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xenon fog lamps and hid headlamps

please no off color comments. thats why they locked the last thread, thank you.

Nupe i do know that the hid beam wavelength is not suited for my headlamps, thats why I went w/6000 k so it would not be in peoples eyes as much. considering my other bulbs were 4300k silverstars. difference of 1700 k is not bad, since no one has flashed their highs at me at night. But I do appreciate the advice though.

 

xenon fog lamps and hid 6000k headlamps

 

lookin good doc...

 

Looks nice, have you driven with them in bad weather?

 

yes I have actually, today it was pouring, but as far as night being bad weather, not yet. so far I am very pleased with the output..... dont feel so blind anymore.

 

looks good man

 

thanks

 

damn hot.

 

HIDs are the hotness

By "xenon fog lights" do you mean just cheapo xenon bulbs or what?

 

i need to get a pair off HID's, looks clean

 

by xenon i mean cheapo bulbs ( silverstars)

 

Ehh, see I could never bring myself to do that. My fogs do nothing anyway (I have E46 bi-xenon projectors) and I like the contrast of standard halogen against my 4300k. It's very OEM-ish.

 

Go with what you like thats more important!!!

 

Those things must be blinding folks everywhere, thought about aiming them down a bit?


Sup w/ that hot spot on the passenger side?

 

Although you can tell the glare is obvious, it doesn't look TERRIBLE to me, and judging by his shots and estimating in my head about how far away the car is, it looks like they are already aimed pretty low.

Ever consider making glare shields or using OEM shields like njmaxseltd did?

 

havent considered that,....since ive not had complaints i would say no

eventhough I have not had a problem with the glare. its a hotspot area on the passenger side due to the light wavelength is different than the oem bulbs so you get a bright spot with little or no fade around it.

 

they are aimed low so I wouldnt be a problem to other drivers on the road.

 

nobody has flashed me yet so apparently their not blinding.

in this pic I am back about 15 feet, the standard for checking the settings of the lights. Also 2, consider where I am standing, I am on the driverside looking towards the passenger side standing 6' tall, so its going to look a little weird.

 

It's a bit off topic. My 6k HID kit is very bright during the first minute after warming up but after that first minute it doesnt look as bright anymore on the street. Does yours do this?

 

They should get brighter, not dimmer.

 

yeah,... mine doesnt do this, mine fires up normaly

 

What I meant is when I turn it on the blue color looks so intense then it doesn't look that intense anymore, more like a subtle white. Nice hi/lo kit u got there.

 

It's not supposed to be as intense of color once it warms up. I have 4300k but they look 6000k when they are first turned on, then turn white.

 

thanks,... that is what it is supposed to do

 

The kelvin temp or "wavelength" as you say has absolutly nothing to do with hotspots.. its the fact that your headlight housing isn't designed for that type of bulb.. You could put 12000k into HID projectors, or even stock 02-03 reflector housings (long as you still use d2r bulbs in that case) and the only thing that would change is the color, the beam pattern would be exactly the same.

 

Err... do you mean the brightness? Wavelength has nothing to do with it...

EDIT: whoops, should have read the whole thread first.