^^ it looks like it flickers. check the grounding. it should not flicker. at the very least, it should do it on start up only after a few seconds.

 

Ahh, I had a feeling either this would happen, your bulbs would be bluer, or both when you told the price of the deal you got w/ installation.

Yea, dyapanis is right, thats flicker. Not bad, but its only a matter of time before it becomes to the point where it almost flickers off and on. You have flicker and bluer bulbs (not a true 5000k) because of low quality bulbs.

 

Alright I'll take it back to the place where I got it installed on Friday... b/c I called him today and told him about the flicker & he was like I won't have new bulbs til Friday so drop by then. How is he gonna fix it? I'm pretty noob when it comes to this HID stuff.. He offers a lifetime warranty which is why I went with him. I knew brand wise he didn't use the good stuff since he charged $100 for the install+ kit for low beam and an extra $80 for fogs

 

do you know if he plugged your ballast directly into OEM low beams or used a relay harness?
if he used a harness, where he connected 12+; to the battery or the "hot nut"?
looks like your amperage is "floating"-going up and down.
there are bunch of reasons for that:
-low quality ballasts or bulbs
-improper connection/bad ground
-to much load on your battery

 

Here is a pic of a true 5k low and stock halogen fogs. How much bluer are you than a halogen? PS these lights were this color on the first start. This pic is after "burn in". Burn in is real, but it only will change a twinge of blue to burn whiter. Like not as much blue on the cutoff. It won't change a 6000k to a 5000k

 

From the inside whiling driving they look blueish/green but from outside its like white with slight hint of blue. It's hard to get a good pic with my iPhone since cameras change colors.

 

got 6000K on both lows and fogs and there very white especially when your standing in front of it the only time you see a hint of purplish blue is when it is reflecting of the street sings. It all comes down to the quality of the ballast and bulbs.

 

It all comes down to the quality of the ballast and bulbs.

+1, yes it does

 

Here are more pics at night

 

Here are more pics at night

from the pic, yours looks like more than 5000K. for comparison, mine is below. it's a morimoto XB35 5000K.

 

Just ordered my Nokya 7K Stage 1 DRL/high beam bulbs. Should be here by Friday. Will post pics once installed.

 

It looks like teal light. I do see the slight green your talking about. Weird. Just not quality bulbs.

 

+1

for the price you paid, i suggest you take your money back and just buy the morimoto or xenon depot. the install is really very simple even for a novice. there's no cutting or splicing needed.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kO7mfwN3Rg

I noticed this problem, if you watch the vid you see a slight big/small flicker when u look closely at teh video (hard to explain). It happens with the HIDs in my fogs as well. I have 5k for low/fog lights. Is this a big issue or nothing to care about? Because I had my friend drive my Camry while I was driving a car in front but didn't notice the flicker. Also why the heck do my 5ks look slightly bluish. I've seen a lot of 5k hids on youtube and they all look pure white. No my HIDS are not retrofitted

That's a cheap ballast issue.....

Alright I'll take it back to the place where I got it installed on Friday... b/c I called him today and told him about the flicker & he was like I won't have new bulbs til Friday so drop by then. How is he gonna fix it? I'm pretty noob when it comes to this HID stuff.. He offers a lifetime warranty which is why I went with him. I knew brand wise he didn't use the good stuff since he charged $100 for the install+ kit for low beam and an extra $80 for fogs

It's the ballasts, not the bulbs man.

Just asked him and he said no relay harness. Asked him why mines are more blue and he says they need a burn in period Not sure if these pics mean anything. But he will check it out on Friday once he gets his stuff back in stock.

Wow, I hate to make you feel bad about the money you spent, but those ballasts look like they are junk, no name brand, older design etc. Everyone said you should order DDM or something comparable and install yourself.

Here are more pics at night

What are you taking these pictures with? These look like 6000k plus from the pics, however the camera could be deceiving me. The only reason I am saying anything is that the first HID's I recently got for my 2012 SE flickered and were WAY too blue.

