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well i got my 12k hids the other day for my f150. i bought the high and lows
and wen i
tryed hookin them up,
only the lows turn on. the actual h.id bulb doesnt.
tryed switching the wiring to about every combination
and i have no clue wats the problem,
any ideas?

 

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Check your grounds, I heard if you dont have clean ground connection you'll going to some problems!

 

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12k, are you serious? Next thing you know you'll have a dragon sticker running down the side of your car. Congrats on having purple headlights; anything higher than 6k = loss of light

Here's a pic of color range for everyone's reference:

 

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Yea those are kinda bright. I wouldn't go any higher than 6-8k myself.

 

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12k = FAIL.

I had 8k in my '02 Z71 and i wished i had went with 6k's. Even the 8's had a bit too much of a blue tint to them. When you do get the 12k's working you might as well hang a maglite out the window on wet roads.

 

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Umm, you guys are not helping, if he wants purple lights, then he should have purple lights. If its not the ground, then its the wiring, the highs and lows operate on two different scheme of things.

 

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You say you've "tryed (sic) switching the wiring to about every combination" - did it not come with instructions? You didn't get a plug and play kit? I've purchased three cheap plug and play kits off of EBay for two Mustangs and our Pathfinder. Say what you will about cheap EBay HID kits, but in my experience they work great. While I'm sure there is a difference between these and $kits costing several hundred dollars, I doubt anyone would notice a huge difference except in your wallet. I paid less than $70 for each kit - that's complete kits, ready to plug & play. No wiring to fool with.
Sorry but I've gotta barf on 12K - that's just rice looking.

 

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if u guys keep the **** talking up ill put neon underglow and REALLY show u guys!

 

02nightmaregt

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Noooooooooooo! Well I did hear that the Blue underglow adds like 35 hp

 

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02nightmaregt said:

Noooooooooooo! Well I did hear that the Blue underglow adds like 35 hp

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Actually blue decreases HP, red increases,

 

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ya i jus ordered some hid's a couple days ago, all i could find was 8k.

 

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02nightmaregt said:

Yea those are kinda bright. I wouldn't go any higher than 6-8k myself.

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Actually 3,000K HIDs are WAY brighter than 12,000K HIDs.

The higher the temp, the less bright they are.

 

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4.sick said:

if u guys keep the **** talking up ill put neon underglow and REALLY show u guys!

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Well, I'm all for doing whatever you want to your car but, no confedarate flags with or vanity plates featuring confedarate flags, yea if you were a true rebel you would have no licsense plate or registration sticker saying that you pay your union taxes; go figure, spoilers that look like they were on cruise ships, body kits that look like it took off vertically from Roswell, New Mexico; you can't outrun ugly so put it in your engine; Fake badges GT. Saleen, Steeda, Cobra your not fooling the real Mustang owners, etc. The lights I can deal with. Sorry:OT: a bit!

Oh yea, you get your lights workin'?

 

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My friend has 12k HID's in his A4 for his high-beam set, and they actually don't look bad, and they are bright as hell! Trust me, I've driven in front of him before when he was messing around. I'll see if I can get a pic.

 

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trombonedemon said:

Well, I'm all for doing whatever you want to your car but, no confedarate flags with or vanity plates featuring confedarate flags, yea if you were a true rebel you would have no licsense plate or registration sticker saying that you pay your union taxes; go figure, spoilers that look like they were on cruise ships, body kits that look like it took off vertically from Roswell, New Mexico; you can't outrun ugly so put it in your engine; Fake badges GT. Saleen, Steeda, Cobra your not fooling the real Mustang owners, etc. The lights I can deal with. Sorry:OT: a bit!

Oh yea, you get your lights workin'?

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lol yeah i did, they look great, theyre bright white with a hint of purple and blue, and i got my yellow fogs going on too, ill post pics soon

 

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ya i got my HID's in today along with the new headlight housings.

 

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got the clear corners on em. i think it looks so much cleaner

 

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What seemed to be the problem?