rmcki17

I installed a new set of headlamps with HID's this weekend, they are bright and aimed well not to blind others too bad.

My issue- They are a bixenon telescopic bulb. Low beam works as it should, flip to high beam and they shut off. Everything seems to be wired fine, the bulbs say bixenon on them and im confused.

My thought is the plug the ffactoy wiring goes to might be a lil corroded inside and not connecting well to the high beam prong. But, if that were true the lows probly wouldnt work?

Any ideas?

aj6

what kind of kit is it, or what parts did you put to gether? ive never seen telesopic bulbs befor or how they are wired.. i think some more info and a pic or two whould help a lil..

the only way ive seen high and low beams is in the cutoff shield going up and down. thats in a projector tho. it sounds like you have h4 houseings?

brendancfarrell

it sounds like you got yourself some h4 HID's my friend. as stated by aj6, pictures would be great. aj6 and I both have projectors with an HID setup. post a couple pictures of the bulbs, wiring, and housings and we can go from there. what year Cherokee do you have? does it have DRL's?

ericfx1984

the bulb basically only sits back further in the housing when you are using low beams, then when you hit the highs it moves forward, and some of them also increase from 35 watts for 55 watts in addition to moving forward

chances are that you have something miswired..., or that you are still using the stock wiring harness and under powering the HID system

ericfx1984

also do the highs work with stock headlights?

brendancfarrell

I'm using my stock wiring harness with my 6000k HID system with Angel eyes, and it's fine. I don't see how the harness could make the lights underpowered to not run high beams. If they are true bixenons it should still switch to the high beams. it may not be as bright as it should be, but it should still switch. It's most likely wired wrong, or he was bamboozled into a bixenon kit and really just got H4 HID's which don't offer high's.

ericfx1984

brendan... the wiring harness on the XJ is not very well made... it is too small even for the stock setup...

brendancfarrell

it should still be able to switch from low to high beam though. whether it's bright or not is a different story.

evilxj85

i have hids from ddmtuning.com with a high/low option and they work fine with the stock xj harness, i guess it depends on how and where u buy them.

ericfx1984

yeah some of them freak out on lower power and will shut off... it's an issue with the ballast iirc

rmcki17

Sorry I cant get pics til tomorrow but i can give you the link of what i bought MINUS the LED ****... H4 w/ HID kit

Yes they are H4, no I dont have DRL's and it is a 98. Also the high beam worked just fine with the sealed beams. The bulb itself should retract when in high beam i beleive.

Also, the kit came with a relay wiring harness so it only uses the factory wiring as a switch to turn on.

brendancfarrell

Link doesn't work for me

rmcki17

doesnt work for me either haha my bad try this...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/7X6-D...Q5fAccessories

JCKustoms

If all is wired correctly, then you most likely have a bum set of bulbs...??? I have the bi-xenon bulbs and they work great, even with the stock harness! I've had them for almost two years and no problems!!

But I must say...I just upgraded to the Autopal housings (from the projector housing) and WOW what a huge difference!

brendancfarrell

you got bamboozled my friend. those are garbage housings and more than likely those are just regular HID's