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Aug 20, 2009 | 11:20 PM

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synack

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HIDs and Twilight Sentinel

I installed a set of HID lowbeam and fog lights in a buddy's car along with a resistor. He came to me the other day and said that the HIDs don't turn on with the Twilight Sentinel. Anyone know if there's any issues with the bulb swaps and the Twilight feature?

I don't have the Sentinel on my car, so I never had any issue.

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Aug 21, 2009 | 12:48 AM

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Yeah those two don't mix on some cars.

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Aug 21, 2009 | 09:55 AM

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What is twilight sentinel?

Edit: Nevermind.. I did a search and figured out what it is.

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Aug 21, 2009 | 01:15 PM

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I installed a set of HID lowbeam and fog lights in a buddy's car along with a resistor. He came to me the other day and said that the HIDs don't turn on with the Twilight Sentinel. Anyone know if there's any issues with the bulb swaps and the Twilight feature?

I don't have the Sentinel on my car, so I never had any issue.

Thanks

I'm not sure why yours do not. In my case I turned the twilight sentinel off. I didn't want my lights to momentarily turn on every time I pulled into the garage. Frequent on\off cycles are not good for the HID bulbs.

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