hey guys, i just bought HID's from my friend, he told me they were off of a cadillac, so i bought them for $150, and they are 8000k and i installled them to my car, wat i noticed is that once i turn them on, they start off as yellow, then after a few seconds its really white, is that normal?????

thank you guys, also i did search but i didnt see n e thing similar to this

thnx in advance

 

sounds normal to me...should just be the bulbs heating up

 

o yea also, u think it might melt the inside of theglass frame?
im just being cautious cuz i dont want to take any risks


thnx shayne

 

I dont think you got OEM Caddy bulbs and ballasts. If you did, they wouldn't fit. This is what I remember from reading HIDPlanet. Only HID bulbs that fit halogen housings are rebased bulbs that you find in plug and play kits.

 

mabye he ghetto rigged it, or got ripped, lol.

 

lol it didnt fit, i started shaving at the sides until it was a snug fit

but seriously, it should burnt he housing right?

 

it might b a while if u dont see me answering this post because of the hurricane, im at lower part of miami, hopefully nothing too bad will happen, i pray it goes smoothly. thnx guys

 

wow, even tho i shaved the sides a bit, the bulbs kind of come out whenever i make a quick turn, i put tape on it but it doesnt hold too good, hmm wat should i use/do?

 

have them done right

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hidplanet.com people there are amzing and very nice

8000k is BLaaaa!

 

Yes that is right it takes a few seconds for them to heat up and reach their potential. I used to have a set of HIDs taken ouot of an escalade p/u they did the same thing. Upon turning them on they would flash and be some what dim and them reach a brighter potential..

 

sweet, nice, alright so now im gonna try and fit the bulbs perfectly

 

haha you got some stolen hids

 

haha, trying to make the bulb fit will give you probably the worst output possible. you are probably trying to shove a D2S bulb into a 9006 hole. even if you superglue the bulb in place, the output will be like ****. you'll just blind everybody and won't get much usable light on the ground and defeat the whole purpose of HID lighting.

 

I did my hids on my celica which have a wider space than the tc.. On my celica they just popped in and I put the metal clips behind the bulb very snug fit and there was plenty of room between the bulb tip and the clear part of the housing... Let me know how it works on the tc..

 

well i got it fit, i just had to razor some of the black plastic off of the bottom, and it was a snug fit. i put a wooden lego like block in between the fuse box and the light so it wont move, and the other light on the passenger side fit really perfectly, so i just tapped it a bit. the lights look great

 

i want to see beam pattern and cutoff pics after you ghetto rig the bulb to fit.

 

ghetto rigging D2s or D2R bulbs to fit reflector housings is a big nono....I'd love to see your beam pattern now.

 

wat r u guys talking about, everything came out perfect, i didnt touch the bulb, all i touched was the black part that fits the housing, nothing else, i will take pictures tomorrow,

 

this is a little bit off topic but since it has to do with HIDS i have a question. Will I be able to pass inspection with HID because they guy that does the inspections for us if super **** and wouldnt pass my moms odyssey because i had a set of DOT compliant blue redline bulbs. They are like pure white with barely any blue. And I didnt have the clips that held the bulbs in place. Thats BS about the bulbs not being street legal even when it is stated that they are on the bulb itself.

 

lol go to a diff guy, or complain to the manager if he rejects it and bring the box the lights came with that says its street legal!