I can make a short video if needed showing the problem but I've noticed the light seems to jump around inside the housing. You can see the beam movin up and down on the ground also. It does it with the car stopped so its not a vibration

 

dumb question...but are they clicked in all the way in the housing?

 

Yea, they seem to move a lot or atleast the beam does when they warm up after a few seconds

 

another dumb question: where did you get the HID kit from?

 

eBay

Here's a quick vid in the garage, you can see the beam bouncing

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c1...A3088754CC.mp4

 

hmm...ok...strange.

so is the car turned on, parked, and they move like that? i don't get it.

 

Yup, car was off during that video

 

i think your TL is haunted. you don't live on an ancient indian burial ground by chance, do you?

 

maybe why.

 

I hope not. Was just hiding it in the garage from the snow

 

^garage wont save you from ghosts and ghoulies and things that go bump in the night.

 

As this may be true, I've used 4 other sets from the same seller and had 0 issues on different cars.

 

Ill sprinkle salt around the car tonight

 

Only thing I can think of is that the depo lights have a small circle metal shield or holder inside and the hid's are laying on them or hitting them. I'm not sure though

 

^what does the salt do against them? i thought that was only used for exorcisms and what not.

i could be wrong tho, i'm a bit rusty on my black book knowledge.

 

make sure they are fully snapped in place and not just shoved in there. you'll be able to see if the bulb is touching the housing on the inside of the fogs.

 

Ill check that out in a few, damn snow just cancelled my sons school so gotta run and get him now

 

unfortunately, that's just ebay quality. my ebay HID kit does the same thing and so does my friend's. he got his off ebay as well. but my other two cars with the same kit don't have these issues.

is yours a Xentec?

 

Can't remember but I want I say it is xentec

This is my 5th kit an only this one does it

 

It's the kit, this shouldn't happen. If you want a cheap yet way more reliable kit try DDM... everyone says they're not that great but I installed one on my friends Mazda 3 and its been running for months now without a single problem.

 

^yup DDM HID's in my fog lights and they've been good for over 2 years.

 

how much are these cheap kits?
like 50 dollars a pop?
and if they go out?

I just dropped coin on an HID Kit from theretrofitsource for my KIA.
I understand the allure of cheap kits...but I didnt want to take those chances!!

Hope you get your foglights sorted out!!

 

Just the thread I was searching for - where did you find your DDM HID fog kit shark?

Edit: I see now, DDM Tuning. Did you go with 35 or 55w?

Their switchbacks are much cheaper than Vleds even with the 35% off - any experience with them?

 

DDMtuning?

 

35w, JJH.

and no i only have experience with their fogs. i did get my switchbacks from vleds a few years ago, during a promotional sale...otherwise i try and stay away from vleds. their prices are a bit too high for me.

 

Made a vid showing the light inside the metal housing. Looks like its resting on it. Think moving it a little will help or is it just the lights them self

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c1...C81193320E.mp4

 

well it shouldnt be resting on anything. it should be locked in place, just like your factory lights were.

 

I might have to try and bend that metal piece straight so the light isn't resting on it

 

Hey OP - hate to say it but I'm 99% sure it's your ballasts. I had a new spare Xentec kit that I put in the fogs of my 2008 TL-S when I bought it in July. I noticed immediately that after the bulbs got up to temp the light pattern would "dance" around on the ground and you could see the arc in the bulb moving around. My buddy gave me back my old VVM HID kit from a previous car that he wasn't using. I installed the ballasts which fixed the problem. The Xentecs were slim digital plastic ballasts whereas the VVM's are much thicker and aluminum. I did the swap just before Christmas and it's still going strong. I'm pretty sure the light output is more concentrated and brighter now as well. I got looking at the bulbs and they looked like sh!t too so I went to retrofitsource and picked up new 5K H8 bulbs for the fogs ($40): http://www.theretrofitsource.com/pro...oducts_id=4118 and matching 5K D2S bulbs for the headlights ($45): http://www.theretrofitsource.com/pro...oducts_id=1250

Hope this helps.

Jon

 

Went ahead and took the Hid lights and ballast out and just threw in some H11 Silverstars until I get a new set of Hid's

 

It's your equipment. You got what you pay for pertaining to hid equipment. Get quality bulbs and ballasts from the retrofit source and I can almost guarantee that fixes your problem.

 

I did fix the problem for now

 

Dan,

I have had DDM Tuning HIDs since couple years and they have been working just fine....

btw how did you fix that problem?

 

Posted up a few post ago that I just switched to halogens for now

 

try different ballast....the DDM tuning kit is pretty cheap IMO...@ $42 shipped, its worth the $$$

 

I'm so glad I went with theretrofitsource!

 

i have used ddmtuning hid kits and have been pleased with them (btw ballasts have lifetime warranty and bulbs are 15 a pair) great deal if you ask me

 

Xentecs are a pieces of crap I had the same problem.

Picked up a DDM slim kit and the problem went away.

 

Thats what i'll probably do once i get the halogens back out