE IS A 2005 TC

 

LIKE IN YOUR CAR YOU HAVE THE LOW & HI BEAM AT THE SAME TIME ON, IN MY CAR WHEN I HAVE THE LOW BEAM ON AND I SWITCH TO HI BEAM THE LOW BEAM TURNS OFF

 

first off man enough with the CAPS really, we can all read, well atleast i hope we all can. But when you hit your door lock button the turn signals flash thats about it, but if you have an after market alarm i know some of them flash your headlights, if thats the case just snip and tape the wires from the alarm relay that makes the headlights flash and your done, nice and simple

 

you asked for help but i need more "info" to actually help. if i understand what you are asking, you want to know if there is a way for your "hid" lights not to be affected by you setting the alarm because you only have about 3000 hrs available.
i'd have to say "no", and everyone else watching this thread knows what i mean.

btw turn off the caps.

 

thanks for the help (ANOTHERBENT & SURF CITY)lol

 

Does this happen to anyone else's tC?

 

not with keyless entry, no
its only parking lights that blink

if you've upgraded your alarm system it MAY do that
depends on the system

but from the factory the tC headlights DO NOT come on when locking/unlocking the car

 

Thats what I was thinking. I have the viper 791xv and my parking lights flash.

 

The only time the headlights flash is if the alarm is activated, either by pushing the panic button or otherwise.

 

I think what he's asking is that when he holds down the "panic" button, the lights on our TCs flash while the alarm is sounding...the DRIVING lights are flashing on and off while the horn is also sounding. i think what your worried about is when you get after-market HIDs and when u push that PANIC alarm button the driving lights (HID) will be flashing on and off...i think your worried about them popping...i think what you wanna know is ...is there anyway we can disable the driving lights to flash.

 

isn't panic just making your alarm go off?

my headlight don't flash when i lock/unlock, viper as well, only park lights

 

i think ive pushed my panic button, 20times since ive had my car and my HIDs in
at no point did the HIDs pop or blow out
or even shed a hint of anything wrong

you'll be ok
just dont hit your panic button every 20seconds

 

HID Xenon bulbs also last 10x longer than halogens, at least that is what most kits say..I wouldn't worry about it..

 

good job fixing your caps lock

 

While HID's normally last about 3000 hours (6x) longer than OEM halogen bulbs continual on and off will severely shorten there life. the reason for this is that the solid elements inside the bulb (when off they are a solid not gas) do not have ample time to get to a native temperature usually taking 20 seconds to as much as 1 minute with the new D4S bulbs. If the gasses do not reach a native temp they tend to burn less evenly on the next cycle and the next and so on then quickly reduce the bulb life. This is why many OEM manufacturers do not recommend turning there lights on and off more than two times per minute in the instruction manuals. Just my 2 cents