I just got my 6000k bulbs after a mix up from 8000k, i installed the bulbs and they only turn on for a sec then the automatically turn off and wont turn on untill you shut them off manually then wait a min and then turn them on again...and then they turn off after a second...wtf? i had 8000k in for the night and they worked fine and the stock bulbs work fine...they are D2C bulbs...
HID Problem
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sgvxcheese
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arn't the bulbs suppossed to be d2s?
The Chinese found a way to get a bulb to work with both the D2S and D2R in one base...the D2C
D2C based bulbs usually have horrible quality bases and bulbs...so plugging them in, you tend to have problems with the connection...showing up in exactly the way the OP stated..lights going on and off..not going on at all. It's the connection of the D2C bulbs causing the issue.
Please stay with the D2S....you wont have these problems, and you didn't save any money.
also to trouble shoot....reinstall your stock Phillips 4300K bulbs and see if your getting the same problems. If you're not...it's obviously the bulbs and their connection.
sgvxcheese
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^^ wow..learne something new
Sounds like a symptom I had with my MTEC driver side. It'll go soon. I do have a spare if you 8000k MTEC bulb that is good. I can sell it to you for dirt cheap if you'd like. I didn't even have them for 6 months and I just went back to stock.
Edit: NM you have 6000k
So do these d2c bulbs have the thin stip of coating like the d2r (which are meant for reflector based HID setups), or are they just like the d2s bulbs we are supposed to use (meant for projectors)?
That strip of coating is there to help with cutoff in headlights using reflectors instead of projectors. Either way it sounds like a bulb to stay away from. Thanks for the heads up!
That strip of coating is there to help with cutoff in headlights using reflectors instead of projectors. Either way it sounds like a bulb to stay away from. Thanks for the heads up!
Had the same problem as you with the bulbs. You turn on the lights, it flickers and turns off again. If the seller offered warranty, just send in the defective bulb and they replace you with a new one. They'll ask for the transaction ID and then they'll check the dates to make sure it falls within the warranty limits. If qualified, you mail in your bulb and that's it! They'll mail you back the replacement, no problems.
D2C bulbs DO NOT have the reflective strip like the D2R. That's why people using them in reflective housing's blind everyone.
A lot of people do not know how to use HID bulbs, and which bulbs to get....which is why they go out blinding people, sometimes just unknowingly.
D2R is only to be used with relective housings..so all you people with your Chevy's, and Civics, this bulbs is for you...Most people do not like it as much, because it actually puts down less lumens due to the reflective shield. The reflective shield is used as a cut-off which helps put the light on the road in reflective housings, and not scattered everywhere(eyes of oncoming drivers/ rearview mirrors). Most people where I live dont want that, they think its cool to blind the crap out of people and want more lumens, They go with the D2C or D2S bulbs, which means brighter light, but its scattered everywhere and not on the road like its supposed to be.
D2S AND D2C is only to be used in a projector housing. Or someone that has retroed a projector into their reflective housings.
Cheap place to get D2S bulbs that actually last: $35 for the pair any color 1 year warranty
http://www.ddmtuning.com/products/HID_Bulb_Replacements_Pair-131-94.html
also, get their hid kits for your fogs...LIFETIME WARRANTY! I've had 3 of these kits now for 3 years (mazda3, mazda6, FX fogs, seperate 6K bulbs in fx) I've..only one ballast failure...had a new one within a week...no problems with any of the bulbs yet....and if I do, I can get a new one free for life.
A lot of people do not know how to use HID bulbs, and which bulbs to get....which is why they go out blinding people, sometimes just unknowingly.
D2R is only to be used with relective housings..so all you people with your Chevy's, and Civics, this bulbs is for you...Most people do not like it as much, because it actually puts down less lumens due to the reflective shield. The reflective shield is used as a cut-off which helps put the light on the road in reflective housings, and not scattered everywhere(eyes of oncoming drivers/ rearview mirrors). Most people where I live dont want that, they think its cool to blind the crap out of people and want more lumens, They go with the D2C or D2S bulbs, which means brighter light, but its scattered everywhere and not on the road like its supposed to be.
D2S AND D2C is only to be used in a projector housing. Or someone that has retroed a projector into their reflective housings.
Cheap place to get D2S bulbs that actually last: $35 for the pair any color 1 year warranty
http://www.ddmtuning.com/products/HID_Bulb_Replacements_Pair-131-94.html
also, get their hid kits for your fogs...LIFETIME WARRANTY! I've had 3 of these kits now for 3 years (mazda3, mazda6, FX fogs, seperate 6K bulbs in fx) I've..only one ballast failure...had a new one within a week...no problems with any of the bulbs yet....and if I do, I can get a new one free for life.
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