The bloke I got my Marea off has changed the headlight bulbs to these high power blue looking things, he has also put in blue side lights. My question is When you put the side light on with the ignition on are the headlight supposed to come on at reduced power (dim dip) because mine are not, there is also an orange light on the dash with a symbol of a bulb that comes on when the lights are on, bulb failure I'm guessing, but I have no bulbs out. Ther is a small silver box fitted to the inside of the off side wing that is connected to that headlight, should that be there? Some off the connections look factory made but 1 is a home crimped spade connector and 1 is a scotch lock thing, has he for some reason bypassed the dim dip system?

regarding the silver box, im going to hazard a guess that the previous owner has fitted HID's

HID's

Here are some pictures of the box and the wiring(highlighted). Can I get the Dim dip to work, with these lights fitted or can I get the bulb out warning light to stop showing.

yup you've been hid'ed up

bulldog5046 said:

yup you've been hid'ed up

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i thought so lol


dont worry though. its a good thing

I agree the lights are brill, but can I get the dim dip bit to work or failing that disable the bulb out warning light.

After doing a bit of research on these HID Xenon systems I'm a little concerned about replacement bulb prices. Can anyone tell me how to return the lighting system back to normal. I don't know whether to do this or not

OK I defiantly want to convert back to normal lights as I have just found out that aftermarket HID kit are regarded as illegal.

i'll take them off your hands

need to be able to return the light back to normal first

if you manage to revert back, let me know about the HID kit

could you not just replace the bulbs with the H4 halogen or whater is stock? i have no idea, never been in contact with HID lights

will do.

i have some clear side light bulbs spare... i think

i'm perfectly happy to swap with you, and i am aware they are considered illegal.

drop me a PM if you want to swap anything required over

the closest thing i have to a marea is an intake but still, i have some legal bright H4 headlight bulbs and some clear sidelights

I'm just wondering if I'm being to paranoid

Main thing is no dim dip system and that annoying orange warning light saying that a bulb is out. Also worried about the price of replacement parts in a HID system. don't know what to do for the best.

could always re-wire it?
if a bulb blows, revert back to standard bulbs?

thats true, why wory about what if is the warning light just a bulb I could remove?

lol could do. If i was you, id keep the HID as it was or if you wanted to swap back im sure it wouldnt be too difficult!