 

^ I took those with my iPhone 5

 

They look really off color, but like others have said let them burn in and go from there. Good luck my friend.

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Alot those reviews are talking about how glad people are that he is giving new stuff when the cheap stuff he is putting in the cars breaks. A ton of reviews have mentioned some type of problem with the kit, even the 5* ones. (I only read 5-10 reviews). Sounds like the low quality stuff he uses is going to continue to be a problem until you upgrade yourself. I'm over a year on DDM ballasts and Morimoto bulbs and they haven't had issues starting one single time.

Charging that kind of money to install a $5 @ cost HID kit...such easy money its practically stealing!! :lol:

 

what's done is done lol, can't go back in time. I can just haggle him on Friday...

 

It looks like the problems you are having is because this is a cheap kit. Its good that the installer offers such a good warranty, looks like its needed. I would say go back and use that warranty to its full advantage. Sadly you may have to get a quality kit in the future or I guess continue to go back to him every few months or so.

 

The flicker is due to a bad bulb..happened to a kit I had bought at a local shop. Swapped with Ddm and no issues..only issue I've had with them is a their ballast going out after 6 months


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Good news, took it in today. I told him I was not happy with the work because the ballast glue wasn't holding and kept falling out and that flicker was there. He checked and found out it was a ballast problem and upgraded all 4 ballast to the slim ballist kits for free which he claimed is better and the HID will start up right away when I turn it on. He also zipped tied it this time instead of use the glue residue Here are the results, it's the same 5k bulbs, definitely looks white now. Weird how a bad ballast can change the color. But now no more flicker and it actually looks white now. http://www.hidmasters.com/Replacement_Slim_Ballast/p1124731_5128267.aspx is the slim ballast he used

 

glad everything worked out for you. He should've gone with the slim ballast from the beginning but I guess he thought he could get one over you since a lot of people wouldn't know any better of would have noticed the flicker. again, glad everything worked out for you.

 

He said the slim ballast are the most popular & they always sell out the fastest. Funny thing is price difference it's only $5...

Yessir, much better. Your bulbs are now like they should be. And gotta love how they hit all those cars' reflectors!

is that bad lol?

 

Yessir, much better. Your bulbs are now like they should be. And gotta love how they hit all those cars' reflectors!

 

one of my ballasts is acting up so I had to send it in for an exchange so I had to go back to OEM halogens. I need my HIDs!!!

 

So I have this new problem. The left side as u can see in the pic is dimmer & right side is bright as heck. Bad bulb? Gonna take it back to him again lol... Also noticed I blind ppls side mirrors but not their rear lol. Do HIDS do that?

 

Looks like driver's one is aimed higher than the other. It's getting to be that time to cut your losses

 

So not a bulb issue? Ey I paid my moneys worth, even If I want a return labor is nonrefundable. So I'll just go back on Monday to see why this is happening.

 

Yea with the second pic its obvious. You shot the pic from below the cutoff, so it should be equal glares I think. But your right, the drivers side is glaring much more. Looks like the passenger one is dimmer. Hope he fixes it. So thats good, it doesn't look to be alignment related.

 

i suggest you ask the shop to tell you the brand of your bulbs and ballast so you can do more research on the net.

 

Good point. Looks like the new kit he got is DDM.

 

Well guys, here's an update. I mailed the bad ballast on Thursday. It was delivered on Saturday and today I received an email from DDM stating that they are going to ship me a new ballast as mine tested bad. Not bad customer service so far.

 

Long story short I got lazy to take it in since it seemed to be a headlight adjusting issue. So I lowered both of my lights so it doesn't blind peoples side mirrors anymore however I didn't keep track how many clicks or w/e I went. Does my driver one seems slightly higher or no based on that pic. Lazy to do the 25 feet then with all the measuring and stuff, I'm just estimating. Had my friend drive my car last night & it didn't seem to blind anyone but the driver side seemed just slightly higher.

 

They seem fine from the pic you posted. How were you able to adjust your headlights?

 

pop the hood & use a phillips screwdriver to turn the knob thingyyy