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Both HID bulbs keep flickering and making clicking noise?
1. Make sure the HID bulbs have been connected to the ballasts correctly and are secure.
2. Check for proper voltage output from your car battery.
3. If your car’s low beam has daytime running lights, make sure to disable that before installing the HID kit.

HID bulb modules do not fit?
1. Inspect if you bought the appropriate bulb type for your vehicle.
2. Some vehicles require adaptor that can be custom ordered from us. Please contact us for information.

How do I determine if an HID ballast is operational or has failed?
First replace the lamp with a known good lamp listed on the fixture or ballast label. If this does not correct the problem, then measure the input voltage to the fixture and to the ballast to verify the availability of supply voltage at the ballast input. If the supply voltage exists at the ballast input leads, check for OCV, using the cautions in A2 above. If the OCV voltage is correct as listed on the ballast label, the problem could be a defective capacitor or ignitor. Change one of these component one at a time to correct the problem. Generally,if the ballast shows no signs of overheating and the OCV measurement is correct the ballast is good and there has to be another component failure or a wiring problem.

Why is Xenon Light more expensive than halogen lighting?
Xenon lighting is not simply a question of a new type of bulb, but a whole new system consisting of:
(1) A complex HID Xenon bulb manufactured according to the highest standards of precision.
(2) A hi-tech HID electrical ballast system specially adapted to the Xenon bulb.
The price is governed by all these components. Generally the price of the HID ballast, which is NOT necessary to a traditional bulb, accounts for 2/3 of the price of the whole Xenon HID lighting system. 

Why can a xenon lamp produce the same colour as halogen?
Technically speaking it could and it is possible to adapt the light colour produced. However, this would lead to substantial loss of intensity, thereby canceling out the particular advantages gained. i.e. Increased driver concentration and reflection of the road marking etc of white light. 

What is meant by color temperature?
We hear a lot about Color Temperature (CT), CT is measured in Kelvin or "K" for short. Kelvin is a measurement of temperature but what does that have to do with light though? The best way to think of this concept is to imagine a piece of metal (actually the proper term is "black body" which is a theoretical device–for our purposes we'll refer to it as metal because its easier to relate to) being heated up and all the various stages it goes through while it is glowing hot (red, orange, yellow and finally white hot). A piece of tungsten goes through most of these stages too as it is being heated up to become a point or hard light source (what a coincidence!).

What is Lumen (lm)? 
The international unit (SI) of luminous flux (quantity of lights). For example, a dinner candle produces about 12 lumens and a standard 60-watt incandescent bulb produces 830 lumens. The higher the number is, the brighter the light is.
 
What should you know before changing your lamps?
1.Change lamps by pair
2.Replace headlamp bulbs every 30,000 kms or every two-years
3.Adjust all lights regularly to avoid dazzling
4.Check all signalling and interior lamps
5.Regularly clean headlight lenses
6.Always have a spare kit in your glove compartment in case of emergency
7.Upgrade your automotive lights to homologated and original quality lamps

Why does a Xenon bulb produce blue light?
The light produced by a xenon bulb is not in fact BLUE but WHITE falling well within the International specification for white light. The light only appears blue compared to the warmer yellowier light produced by halogen lamps. It clearly appears when compared to daylight.

Why is it that Xenon light sometimes causes irritation to oncoming drivers?
In normal conditions drivers look straight ahead. Due however to the conspicuous colour of the new technology drivers are more inclined to look into other cars headlights. The same phenomenon was experienced with the introduction of halogen lamps in the sixties. In those days drivers spoke of those 'irritating white lights'. Everybody will gradually become accustomed to this type of light as they did to the introduction of yellow lights in France and the use of a third brake light.