head light bulbs

[YALEROYNOT]

thinking about getting yellow headlight bulbs for my lows. any have em' ?

[pimpalero2003]

hids? if so there the brightist

[AftermathAlero]

i got some for my high beams. i love them! ..

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b302/Aftermathalero/TURBO/DSC03315.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b302/Aftermathalero/DSC03318.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b302/Aftermathalero/DSC03322.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b302/Aftermathalero/DSC03321.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b302/Aftermathalero/DSC03320.jpg
Dont mind the car.. I just started tearing her down yesterday! LOL shes so naked now.


look into my highbeam area.

There $28 bucks shipped to your door. PM me for more details. My sponsor also has 9004, 9005, 9006, 9007, H1, H3, H4 bulbs. HID's too!

[cavaliers60]

I think the yellow bulbs look like crap on cars.... Just my opinion..... I would just spend $15 and get the regular replacement bulbs and let them burn out a bit.... Give you the same affect. lol

And for a midnight blue alero, I can tell you that a blueish or even just WHITE looks the best

[Spilner521]

hids? if so there the brightist
Negative. The yellow HID bulbs are yellow coated bulbs that are 3000K color temp. The brightest HID bulbs are 4300K bulbs that come as original equipment in every car that comes with HID's from the factory. They are pure white with a very small hint of blue.

[pimpalero2003]

shit so sry always thought the higher the k the less light they put out

[YALEROYNOT]

shit so sry always thought the higher the k the less light they put out

the k stands for kelvin witch is a temp reading the higher the number the higher the filament temp and the brighter the light

water boils a 373*k or 100*c or 212*f

the kekvin scale is used more for low temps like absolute zero witch is 0*k or -460*f that is the point witch all motion stops.

so now that you spent 5 min of your life reading stuff you will never use :

Have a nice day !!

[pimpalero2003]

i dont think thats true 1200 k isnt brighter then 6000

[Spilner521]

the k stands for kelvin witch is a temp reading the higher the number the higher the filament temp and the brighter the light
Sorry, but when talking about headlights, that is wrong. The K does stand for Kelvin, but is the bulb's color temperature, not actual temperature. The higher the color temp, the more blue and purple the light becomes, and the less light it actually puts out. 4300K is the brightest HID bulb and puts out a pure white light that is very close to the color of sunlight. When getting into 6000K-8000K, the color of the light is more blue, and puts out less light, and anything above 8000K it's more of a bluish purple, and puts out even less light.

This is why I don't understand why everyone wants to get these 8000K and 10000K HID kits, other that just to look cool. They're not as bright as OEM 4300K bulbs.

Also, when talking about HID's, the bulbs don't have filaments in them. There's 2 electrodes that ignite a mixture of Xenon gas and halide salts inside a small capsule which creates an arc of light. There's no actual filament that burns, and HID bulbs actually run cooler and use less power than halogen filament bulbs.

[pimpalero2003]

whenever i get mine thell be 8 or 10 even then there still brighter then fact or silverstars and look tight

[pawzbear]

oh my i really hate how those yellows look

[[ion] C2]

its jdm yo

[pawzbear]

yeh and how is an alero jdm?
this is about as good a look as the half-open, pop up headlights look. (sleepy eye or something?)

[[ion] C2]

i know right lol
USDM FTW

hah this guy i know with his S13 can make his wink

[AftermathAlero]

yeh and how is an alero jdm?


Well i am an asian driver/owner. So its half jdm already before modding. LOL

[AnderbrA]

Sorry, but when talking about headlights, that is wrong. The K does stand for Kelvin, but is the bulb's color temperature, not actual temperature. The higher the color temp, the more blue and purple the light becomes, and the less light it actually puts out. 4300K is the brightest HID bulb and puts out a pure white light that is very close to the color of sunlight. When getting into 6000K-8000K, the color of the light is more blue, and puts out less light, and anything above 8000K it's more of a bluish purple, and puts out even less light.

This is why I don't understand why everyone wants to get these 8000K and 10000K HID kits, other that just to look cool. They're not as bright as OEM 4300K bulbs.

Also, when talking about HID's, the bulbs don't have filaments in them. There's 2 electrodes that ignite a mixture of Xenon gas and halide salts inside a small capsule which creates an arc of light. There's no actual filament that burns, and HID bulbs actually run cooler and use less power than halogen filament bulbs.

Yuppers. Good explaination...when you get in the higher temps some of the bulbs are actually painted, therefore leading to even more light loss.

Here is an explaination and color chart.
http://www.autolamps-online.com/hidonline/information/whatiscolourtemp.htm

It says that even 6000K produces 20% less light than 4100K. I have 4300K. They are not blue/purple except when you start them up or are looking at them from a distance.

[cavaliers60]

That's why when you see a car coming up, at first it looks kinda blueish, but when it gets closer, it becomes white. I'll stick with my Silverstar Ultras for now. They are pretty bright! But if those HIDs burn cooler and use less electricity to run, then I might invest in them sometime soon, or when I get a new car.

[pawzbear]

Well i am an asian driver/owner. So its half jdm already before modding. LOL

LOL yah good point. I still like ur ho even though it has yellow eyes. but whatev.

come look at my audio ? thread and see if you can help me pllzzzz

[YALEROYNOT]

i thought i read that some where but i guess not. guess thats what you get when you post in your sleep. ye im rethinking the yellow think im going whites or blue ish now that im looking around

sorry everyone for the bad post

[Spilner521]

That's why when you see a car coming up, at first it looks kinda blueish, but when it gets closer, it becomes white. I'll stick with my Silverstar Ultras for now. They are pretty bright! But if those HIDs burn cooler and use less electricity to run, then I might invest in them sometime soon, or when I get a new car.
That bluish color from far away also has a lot to do with the cut off shield in projectors. If you notice in this picture, right at the cut off line there is a strip of blue. A combination of the projector lens and the shape of the cut off shield bends the light towards the blue end of the spectrum and you get that nice blue cut off. That's why you get a blue flicker from a HID projector equipped vehicle coming towards you.

http://www.intellexual.net/hids/ece.jpg

Yes, HID's also run cooler than regular halogen bulbs and use less power, drawing only 35 watts as apposed to 55 watts of a standard halogen low beam bulb.

[cavaliers60]

gotcha. :thumb: looks nice man.

[YALEROYNOT]

That bluish color from far away also has a lot to do with the cut off shield in projectors. If you notice in this picture, right at the cut off line there is a strip of blue. A combination of the projector lens and the shape of the cut off shield bends the light towards the blue end of the spectrum and you get that nice blue cut off. That's why you get a blue flicker from a HID projector equipped vehicle coming towards you.

http://www.intellexual.net/hids/ece.jpg

Yes, HID's also run cooler than regular halogen bulbs and use less power, drawing only 35 watts as apposed to 55 watts of a standard halogen low beam bulb.


what bulbs are they? highs ? lows ? and fogs?

[Spilner521]

what bulbs are they? highs ? lows ? and fogs?
When cars come from the factory, HID's are only on the low beams.

Some cars have Bi-Xenon projectors, which means they are low and high beam from the same projector. What happens is when you hit the high beam switch, an actuator pulls the cutoff shield down and away so there's no cut off line, which makes it a HID high beam.

Also, a few cars, like the Lexus, have 3000K yellow HID capsules in the fog lights.

That beam pattern pictured above is of one single low beam projector.