One HID Brighter than the other?? HID fog's installed but....

[richirich]

Hey guys, I installed my HID FOG kit..........it seems that one bulb for whatever reason is brighter than the other??? Any reason why this is?? I do not know the in's and out's and science with HID's, any one here ever here of this or have this happen? I mean it could be as simple as a bad bulb???right??

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

RR

[richirich]

help???! LOL!??

[steed77]

There can be 2 reasons.

First is that the bulb may not be set all the way in the housing. re-set it and try it again.

OR

Most likely you need to aim them. The Fogs are adjustable and can be aimed.

I had to adjust mine last week after a bulb swap. Brand new balbs should be the same color.

Good luck

[primetime]

More than likely it is a bad bulb....they should have the same brightness regardless of how they are aimed..You'd be able to tell.. Bad bulb...

[richirich]

Thanx you steed77 and primetime.....

I will try the readjusting....here is my question..if it was a bad bulb....would it work at all????

RR

[mrbmwx5]

on your posted above i see you have 4300k bulds kit. My guess that they may have send you a wrong buld .( maybe 1 is 6000k and another is 4300k)

[richirich]

Originally Posted by mrbmwx5

on your posted above i see you have 4300k bulds kit. My guess that they may have send you a wrong buld .( maybe 1 is 6000k and another is 4300k)

HMMM!! Could be! They were 4500k...they were actually supposed to be at 6000k....

I just emailed Dave G at AngelIbrite/customangeleyes...I explained the situation and explained that I am looking for new bulbs and of a different color temp....the 4500 are cool, but I wanted to match my headlights....between 600k and 8000k..

....to be continued!..no one said all mods were easy..Right Rasta!! LOL!

RR!!!

[fe342185]

i installed HID fogs a few weeks ago and I used 5000k from ebay. They seem whiter than OEM. Isnt OEM 4300k? Did you change your headlight bulb?

Sorry not sure of the color difference.

[richirich]

Originally Posted by fe342185

i installed HID fogs a few weeks ago and I used 5000k from ebay. They seem whiter than OEM. Isnt OEM 4300k? Did you change your headlight bulb?

Sorry not sure of the color difference.

I replaced my entire headlights units..bad enlish! LOL!..

Yeah....I will be getting new bulbs.....6000k...or better to match my headlights..

RR

[X5Dawg]

If you have the projector-style fogs, then the aim could be your culprit. The way to see this is stand in front of the X where you see the difference in brightness, then move to whichever side is the "dimmer" one and see if some point it gets brighter. I have this issue - driver's side is brighter than passenger side. I just haven't taken the time to adjust it. See pic below on the left.