WHY DO MY HID BULBS FLICKER OR STROBE?

There are several reasons that might cause your HID bulbs flicker or strobe:

Reason #1
You may require a special relay harness or capacitor because your car is not designed to have HID installed. This is caused by the amount of resistance that is required for the vehicle's electrical system, and since HID is a low resistance and high output application, the vehicle will not send a constant amount of power to the ballasts and cause the lights to flicker and make an error light come on inside the vehicle. We offer a solution that will level out this resistance to stop the flickering and turn off warning messages on your dash board. We have our "HID Warning Canceller" that is a simple plug and play application that installs between the ballast power wire and the ballast. The cancellers are programmed to tell your cars/trucks computer that you have halogen bulbs and allow you to run HID with no error codes or flickering. Both of these solutions are just as easy to install as the rest of our kits. Some of the most common vehicles with this problem that may need this harness are: BMW, Mercedes Benz, Audi, Chrysler, Dodge, Ford, and Jeep. To purchase the harness, go to any product page and use the drop down menu for HID Accessories.

Reason #2
Your vehicle may have what is called DRL, or Daytime Running Lights. This is an option that only works with halogen bulbs because the vehicle's computer will only send a small amount of power to the headlights (to run the DRLs) and HIDs require a minimum of 35 watts of power to the ballasts to ignite the bulbs. You can fix this by either disabling your DRLs or sometimes a capacitor/relay kit may fix the problem as well.

Reason #3
Check your fuse box. Are your headlights using a 10amp for 15 amp fuse? If so upgrade to a 20amp fuse. HIDs are best run with a 20amp fuse because the amount of resistance is reduced and the amount of power is increased, also because it is a small increase of power it is still safe for your factory wiring.

Reason #4
Check your connections. Are all your connections clean and dry? Look inside the connectors, are the pins bent? Was it difficult to connect any of the plugs? This is typically the most common fault in a system is the connection pins are bent or not securely in place or may even be wet. Also you may have the wires reversed, use a test light to make sure you have the wiring: positive to positive and negative to negative.

Reason #5
You may not be getting enough power to your headlights to power the ballasts. If you have a volt meter or a way to check the amount of power coming from your headlight connection, you should have at least 7 volts coming from your headlight Pluto power the ballasts. If you do not you may require a battery relay kit. Reason #6: Maybe the product is defective, if you have done the previous steps the nit is possible your product may be defective, if this is the case please feel free to contact us either though email or call at 813-420-6543 and we will be glad to help you resolve the problem.