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Old Jan 6, 2011 | 08:38 PM
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Flickering Hids?
I put my new 5k hids on my projectors today and now they wont stop flickering anyone know why?
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Old Jan 7, 2011 | 09:54 AM
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Originally Posted by mannyc23
I put my new 5k hids on my projectors today and now they wont stop flickering anyone know why?

What brand of bulb did you end up using? You made sure not to touch the bulbs themselves while installing?
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Old Jan 8, 2011 | 04:43 PM
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I got them form hidextra.com and the instal was a pain but I did it without touching the bulbs
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Old Jan 8, 2011 | 06:11 PM
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i ahve 6000k hids from hidextra, headlights work fine. fog kit however, was defective so i return it and got ddm tuning kit for the fogs
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Old Jan 12, 2011 | 07:32 PM
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I put the stock bulbs back on and I'm going to contact hidexra this week I'm disapointed tho I liked the look
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Old Jan 12, 2011 | 09:34 PM
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could be your ballast? are both flickering or just one? 55w or 35w? u using them in DRL or HID or fogs?
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Old Jan 16, 2011 | 02:16 PM
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nah it was the bulbs they were defective they were 35w for the projectors
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