Xenon HID - One headlight yellowing - is it the bulb or transformer?
09-10-2007, 12:48 PM
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Xenon HID - One headlight yellowing - is it the bulb or transformer?
One of my xenons is noticeably yellow (as yellow as a crappy halogen) while the other one is a nice white color. Reading some old posts I found that sometimes the transformer can go bad; how can I tell whether it's the bulb or the transformer (or something else) that has gone bad?
09-10-2007, 01:04 PM
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Re: switch them and see...
I gather from reading some old posts that it's easier to remove the headlight assembly in order to get the bulb out... any write-ups on how to do that?
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09-10-2007, 02:12 PM
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Re: Color shift is normal as a HID lamp ages. If it were the ballast the lamp would cycle...
I wouldn't mind too much if they were both changing similarly but one is so much yellower than the other that I can tell from the illumination the headlights cast on a garage door for example.
09-10-2007, 02:17 PM
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You can try swapping bulbs L to R Don't touch the glass, the color should follow the bulb..
Keep in mind even if you replace one bulb the color, and lumens will not match the other.
09-10-2007, 02:23 PM
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A link to a little HID info for you. Not the best I've seen...
Just ca find the other site.<ul><li><a href="http://faqlight.carpassion.info/hl-hid-bulbs.htm">Linky</a></li></ul>