well, I just installed my xtec hid system for my foglights, they are the h3 bulb, and they are super bright, they seem to overpower the stock hid headlights and make them look like a regular halogen bulb in comparison, is the car using too much power to run both at the same time, or should I replace the stock hid headlamps with xtec hid's instead?

 

whats the K on the Xtec Kit? your stock Headlight HID bulb is 4300K if the xtec kit is 6000k or 8000k it will deffinetly look brighter then your headlights

 

Ummmm..... higher the K rating, dimmer it gets

 

it is the 8000k and is two times brighter

 

umnitza has a gd for 8000k bulbs. thats the only way you will get them to match. about 150 or so. check the gd section//

 

whats a gd?

 

gd = group deal

 

its looks brighter to the eye. but the output it puts on the ground decreases.

 

dimmer = less light output

 

whatever dude. the way u wrote it it looks like the lights is dimmer it self. when in fact it looks brighter but less output, dimmer, whatever u wonna call it on the road and u gonna be driving blind. and gonna blind the oncoming traffic

 

you are both saying the same thing.
Higher K = less output, more glare.
Lower K = more output, less glare.

 

hey umnitza,
question about DDE's one of my rings is dimmer then others. what do u think it could be?

 

probably poltergeists....

j/k

sounds like a CWP - cold weather problem, one ballast not giving out full juice.

try soldering leads together

 

rude......

 

Mine never have a problem starting in the cold...even in 8º weather they lit up nicely....you have to hard wire them or else the connection is crap.

 

hmm cant be that. thats the first thiing i did, when i put them on and thats what i do for ppl when i install them. i soldered them. becouse the black connectors, sorry to say are crappy.

you think it could be anything else?