NIXmx

I sometimes drive with my high beams on for extended periods of time. I noticed that when I replaced my high beams with HIDs the housing became very hot. Has anyone used HIDs for their high beams before? I just want to be safe.

Redline26

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Why r u driving with ur hi beams on can i ask? If ur talking about hids for your headlight housings it should be fine..at least when i ran them.

Redline26

iTrader: (8)

And hids do not work for the hi beams.

jriggs

HID lighting will work in the high beams, but you will sacrifice you flash to pass ability. I wouldn't adviser ruining them in the high beams for this reason.

All that being said heat should not be an issue with HID lighting in place of standard high beam bulbs

Kyle Harty

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I have heard of the heat causing bubbling of the chrome bezels in the high beams since its a small space, can't confirm it and I don't know how much hotter an hid bulb runs but something to think about if you actually use your high beams like the op.

YviE

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What is the flash to pass ability?

LexyISF

I think he means you flash people when you want to overtake them.

HID's take a few seconds to warm up before they work properly.

AMSMIKE

iTrader: (40)

to answer your original question in the thread title. HID's actually run at a lower wattage than the halogen bulbs when on "high beam" position.

i believe...however DRL will not work or may cause issues with HID's unless you re-wire them, because when on DRL, they only give the bulbs half the wattage. someone will correct me if I am wrong here.

YviE

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Ok got it.

I think you do not lose this functionnality. My GS had OEM HIDs. When I see flash, both the HIDs (lows) and the high beams (halogen) flash. Granted they will not have time to warm up, so this will have an incident on the color they emit (and its probably lifetime too).

Or do I have it all wrong?

abounly

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Your lows are HID, they take time to warm up before you start driving which takes 3-5 seconds to warm up. Halogen do not need to warm up. So if you were to highbeam someone it would take a few seconds before the HID to reach its full brightness instead of instant flash of the halogen.

YviE

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Yes I understand that. I'm just saying that the low-beam HIDs are also used for flashing on the GS.

abounly

iTrader: (27)

Nope, the lowbeams just stay on so you can see. If you were to have projectors that were bi-xenons then yes your lows will act like highbeams.

YviE

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I am telling you that on my (euro) GS, the low beams flash simultaneously with the high beams. Btw, it doesn't have the DRLs or the sidemarkers. So no lights are on in the daytime, and both low and high beam will flash together.

jriggs

mostly the other way around. you flash to tell someone it's ok for them change into your lane.

L3XOTIC

HID's in high beams just dont make sense to some while it does to others. All points stated are valid, but your constantly have your high beams on? Do you drive in rural, dark roads?