cheaper hid's "dangerous"?

Taeivon_Rep · Post by **Taeivon_Rep** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 3:16 am

hey im getting a stereo put in my fto and i figured y not let the auto elec slap in the hid's n other stuff while doing it coz i couldn't b bothered atm. He told me they could b dangerous said something about cheaper ones can send the voltage back through the car when they shut down and fry everything (25v back into a 12v battery) from ecu to stereo..
Anyone ever had that happen to them??
Kinda worried but i know a lot of u guys bought them also so it won't just b mine that gets smashed if they fail!

nvdfto · Post by **nvdfto** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 4:03 am

hrmmm. Never had a problem with cheap HIDs.
cheap ones can b dodgy but i never seen or hear someone say`n their car stuffed up due to HIDs faulty.
only thing is i seen n heard is ballast dies out.
cheap ones wont last as long as ADR approved ones but on the other hand it will cost u a fortune.

what i would sugguest is mount the Ballast away from heat. because they can get hot.
Make sure you tape up the clips with electrical tape.
keep the 2 looms from the ballast apart.
jus mount it near the side fenders away from engine.

but dont think im right. i could be wrong. Just keep watch on what people say in here.

Post by **I8A4RE** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 1:17 pm

what a load of sh*t. I also have never heard of anything like this and have had mine running for months now with no problems. So have heaps of people on this forum, Sam, jono etc etc.

Post by **I8A4RE** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 1:18 pm

ps and maybe you should change the title of this thread your making it sound like the ones i arranged are dangerous not HID's in general

ft04me · Post by **ft04me** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 2:50 pm

well im happy with mine..thanks simon!

i ended up using zip ties behind the lights where that bar holds the radiator and fan...

nicholas · Post by **nicholas** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 11:07 pm

They're bloody dangerous when they're not installed properly and they dazzle you when the douche drives by...

nvdfto · Post by **nvdfto** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:11 am

HID saves ya life when drive`n at night in pitch darkness.

Grue · Post by **Grue** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 8:23 am

By far the most useful mod I've done to mine. You'll never go back to squinting into the murky darkness and think "Is that a corner coming up?"

Post by **I8A4RE** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 6:47 pm

Grue wrote:By far the most useful mod I've done to mine. You'll never go back to squinting into the murky darkness and think "Is that a corner coming up?"

totally agree

@ Nick, thats the same with any bulb

nikhan · Post by **nikhan** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 8:43 pm

Let me give u a little bit abt cheap HIDs. Fact is, they come from the same factory as the expensive ones u see. More or less most of them come from China and produced by the same group of factories . Its just that damn sticker which gives the brand name which makes it expensive. I've got a guy that sold me Siemens HID...it cost only $160 bucks. Another brand cost only $130 called GPusi (sounds crude eh). And when i compared it, it looked the same. Branding sucks sometimes.

WhiteLightning · Post by **WhiteLightning** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 11:30 pm

nicholas wrote:They're bloody dangerous when they're not installed properly and they dazzle you when the douche drives by...

Exactly bud. Most of the kits available in the UK are simple plug and play lits with about 30 - 45 mins installation time but as you say, a bad set up creates all sorts of problems and this is usually by a third party grease monkey who hasn't got a clue.

PS Don't laugh but what's a "douche"?

Therapy02 · Post by **Therapy02** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 9:42 pm

WhiteLightning wrote:PS Don't laugh but what's a "douche"?

wikipedia is your friend