R33 Hid Install Help

[POLICE]

Hey guys,

I was installing the HID kit yesterday for my low beam headlight (H1)

I'm not sure if I did everything correctly and the lights don't seem to be as bright as they claimed.

Well basically i took out the old globes, replaced them with the xenon bulbs that's connected to the ballast

and also connected the ballast to the +ve and -ve terminals of the low beam assembly.

Now I still have from the HID kit, a set of wires all connected together.

there's a red +ve terminal wire, a black -ve terminal wire, a fuse, two other wires(one black and one white)

and two connectors which are supposedly for the ballasts.

There is an instruction diagram that says 'H4 Hi/Lo Beam installation' where you need to use these set of wires,

but there's also another diagram titled 'Circuit Diagram' which only shows what I've done so far.

So I'm a little bit confuzzled, can anyone tell me if I need to use those set of wires and fuse for the HID installation?

Also I hear this little noise that the ballast makes when you turn the lights on.

Thanks in advanced, hope I've wrote everything as clear as possible.

I'll post some pics up tomorrow of the wiring I've done

[hanyou]

i jus did my HID kit yesterday as well..

if you have turned it on and they work, you wouldve installed it correctly. the brightness level would be dependant on the HID kit.

ive got the buzz noise too from the ballast, im pretty sure thats normal.

[POLICE]

I got 10,000K ones but they don't look blue at all, more iceberg white like the 6,000K

[NYTSKY]

Sounds like you got the most confusing HID kit out there.

HID kit are piss easy to install.

RED lead power

BLACK lead earth thats all there should be.

Connect the black lead to the earth on your headlight and the red to the back of the bulb then red and black to the ballast

Done.

Also 10,000k should be REALLY blue!

I had 8,000k in mine and was too blue IMO

So now just using the standard halogen bulbs.

EDIT: I have never heard any ballast buzzing.Sounds like a poor quality kit to me.

[adam-__-]

The extra cables are there incase the way you connected it now doesn't work. If it turns on, it should be fine and that the brightness of the lights are because of the kit.

I just think you should take the kit out altogether. Reflectors with the HID kit will produce HEAPS of glare and hot spots.

[sleek3]

The extra cables are there incase the way you connected it now doesn't work. If it turns on, it should be fine and that the brightness of the lights are because of the kit.

I just think you should take the kit out altogether. Reflectors with the HID kit will produce HEAPS of glare and hot spots.

couldn't agree more, take the HID lights out, i had them and i had the same problem not enough light, i went out and bought phillips bluevision which work wonders, most people only use the hid's for looks and not for seeing, sell the HID's and spend $60 at your local autobarn and buy phillips bluevision

[dori34]

if the HID you install is not brighter then a halogen bulb its either because

1) you installed it incorrectly and not aligned properly

2) you got a HIGH Kelvin range (10000 or something) it is HEAPS BRIGHT but cant see far thats why 6000k is recommended for street use not just for "looks"

[POLICE]

ok think I might switch to the 6000K or 8000K bulbs

though they do look alot nicer, I'd like a little bit more visibility

specially as I got tinted windows,

I thought the HIDs would counter the limited amount of light that I can see.

Edited December 28, 2007 by POLICE

[dori34]

what kelvin range are your current bulbs POLICE?

[Oddy man]

Generally, the higher the Kelvin, the brighter they are but the less penetration of light.

The new BMWs you see getting around have 4800k sets, and are for lack of better explanation a 'step up' from halogens.

I have 6000k in my car, and they are superb (true white, with the faintest of blue tinge), mind you my friend (owns an r33, bloody plastic light covers) has the same, but they don't look as bright

The fact that your work means that they are plugged in correctly, it might just be that your globes burn cooler or something. We even installed a set of 12000k with little difference.

They only really go purplish around 30000k and eventually they go ultraviolet.

But I digress, 6000k are more than enough for near everyone. Be careful with the higher ones, since the police don't seem to like them (they're illegal in W.A at least)

Handy hint: if your plastic headlight covers are yellowing and scratched, give them a rub with some metal polish, they'll come up heaps better

[POLICE]

what kelvin range are your current bulbs POLICE?

Please call me officer hahaha

sorry for the late reply but I got no idea, I'll check it out tonight and see if the temp is written anywhere

[adam-__-]

12000k is pretty much purple light. Don't go anything above 6000k. I find that 6000k is ricey enough. If anything, just try and get 4300k.

[Oddy man]

12000k is purplish but still very white.

To look at directly they are piercing bright, but it's all about the PENETRATION (heh)

Uber bright they may be, but anything above 6000k is near useless for driving in the dark as the light doesn't go as far.