# Any problems with HID's?
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/any-problems-with-hids/199000
**Category:** PittSpeed Automotive
**Created:** [August 12, 2008, 6:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/any-problems-with-hids/199000 "2008-08-12T06:32:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author:  [@flyinglow57](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/flyinglow57)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2008, 5:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/any-problems-with-hids/199000/41 "2008-08-21T17:21:58Z")
so my question is…
i want low/high beam and fog lights. now i got the whole idea of fogs and low beams. and putting them in high beam slots… .but how do the HID’s work for having brighter HID’s for high beams. they all seam to be like 35w
my truck has 2 different bulbs for low/high so are they the same brightness? or are they brighter for the one style of bulbs???
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### Author:  [@slowcamaro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slowcamaro)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2008, 5:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/any-problems-with-hids/199000/42 "2008-08-21T17:28:26Z")
I heard that the lights have a delay in them…so if you switch on High beams there will be a delay and no lights
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### Author:  [@flyinglow57](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/flyinglow57)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2008, 5:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/any-problems-with-hids/199000/43 "2008-08-21T17:31:32Z")
> [@Sport sedans...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sport-sedans/37501/29):
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> I heard that the lights have a delay in them…so if you switch on High beams there will be a delay and no lights
yeah for a half a second or so. if it was dark and i turned on my lights in the camaro it is nothing for like a quarter of a second… then dim for 3 quarters and full light within a second… i was wondering that also but ill have fogs on all the time so thats not too bad of a problem.
also now that i think about it fog/ low beams ill prob never use my high beams. just a secondary thought. but i dont want yellow highs with nice lows and fogs
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### Author:  [@slowcamaro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slowcamaro)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2008, 5:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/any-problems-with-hids/199000/44 "2008-08-21T17:41:23Z")
> [@WTB: Front of a Semi and motorized wheel chair](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-front-of-a-semi-and-motorized-wheel-chair/37483/6):
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> yeah for a half a second or so. if it was dark and i turned on my lights in the camaro it is nothing for like a quarter of a second… then dim for 3 quarters and full light within a second… i was wondering that also but ill have fogs on all the time so thats not too bad of a problem.
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> also now that i think about it fog/ low beams ill prob never use my high beams. just a secondary thought. but i dont want yellow highs with nice lows and fogs
that exactly what i was thinking. cheeks has the lows and said he will never sue his high beams cause of the difference
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### Author:  [@F-B-A](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/F-B-A)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2008, 6:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/any-problems-with-hids/199000/45 "2008-08-21T18:43:48Z")
in cheeks’s case it isn’t so much the halogen bulb high beem that bugs him from what he tol me, its just sinply the fact his lows (HIDs) are so bright he sees no reason to click the highs, plus his is an H13 (a dual bulb) so hed have to order a compltly differant set, basically for nothing… his lows (HID) are way bright enough.
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### Author:  [@thejeans](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/thejeans)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2008, 8:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/any-problems-with-hids/199000/46 "2008-08-21T20:00:23Z")
hid’s as high beams is pointless…
1. low beams are PLENTY bright and in some cases brighter than the highs
2. it takes a few seconds for hid’s to warm up (get to full brightness)
3. hid were not designed to flick on/off alot, its actually bad for them
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### Author:  [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2008, 6:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/any-problems-with-hids/199000/47 "2008-08-22T18:16:06Z")
Worst invention ever
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### Author:  [@cmross13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cmross13)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2008, 1:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/any-problems-with-hids/199000/48 "2008-09-01T13:14:22Z")
so whos got the straight dope on sliding HID kits? we all know they take a second to warm up, so i wondering if anyone has tried a set that actually changes the bulbs angle when high beam is selected.
us suckers with 1 bulb get the short end of the HID stick when it comes to “on the spot” police inspection
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### Author:  [@vtecsol](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vtecsol)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2008, 2:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/any-problems-with-hids/199000/49 "2008-09-01T14:20:20Z")
i have the 6000k vvme kit from ebay in my 2004 frontier its the bi-xenon kit, and they work well, there is no need to ever use the high beams, the lows are bright as hell, the only issue i had was grounding i needed to go nuts on the grounds to make the ballast “hum” less. if i were to do it again i would get the 5k kit so it was less blue… once it gets dark i will try to take a video of the high/low beam function
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### Author:  [@GreekPower](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GreekPower)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/any-problems-with-hids/199000/50 "2008-09-01T20:43:51Z")
> [@On another topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/37657/42):
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> so whos got the straight dope on sliding HID kits? we all know they take a second to warm up, so i wondering if anyone has tried a set that actually changes the bulbs angle when high beam is selected.
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> us suckers with 1 bulb get the short end of the HID stick when it comes to “on the spot” police inspection
I run those in my car. I can get them to.
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### Author:  [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2008, 9:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/any-problems-with-hids/199000/51 "2008-09-01T21:32:37Z")
> [@On another topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/37657/42):
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> so whos got the straight dope on sliding HID kits? we all know they take a second to warm up, so i wondering if anyone has tried a set that actually changes the bulbs angle when high beam is selected.
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> us suckers with 1 bulb get the short end of the HID stick when it comes to “on the spot” police inspection
if you ever say “straight dope” again, I will skullfuck every female member of your family.
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### Author:  [@cmross13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cmross13)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2008, 10:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/any-problems-with-hids/199000/52 "2008-09-13T22:36:04Z")
> [@WTB: CRT Monitor 17,19, 20, 22 inch ASAP](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-crt-monitor-17-19-20-22-inch-asap/37666/3):
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> I run those in my car. I can get them to.
PM’d
> [@Jay-Z- American Gangster CD](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jay-z-american-gangster-cd/37674/2):
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> if you ever say “straight dope” again, I will skullfuck every female member of your family.
yeah you’re cool, i get it.
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### Author:  [@jayare05](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jayare05)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2008, 5:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/any-problems-with-hids/199000/53 "2008-09-15T17:47:04Z")
i got 6k’s in my dc2. never had a problem so far… granted they look like they belong cause the headlights have projector lenses in them. just dont aim them to high… you dont want cops thinkin your riding around with highbeams on.
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### Author:  [@imported\_SINISTER](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_SINISTER)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2008, 5:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/any-problems-with-hids/199000/54 "2008-09-16T05:35:18Z")
> [@0 % (zero percent) yes San Diego](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/0-zero-percent-yes-san-diego/37392/43):
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> I put a set of 55W 6000K HID’s on my car last night and it makes a world of difference. I made sure that they are aimed low so that I won’t be shining in anyone’s eyes too. Has anyone had any problems from cops because of HID’s? Mine are bright but no worse then when an SUV with either regular or HID lights is driving past me at night. Just curious if anyone else had had any trouble from the cops.
i got pulled over last thursday in the southside…
he pulled me over because of the hid’s in the camaro
he was cool cause saw my govt id
but he said that they are a inspection violation…and it would of been a 195 dollar fine.
i do really like them…they make driving at night so much better…
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