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I like the way the headlights and fogs look lit up in the dark as is, but i want to add a little flare to them. I was thinking of yellow tinting the fogs, but im skeptical of how they'll look with the regular headlight bulbs. Do you guys think i should yellow tint with the headlights as is or yellow tint and put in 5000k hid's, or not yellow tint at all and leave them as is. Thanks!
I say tint the fogs yellow! No HID's.. People will hate you. Mine are tinted and I love them. I have 5000k normal 9006 bulbs in my headlights. I love the color contrast.
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Let me clear one thing up for myself, ive always been confused on this. Whats the difference between hid's and halogens, nobody has been able to tell me. All i know is one is extremely bright and is blue.
datbonneville wrote:Let me clear one thing up for myself, ive always been confused on this. Whats the difference between hid's and halogens, nobody has been able to tell me. All i know is one is extremely bright and is blue.
Halogen generally references a filament lamp (good old Edison) that uses a halogen gas blend within the lamp.
HID means High Intensity Discharge. There is no filament and for all practical purposes the light is produced by a continuous spark. This is the same type of technology used by the big spotlights at concerts
Where some people get confused is that some of the gases used in filling the lamps are used in both types, notably xenon. The gases used do affect the color temperature; neon could also be used but would give the same orange effect as it does in test lamps
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Also note:
filament lamps are a DC circuit resistive load. They generate a lot of heat, consequently draw more power.
The HID's, I call them arc lamps, are A/C circuit inductive loads. They don't generate as much heat, making them more efficient in terms of light output.
The downside to HID's is that they require a specific type of projection optic (lense) in order to direct the generated light be useable without creating excessive glare. Unfortunately a lot of people like to use plug & play kits that don't properly project the light and blind oncoming drivers at night.
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If you wanted "yellow" HID's, you'd need 3000K, as well....
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I was just thinkin of buying some of that yellow tint that you just stick on, not changing anything about the light itself. because those bulbs are pretty expensive!
That is one good option, otherwise you can buy yellow tinted halogen bulbs, as well.
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Sirius wrote:Think about it. You’re tooling down the road in your Prius, knowing full-well that this thing being green is as big a sham as federally mandated ethanol-enriched gas, Russia pulling out of Ukraine, and Obamacare.
