I have a 1998 Toyota Corolla and i just installed HID light. The problem is i have to switch on the lights before i start the car. If i start the car the HID flicker. I have already installed the required harness and the light do not flicker when the car is running.. Could someone help me on what to do....
Thanks
i dont really understand the problem.Are you saying that when you turn on your lights and then start the car, your lights flicker? Your battery can only provide so much current. The starter pulls alot of current by itself and if your new lights draw more current than stock you could be drawing more current than the battery can provide.Is the wattage of your new lights higher than the old ones? Does your new wiring have relays and fuses? If not I would check to make sure your wiring is not getting to hot ( to high a current draw for the wire size).
If i turn on the car, the lights will flicker but if i turn the lights on then turn the car on the lights won't flicker. I've already installed a relay with its own fuse. I'm wondering if the flickering is being caused by the sensor of the day time running lights..
you need to disable the daytime running lights. there are about 20 threads in this forum about doing just that.
the flickering is normal with hid's due to the way toyota made the drl system. it pulses power to the headlights to illuminate them at a lower light level. since hid's operate differently, you see the flashing, instead of a dimmer light. just follow one of the drl disable threads on here and all will be good.
you need to disable the daytime running lights. there are about 20 threads in this forum about doing just that.
the flickering is normal with hid's due to the way toyota made the drl system. it pulses power to the headlights to illuminate them at a lower light level. since hid's operate differently, you see the flashing, instead of a dimmer light. just follow one of the drl disable threads on here and all will be good.
Is there any way to put in some relays that allow you to have HID daytime running lights? There was a shop that said they could do it, plus have hi/lo HID for me but they never got back to me.
But I guess since it sends pulses, there is no way around this..? I guess I don't know enough about this.
Last edited by 98toyrolla; 10-28-2010 at 04:40 PM.
disable daytime running lights and if I see your car with HID in the reflector housings I'll run you off the road myself. HID's ONLY go into projectors.
disable daytime running lights and if I see your car with HID in the reflector housings I'll run you off the road myself. HID's ONLY go into projectors.
then what would a d2r go in? since its made for a hid reflector housing...
Is there any way to put in some relays that allow you to have HID daytime running lights? There was a shop that said they could do it, plus have hi/lo HID for me but they never got back to me.
But I guess since it sends pulses, there is no way around this..? I guess I don't know enough about this.
no there is no way around it. you have to disable the drl's for them to work. i would also suggest not ordering anything over 6000k, infact i highly recommend 4000k-5000k max. after they are installed and working correctly, please reaim your headlights. the cutoff will be higher with the hids than the stock bulbs. i would recommend reaiming them so the cut off is at or lower than the trim/body line of most vehicles. this is how mine are, and no one that knows me has complained of being blinded by glare from my car.
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Can you explain what you did there or where u got those housings? I would love to have that set up. I got halogen low HID highs pointing low in stock housing and the light pattern sucks. HIDs in halogen housings are becoming pretty popular where I'm at right now cause of this little shop that does it pretty cheap, probably not a great thing. Your set up looks nice and I'm looking for one of those front bumpers for my rolla in black too.
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