Headlights (bulbs) question

[Twix]

I can figure it out

I want to put Xenon HID's on.

My camry is 1994 2.2L...

I know that I have low beams, and high beams bulbs, but do the low beams also go on hi beams when I turn on hi lights or do they stay down, and only other two bulbs for hi beams turn on?
(anotherwords, do I need pulse motor?)

Hope I explained OK

Thanks

[uibalnme]

Both hi and lo beam bulbs light up when you switch to or just flash the hi beams. That's what they do on my car anyway.

[Twix]

Ok, that I do know, but is the bulb that is low beam becoming hi beam when I turn brights on,or does it stay low? (I know that the other two bulbs are just hi lights).

[cykaaro]

9006 are low beams, 9005 are high beams. Neither do both.

[gladis]

^^ Ditto. The 9006 on your lows are not double filament bulbs, so they don't magically change from low beams to high beams when you turn them on.

In other words, when you turn on the high beams, both bulbs light up, and the lows stay lows.

[Twix]

Tanks guys

Long time ago I had a old car (91 Skoda) , that had only one bulb (h4 as I remember) and that was for low/high (both), thats why I was asking...

[cykaaro]

yes, my jeep was the same. I put in H4's [9003] which is a single double filament bulb.

[midnightmach]

Guys he does not have USDM Lights! His location is South Africa...

He uses H4 bulbs, so the bulb Is the HIGH and LOW beam, its only 1 Bulb man!

The low beam turns off when the Highs are turned on in your case.

[gladis]

I didn't even notice that. Why don't you just pop your hood and unscrew one of your bulbs to see? It shouldn't be too hard to figure it out.

[cykaaro]

Interesting, and yes. it'll be easy to take a look to see if you have one bulb or two.

Found this:

It's listed as a 1992 camry RHD. BUT notice the lights are totally different. This supposedly has the H4 bulbs. [didn't know any camry had them] but also notice that the light housings are one piece, not two pieces. If you look at the OP sig, you'll see it's a two piece like our lights are, which tends to point towards having two seperate bulbs. Confused yet??

So question is, take a look at your headlights from the front. Now, desregard the side marker lights. Does the main housing have one bulbs or two? If yes, Do they look similar? Now pop your hood, and look in behind. Do the connectors look the same? If you pop out each bulb do they look the same pretty much? If yes, then you have 9005/9006 bulbs. If like the pick above, I'd hazard a guess that it uses an H4, and something else on the middle round lighted piece more than likely.

If you pull out the bulbs you have, they should say on them what they are, and if a bulb is dual high/low, you'll see two filaments. If only one filament then it only does one or the other.

Interested in finding out what you actually have. Please post up what you find!

[Twix]

I will open the hood and take a peep...

It still looks to me like those bulbs that were low become high + additional two high bulbs turn on, but like I said, will check

P.S. cykaaro my car is different than the one on the pic you posted (my car is the one in my sig).....
Mine looks like US model (maybe different dimensions for couple of centimeteres)...

[cykaaro]

I just searched a bit on google and found that version of the camry. The one in the sig looks like the model in NA, as well as when you say " It still looks to me like those bulbs that were low become high + additional two high bulbs turn on " it sounds exactly like what I originally said.

Basically, if you have DRL, then your highbeams [9005] will have a lower voltage and always be on in that state while your lights are off. When you switch your lights on, the regular lights [9006] come on, which are your regular lights, putting off your DRL lights. When putting on the high beams on, the regular lights [9006] bulbs stay on, and your high beam bulbs [9005] come on, so all four bulbs are on when in high beam. I would be very surprised if you had two highbeam lights on at the same time. 9005 and 9006 bulb connectors are fairly small and look almost the same. 9003 or H4 bulbs have a fairly large three prong connector, and the bulb base itself is round and a lot larger.


9005 and 9006 bulb:


9003 or H4 bulb

[Twix]

I've printed this page, and will check tonight...

cykaaro thank you very much for the research...
Will let you know which one of these is it...

[cykaaro]

Not a problem. Just wanna make sure you got the right info. I'm used to the 9003's from the jeep. Also why I had such a hard time with the camry's lights. I've been used to much cleaner brighter lighting. Depos with xenon bulbs makes a HUGE difference from running them stock.

[critical nyy fan]

You have size h4 bulbs in your car right now. h4's are hi and low beams in one. You have two choices to choose from. The first choice is bi xenon halogens h4's wut that is is your lows are gonna be xenons like you wanted but your highs are gonna be the xenon plus a halogen bulb that is right next to the xenon bulb so that when you turn you high beams on the xenons turn on (aka lows) plus a tiny yet powerful halogen bulb too. And when you turn your lows on only the xenon bulb lights up. But in order to install that your gonna need a relay switch. (Never set up a relay switch so cant help you there sorry but i believe it just a few more plug and play components in addition to your plug and play hid kit) Second choice is regular low beam h4's which you dont need a relay switch for because the set up only contains low beams (no halogen bulb next to the xenon one) but when you sit in your drivers seat and turn the high beams on your lights will go out all together till you turn the high beam switch off which will then revert the lights back to ur lows. Please note both set ups I discussed are around the same price only difference is in one set up you have to buy a relay switch and the other set up you dont. You dont really need high beams with xenons since they're mad bright already but thats to you

I have the second set up the regular low beams no high beam set up and havent had any problems. I recommend xentec brand hids.

Hope the info was helpful


Bi Xenon Halogens




Regular Low Beam Only