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]

actually no my fogs are a seperate switch from the parking lights. its all attached to the same shaft off the steering wheel but the fogs only turn on when i have the foglight switch on.

[str8thugginit4ya]

actually no my fogs are a seperate switch from the parking lights. its all attached to the same shaft off the steering wheel but the fogs only turn on when i have the foglight switch on.

Yea, that's how my fog switch is too, but does your fogs come on when you turn on the fogs switch and just do 1 click on for the parking lights alone?? What I mean is, you know how you could turn on your tail/parking lights without the headlights on??? With your fogs switch ON, put JUST YOUR TAIL/PARKING LIGHTS on without the headlights (1 click, not two) and see if the fog lights come on. The way factory OEM settings are is that your fogs can only be switched on when your headlights are on with the foglight switch; atleast that's how the OEM setting was run on my car. If they can turn on without the headlights then I beleive someone re-wired the switch to turn on with the parking lights.