I put 6000K HIDs into my projectors yesterday and both bulbs flicker....they don't fully turn off then on but you can notice a slight flicker. I know usually on start up they will flicker untill voltage stabilizes but i went for a half hour ride yesterday and they flickered the whole time. So my question is : Will a relay harness help at all? On my 9007 hid kit there was a relay harness and it never flickered. Thanks in advance

 

hmmm that's weird...mine only flicker when my seat belt warning starts beeping at me. But another odd thing about mine is when they are on, the radio gets static like crazy.

 

For the record I am a mobile electronics certified professional. I have a 2007 Cobalt with HID's all around including the fog lamps. What you need to do to get rid of the flickering is relay trigger the low and high beams. What is happening is that you are trying to turn the ballasts on with too low of current from the factory set up whereas it would work fine for factory bulbs but not HID conversion kits.

 

Awesome, Thanks. I ordered a relay harness last week. I hope it ends up being that.

 

Drl .

 

do u have 35 or 55W ballasts?

 

35 Watt

 

prob a bad ground. i would hook a a volt meter and make sure ur not fluctuating,

it also might just be ur cutoff line and u think its flickering. when u look at the HIDs with ur car still do they flicker?

edit-u dont have a cutoff line, there in sotckers

 

no, I have had projectors for 2 weeks now. The light flickers slightly even when the car is stopped.

 

to make sure ur not just thinking its ur cutoff line, and to isolate the problem stand infront of ur car and look at ur HIDs at eye level, have a friend rev ur car. post bak if they flicker

 

Yep, they flicker. My other kit that I had used a relay harness and I had no flicker, This one doesnt have a relay so Ill try with that first. hopefully it'll work!