Don't know if I have HID or Halogen headlights
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Zach, here are a few checks that you can do to see if you have halogens or HIDs:
-look in the driver's door jam between the hinges, if you have HIDs, there will be a silver sticker there that says the car is equipped with HID bulbs
-when turning on the headlights, do the headlights come on solid (halogens) or do they flicker bright, dim, then over about 2 seconds come up in brightness (HIDs)
-if you remove the cover off of the back of the headlight assembly (outer portion), if you look at the back of the bulb, if you can see 2 small posts with wires attached to them, you have halogen bulbs, if you see a big black box in the way, then you have HIDs.
If someone installed aftermarket HIDs (which is possible), then what you will see is a bulb with a black and red wire coming off of the back running to a small box that is mounted most likely outside of the headlight assembly.
Any more questions, let me know.
-look in the driver's door jam between the hinges, if you have HIDs, there will be a silver sticker there that says the car is equipped with HID bulbs
-when turning on the headlights, do the headlights come on solid (halogens) or do they flicker bright, dim, then over about 2 seconds come up in brightness (HIDs)
-if you remove the cover off of the back of the headlight assembly (outer portion), if you look at the back of the bulb, if you can see 2 small posts with wires attached to them, you have halogen bulbs, if you see a big black box in the way, then you have HIDs.
If someone installed aftermarket HIDs (which is possible), then what you will see is a bulb with a black and red wire coming off of the back running to a small box that is mounted most likely outside of the headlight assembly.
Any more questions, let me know.
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