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Old 12-14-2006, 06:22 PM   #1
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Noob ? Re: headlights

I did a forum search...HONEST!!

Forgive another noobie question.

Why do the headlights do that crazy little dance when you turn them on?

They are the xenon ones.

If there is a link, i'd appreciate it!!

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Old 12-14-2006, 06:35 PM   #2
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I think all HID's flicker on start up.
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Old 12-14-2006, 07:14 PM   #3
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Its not flickering. They dip downward. You can see the actual housing move maybe 20 degrees and then they come up and level out. Sounds like a motor whirring when this happens.
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Old 12-14-2006, 07:19 PM   #4
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Its not flickering. They dip downward. You can see the actual housing move maybe 20 degrees and then they come up and level out. Sounds like a motor whirring when this happens.
Indeed.
I actually thought the whirring was a sign of something wrong. I thought it was a fuel pump or something sounding too loud. You're not the only noob.
The crazy dance is the self-levelling system on start-up. Now let's do the Dance of Joy!
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Old 12-14-2006, 07:26 PM   #5
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Indeed.
I actually thought the whirring was a sign of something wrong. I thought it was a fuel pump or something sounding too loud. You're not the only noob.
The crazy dance is the self-levelling system on start-up. Now let's do the Dance of Joy!

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Old 12-15-2006, 07:06 AM   #6
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The xenon headlights sure take getting used to. Not to hijack the thread but is the illumination pattern of other people's slightly v shaped between the 2? They start higher from the outside of the road and come together a bit lower in the center?
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Old 12-15-2006, 08:00 AM   #7
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To throw a tangent on your hijack, I had a Acura TSX right after they came out. The xenons had such a sharp cut off, you could not see a dog standing in the road 100 yards in front of you. That and a wonky shifter made me sell it 4 months later.

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