I'm starting to have the same problem.. did swaping the bulb around help?

 

You can swap the bulb to the other side to check if the problem follow the bulb or the ballast

 

alright I will give it a try and let you know

 

update: installed h11 5000k kit on parent's new camry. quick shipping, no problems. now just waiting for my h3 3000k kit for my IS

heres some pics for those who want a comparison

before:



after:

 

wow, thats a whole lot of lost output even for a color change ... what brand of bulbs were those?

 

Damn....how did you get less light with HID
What color are those? 5000K, 6000K...

 

i thought so too in the beginning, especially with the comparison of pictures of both beams shooting at the garage door.

it's actually the other way around. the range of the beam actually goes further than it did before with my halogen bulbs. also, i see the road A LOT better with the HID's installed vs. halogen.

so to set things straight, the HIDs do give better output than the halogens regardless of the pictures of them on my garage door. btw, they are 5000k

 

so you put HID's in a halogen projector? That would explain the output difference. not suppose to put hid's in a halogen housing whether its projector or reflector bowl. You may think you're getting better output, but in actuality you're not. it may be spreading further, but its less controlled cause of how the housing is directing the light.

 

If you are in SoCal I have some different projectors that might work.

 

What? so you are saying nobody can sell bulbs stating 4300K as the color but the patent holder? and who is that?

 

Xenon Depot sells 4300K Phillips HID kits and the bulbs if you want! I put those in my GX

 

it doesn't seem to matter anymore since a lot of members here do the same thing. whether its non-hid projectors on IS's and SC's or bowl reflectors on GS's, people still install HID kits, not all of us can afford headlight retrofits. i'm just writing a review in my opinion for an HID kit i purchased from hidextra, hence the HIDextra.com hid review thread. i don't understand what your point is

 

Two of the six sets I've bought so far has flickering. Sometimes it goes away but I notice it. What is the solution to this? I know it's the ballast b/c I swapped out to another ballast and the flickering stopped

Edwin

 

PM me or email me at info@hidextra.com about this and I'll get you new ballast~

 

PM sent.

Edwin