I just got a set of 8000k bulbs and now they wont stay on for more then like 5 mins at a time..

any ideas?

help?
please?

 

come on guys where are the lighting guru's i am rippin my hair out over here... ARGH

 

how about a little more info. Where did you get the bulbs? Are you using a stock HID system or did you add a kit? Have you tried putting the older bulbs in to see if they stay on? Do the bulbs shut off suddenly or do they fade out?

If you call a doctor and tell him your leg hurts and nothing else, he/she is probably not going to be able to help you out very well.

 

I would love to help, but more info. and pics of your setup would greatly narrow things down.

Short of that....you may be bald real soon.

Pete

 

sorry I was in a rush.... I am using ggarage.com bulbs 8000k on my stock HID setup for my IS300.. the stock bulbs work fine.. the new ones stay on for like 1-2 mins and each one shuts off at a different time..the dont fade they just shut off..

 

that's really weird. It's gotta be the capsules if your oem's are working fine. I'd try to return them/get your money back. Not trying to knock your purchase but I don't know of any reputable manufacturers that put out anything above 6000K.

 

crap.. I thought that maybe they were the bulbs.. someone else thought maybe the ballast was overheating or something but the draw is the same I beleive from both bulbs and there have been other owners who have these bulbs and they were fine..

 

holy ****.. 8000k
all you see is purple road and rain.

 

i thought for anything higher than 6000+ (some 7500k might be marginal) bulbs you will need new ballast? not sure if 8000k bulbs will work with the stock ballasts

 

see the thing is I know ppl with stock ballasts and the same bulbs I got.. and they work ok... that is what gets me

 

I would return those bulbs and get another set. If it works with your stock HID bulbs, then there's nuttn wrong with your system. Its gotta be those new bulbs. Ask your friend if you can borrow his bulbs for your setup....see if those bulbs shut off.

 

I am gonna try to return them since they will not work on my car... and get a set of 6000k phillips bulbs

 

yeah, pete is right, if the stock bulbs work on your car, and people with 8000k bulbs work on the is300 system then i think your bulbs are problematic

 

Make sure you hard mount the ballasts also. While I was test fitting mine with them on, the metal socket the wires plug into hit the car body one time and grounded the lights out.

Make sure they sent you 35w bulbs too. Some freaks are getting ahold of 55w bulbs.

Just thought I'd swing a pair of different things on the table.

 

Are these the same bulbs that you bought from lextacy.com?