Just got my HID headlights installed as well

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by bender:
don't get all defensive but true HIDs are required by law (DOT) to be auto-leveled. they are, as i said before, a charge applied to Xe- gas within a closed system. if it took you 20 minutes and less than $1000 to put these bulbs in then all you're running is a higher wattage halogen bulb or faux-xenon-ish bulb marketed really well. true HID xenons are very expensive. i had them in my bimmers and they're not like a regular bulb. moreover, they last a lot longer and seldom need to be replaced. there is also this myth that all xenons are blue-ish...wrong. a good xenon system is more pure white and they need to warm up. when you turn them on is the light yellow-ish and dim and then gets a lot brighter and whiter over a minute or so?

true xenons are a different breed of light. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Me thinks you don't know what your talking about.

These are true xenons as evidenced by the ballast reqiure to convert the 12volt to 20,000 volts, color has to do with the colr temp of the bulb your order from 3500k for the more yellow to the 8000k for more blue.

These are not DOT approved and most sites selling them will tell you that when you order them.

You take the risk of being stopped and ticketed. But honestly how many cops are going to know the difference? You have to know the DOT codes on the headlight housing.