Hid/ Headlight Motor Issue
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Drifting
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From: Long Island NY
Hid/ Headlight Motor Issue
I HAD JUST RCENTLY INSTALLED HID HEADLIGHTS IN MY C5 AND THE MOTOR IS NOT WORKING BECAUSE IT IS NOT RECOGNIZING THAT THERE IS A BULB . HAS ANYONE HEARD OF THIS ISSUE ? NE FEEDBACK IS APPRECIATED!
Drifting
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From: Ride the Lightning NJ
There are quite a few posts on this topic in the forums. If you do a quick search, you should be able to find others who have had similar questions and various solutions or work-arounds, such as first switching to high beams and then turning on your lights, adding a resistor, checking to make sure you have it wired properly, etc.
For example:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1908723
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1906468
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1806232
etc...
I too have run into the same problem and found it is due to the ballast drawing lesser wattage than the halogen bulbs (35w versus 55w). My solution is to turn on the lights with the high beams on (they use halogen bulbs) and then to switch over to the low beams, which use the HIDs.
However, since one of my ballasts crapped out in the first few months of use, I decided to order the “DOT approved HID lights” from Corvette Garage (expecting them to arrive next Monday) and am hoping for better luck. I am tired of blinding every car coming at me as well as the cars in front of me. It can be a problem using HID bulbs in the stock halogen housings, without the proper reflector setup. Although you do get lots of light (much better than the halogen low beams), you also get a few cars flashing their high-beams at you when you blind oncoming traffic.
Dave
For example:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1908723
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1906468
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1806232
etc...
I too have run into the same problem and found it is due to the ballast drawing lesser wattage than the halogen bulbs (35w versus 55w). My solution is to turn on the lights with the high beams on (they use halogen bulbs) and then to switch over to the low beams, which use the HIDs.
However, since one of my ballasts crapped out in the first few months of use, I decided to order the “DOT approved HID lights” from Corvette Garage (expecting them to arrive next Monday) and am hoping for better luck. I am tired of blinding every car coming at me as well as the cars in front of me. It can be a problem using HID bulbs in the stock halogen housings, without the proper reflector setup. Although you do get lots of light (much better than the halogen low beams), you also get a few cars flashing their high-beams at you when you blind oncoming traffic.
Dave
Last edited by digivex; Jun 20, 2008 at 12:54 PM. Reason: Fixed some Typos
