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Old 07-01-2010, 10:44 PM
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Are my headlights HID

How can you tell if you have hid lights or not?
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Originally Posted by pbjose397
How can you tell if you have hid lights or not?
Posting a little info about your car might help, but generally speaking if you have foglights from the factory, you have HIDs also.
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Turn them on. If they have a blueish whiteish tint to it, they are HID. If they just appear yellow then you have normal halogens. Not that hard to tell....
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Its a 2004 rx8 6 speed. The only thing that made me question it was, because i was looking on a thread and it said somethin like "Taking out hids" I was loking at the pictures and his headlights looked exactly like mine.
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wont your HL auto level as well if you have hid?

Cause a couple nights ago i was parked backwards on my driveway (HL facing down on street) and when i turned the HL on i noticed that they moved up. lol and another question... if i want to switch to a 6k hid, do i have to convert something or buy a ballast or can i just buy new bulbs and slap em on there?
thanks! Marek
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Auto leveling is a feature of the HIDs. To change HIDs to a different color temp, all you need to do is swap to a different bulb. D2S is the bulb type you want to look for. For example:

http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-HID/V...56987-1-2.html
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