Do HID's go bad if it blinks???, My HID's also blink when I arm my alarm. Options

[str8thugginit4ya]

Hey guys, was just wondering; I hooked up some HID's on my fog lights and the only thing I am worried about is when I arm my car, the HID's blink as well as the parking lights. I was just wondering if the HID ballast or even the bulb will go bad if this continues to happen. I know that HID's happen to take around 5-10 seconds to warm up, but will it cause any damage if this happens daily? Please help me out, I wll greatly appreciate any help.



Thanks, Ryan

[freddy121389]

I have the stock alarm system for my celica, how do i make it so the lights dont turn on when i arm and disarm?

[str8thugginit4ya]

I have the stock alarm system for my celica, how do i make it so the lights dont turn on when i arm and disarm?

Well I'm not the expert on this, but I beleive you would have to change the remote wire for the fogs on your Celica. Let me guess, your fogs turn on when you turn on the parking lights alone right??? I beleive that would be your answer, but don't quote me on it. I'm not too sure, but I had my fogs run so when you turn the parking lights on alone, the fogs come on as well. So since my after market alarm was making the parking lights blink when I arm/disarm, the fogs would blink too when I arm/disarm. I know they have a way to switch the fog light remote wire on to the parking light remote wire, so maybe you could follow those guidelines vice versa. The link for the fog light re-wire is the second post on here I beleive, check it out and see if that's your problem. Again, this is just my guessing going on here, if anyone else can help Freddy out please do so.


Hope I helped, Ryan

This post has been edited by str8thugginit4ya: Aug 10, 2009 - 11:12 PM