[jcbody&paint]

this may sound stupid but i bought some HIDs for my bike and i only have a low beam when i flick the hi beam the turn off the reason being is my original lights have 3 prongs and these have 2 is this the way they come? or do HIDs just run on low beam and not switch to hi? thanks for any info

 

[whitehendrix]

i have an answer. wait

 

[whitehendrix]

ok.

this is what you want. the high beam and low beam are independent circuits that are on a break-before-make switch. the low beam goes off, the high beam goes on, and vice versa.

you gotta feed the one circuit thru a diode.

 

[ttr50rider12]

You bought single filament lights, thats why, they do make dual filament HID's though.
Ben

 

[jcbody&paint]

yea thats what they are just singles ima have to get back to the place i got them from thanks for the info greatly appreciated

 

[Luis5249]

yeah man look for bi xenon bulb, it should have a magnito inside so you can switch for high to low, also a seperate connector should be there

 

[SoCalSleeper]

You bought single filament lights, thats why, they do make dual filament HID's though.
Ben

Sorry but there is no such thing as a "dual filament HID". HIDs produce light by exciting xenon gas via an arc of electircity.
To get HID high beams you need as previously mentioned bi-xenon light assemblies which have a shutter type component to either block off some light or allow all of the light to pass out of the projector/reflector.

Filaments are found in halogen bulbs or old skool sealed beam round'ies.
Just an FYI

 

[jcbody&paint]

i was told that the bi xenon bulbs are not very reliable what u guys think? does that bulb hook up the same way as the regular hid bulbs?

 

[Luis5249]

The connectors are a universal type, the bulb should fit any hid ballast. and my first bulb lasted about 2 to three years, on my second one now. had 8k but went down to 6k which is more brighter

 

[ttr50rider12]

Sorry but there is no such thing as a "dual filament HID". HIDs produce light by exciting xenon gas via an arc of electircity.
To get HID high beams you need as previously mentioned bi-xenon light assemblies which have a shutter type component to either block off some light or allow all of the light to pass out of the projector/reflector.

Filaments are found in halogen bulbs or old skool sealed beam round'ies.
Just an FYI

Sorry my terminology was off i couldn't think of the words at the moment, i have them in my bike, either way it got the point across.
Ben