Does anyone know why when my HID lights are turned on they often flash/flicker a orangish/whitish color and then remain steady on without the flickering. I read that this was due to a bad connection, but that was for when you were driving and you get that flickering symptom. It only happens to me when I first turn the car on. Is it just warming up or should I be worried. I drove a Lexus with HID's and they flickered just once coming on and then are fine. Any suggestions?

 

The are supposed to be like that.

 

HIDs just don't come on that quickly. Sort of like stadium lights I guess, only not as drastic of course. This is why they were not so well suited to high beam applications at first....how can you flash 'em if they don't come up immediately? I think the more recent HID setups have improved the turn-on time over the originals however.

jds

 

The newer versions are alittle faster but they do take a split second to get to full brightness. My mom just bought an 03 Acura TL and her lights get to full brightness faster than my friend's aftermarket phillips

 

im not flashing them intentionally, they flash as they turn on. Its not my fault

 

i have true HID in my FD.............. it comes on fast........ u can see a slight .5 second of warm-up.... other then that it's fast....

 

I have true hid as well. but my question was, why does it flicker an light orangish light when i turn the lights on

 

it needs to heat up

 

so, it is normal?

 

yep