HID Problem, HELP!!

[doddy361]

hi guys, was wondering if anybody who knows a bit about hid's could help me, basically the problem is that the passenger side bulb wont switch to high beam, its h4's, i see the bulb try to move but it only moves slightly, the driver one works fine! Any help at all would be great, thanks

[alexperkins]

Sounds like the relay isnt supplying enough power to operate the high/low solenoid in the bulb

I would request wherever you bought them from supply a new bulb.

[doddy361]

Ok so to update, i went outside this morning to see if i could fix the problem but it had fixed itself, coul it of been the bulb overheating or my ground getting wet perhaps? It was only 1 full beam this time but i would like to know what was wrong, i wouldn't want worse happening next time like all of the lights go! That wouldn't be good lol

[alexperkins]

Ground getting wet is irrelevent

I assume this is some kind of after market kit? Its likely the bulb isnt working properly as I had this happen on mine.

[doddy361]

Ah ok, dont really know much about this kind of thing :L i'll see how it goes and if anything happens again i'll see about changing the bulbs, thanks for the responses though!

[R777PHY]

Hi I'm not an expert or that but I thought h4 were for dogs and the h7's were for main and dipped

[alexperkins]

H4 is a hi/lo bulb - it has two filaments

H7 is a single filament bulb and can be used for fogs, headlights ,highbeams etc.

[R777PHY]

Sorry forgot to add that the new 6r's have drl (daytime running lights) and I heard that you can't run hid's on drl because it would just burn out

[doddy361]

Btw guys it was a faulty bulb, the seller sent me a new one for free which fixed the problem!

[cupracraig]

not really a fan of the H4 HID kits, i had to just send a set back as one was faulty but thats not the issue, my problem is that you dont get 2 filaments, just one and solenoid moves the bulb backwards or forwards depending on if you are asking for high beam or not. Why not just create a filament bulb that acts like a standard H4 Bulb. this would also avoid poor beam patterns and dazzling oncoming vehicles.