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Old Jul 18, 2008 | 05:27 PM
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Ok my hid kits came in. I got mine from xenondepot - its the phillips kit.

One issue is the metal socket gets really hot when I fire them up, it is the metal area where my finger is holding, it's too hot to hold without wearing a glove and it got hot enough to melt some plastic when I put it down on top of.

What could be the issue here?
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That's normal. Lights get pretty darn hot.
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HID and Halogen bulbs run at approx 750 degrees at the filament/core of the bulb.
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HID and Halogen bulbs run at approx 750 degrees at the filament/core of the bulb.
That's interesting... the bulb housing is made out of metal but I am worried it might melt the sockets of the light housing which is made out of plastic.
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thats a really interesting looking kit thing you got there... would someone care to explain what that is? O_O
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