HID cut off not straight
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HID cut off not straight
so I installed ddm tuning's 35W hid kit into my es350...
last night, while I was parked @ my drive way with my HIDs on, I noticed that the cut off for the right lo beam isn't a straight cut like that of the left lo beam. Also, I noticed that the right lo beam is slightly brighter than the left. I know this may be vague, but I appreciate any advice that you guys can give. I'll also post a pic asap so hopefully it will make more sense.
Thanks!
update:
ok I know these pictures are not of the best quality, but here goes
I know this is kind of hard to tell, but the cut off is sort of like ________------ but my --- area is sort of jagged / has some humps and not a crisp cut..any ideas?
I also noticed that my right HID is way brighter and seems to be whiter than my left...as you can see in the pictures.
Last but not least, my friend who has the same kit in his mazda 3 mentioned that my beam's angle seem to be going out in a / direction instead of a | (i'll try to get more pics in later). So when I'm driving at night, my right hand side is way more illuminated than my left. He also said that his car does not experience any of the problems which I have...
So any ideas guys? Do you think its just a simple installation problem? Or I got a bad kit...? Or could it be something worse? Any help would be much appreciated!
last night, while I was parked @ my drive way with my HIDs on, I noticed that the cut off for the right lo beam isn't a straight cut like that of the left lo beam. Also, I noticed that the right lo beam is slightly brighter than the left. I know this may be vague, but I appreciate any advice that you guys can give. I'll also post a pic asap so hopefully it will make more sense.
Thanks!
update:
ok I know these pictures are not of the best quality, but here goes
I know this is kind of hard to tell, but the cut off is sort of like ________------ but my --- area is sort of jagged / has some humps and not a crisp cut..any ideas?
I also noticed that my right HID is way brighter and seems to be whiter than my left...as you can see in the pictures.
Last but not least, my friend who has the same kit in his mazda 3 mentioned that my beam's angle seem to be going out in a / direction instead of a | (i'll try to get more pics in later). So when I'm driving at night, my right hand side is way more illuminated than my left. He also said that his car does not experience any of the problems which I have...
So any ideas guys? Do you think its just a simple installation problem? Or I got a bad kit...? Or could it be something worse? Any help would be much appreciated!
Last edited by ewu888; Feb 17, 2009 at 05:27 PM. Reason: adding pics so forum members can better address my problem
so I installed ddm tuning's 35W hid kit into my es350...
last night, while I was parked @ my drive way with my HIDs on, I noticed that the cut off for the right lo beam isn't a straight cut like that of the left lo beam. Also, I noticed that the right lo beam is slightly brighter than the left. I know this may be vague, but I appreciate any advice that you guys can give. I'll also post a pic asap so hopefully it will make more sense.
Thanks!
last night, while I was parked @ my drive way with my HIDs on, I noticed that the cut off for the right lo beam isn't a straight cut like that of the left lo beam. Also, I noticed that the right lo beam is slightly brighter than the left. I know this may be vague, but I appreciate any advice that you guys can give. I'll also post a pic asap so hopefully it will make more sense.
Thanks!
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somehow this is backwards, is it because the GS headlights are reflective housing? DO you have a pic of the kit?
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flip the driver side bulb around i mean give it a 180 turn n put it back in. could be the bulbs are upside down??
my bros sentra.. 1 side is brighter than the other cuz of that so we flipped it. its better now... of course thats a sentra..
my bros sentra.. 1 side is brighter than the other cuz of that so we flipped it. its better now... of course thats a sentra..
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