prolumen hid install problem - United Bimmer Community

**B_w.** · 04-09-2006, 05:25 PM

just trying to install my hid's. i have everything wired up and turned them on to make sure they work but when i went to put the bulb in they did not fit. is there any special way to get tehm in their? my silverdtars go in and out no problem

witeshark · 04-09-2006, 05:37 PM

Are the bottom part of those bulbs the same shape as the silverstars?

**B_w.** · 04-09-2006, 05:45 PM

sort of. the hid's have a little wire of some sort that runs underneath the bulb and connects into the very front of it. the hid's look to be a little fatter than the silverstars. both are h1 bulbs

witeshark · 04-09-2006, 05:49 PM

Maybe you have to change those bulbs - weird that being H1's they aren't the same

**B_w.** · 04-09-2006, 05:51 PM

i could try sanding down opening but i dont really want to get dust in the housing. hopefully i can find ouri's number or he will see this.

witeshark · 04-09-2006, 05:55 PM

Shoot him a PM I guess

**B_w.** · 04-09-2006, 05:57 PM

yeah, sent him an email already. anybody have a number where i could reach him?

**B_w.** · 04-09-2006, 06:29 PM

some pics of the bulbs could these not be h1 bulbs?

**B_w.** · 04-09-2006, 07:52 PM

ok, just tried the passenger side and it worked fine. i think it is that there is some glass from the headlight housing that is preventing the bulb from going in. i wonder if i have to file it down or something

am i going to have any problems from getting some dust in the housing?

**B_w.** · 04-09-2006, 11:02 PM

ok, figured it out. just had to sand down an imperfection in the glass housing that was preventing the bulb from sliding in. they look pretty sweet. posted a few pics in the car show room.

**Rooz** · 04-09-2006, 11:07 PM

Sweet, lol, was just going to ask you to call me on this