For those you have xenon lights what is the kelvin rating that you are running your bulbs at?

Who is the best manufacturer/supplier to buy good quality xenon bulbs from

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Last edited by LR NUT on 31st Aug 2017 9:57 pm. Edited 2 times in total

no idea, but I have linked a couple of my videos recently comparing my OEM xenons to a light that I fitted.
my xenons are nice and white, cannot see any yellow tint

http://www.freel2.com/forum/topic22559.html 

Philips 4300K.

http://www.hids4u.co.uk/d1s-xenon-hid-bulbs/

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a good option

The above will be whiter without going too blue, standard HID are 4300k, these are 5000k, 'daylight' has a defined standard around 5500k but starts to look blue from a lamp at that level.
Depends whether you want to 'look' cool or trendy or a berk (delete as applicable) or want yo see more, in that case the Osram D1S nightbreaker plus will be very good.

It may be worth noting for people interested in changing the bulbs in their Xenon headlights that if you have Xenons in lights pre MY13 (without the signature LED DRL's) the bulb fitment is D1S. If you have MY13 onwards Xenon lights with signature DRL the fitment is D3S. I would say from my experience that the D1S OEM bulbs tend to be a much crisper white, even when the Kelvin rating of the bulbs is 4300K. I believe this is due to the fact that D1S bulbs (slightly older technology) have Mercury in them. All D3S OEM bulbs that I have seen with 4300K colour temperature appear to have a much more yellow hue to them, ..IMO they don't match the DRL's well. Osram now have a Cool Blue Intense variant of the D3S (66340CBI, production began in 2014) though they are still very expensive for what they are at around £175 per bulb! For me the best choice is the Philips X-Treme Vision D3S, which you can buy for around £85 each and ithey have a Kelvin rating of 4800K. After a burn in period of around 30 hours it emits a lovely pure white light and the output on even the darkest of roads is excellent.

I appreciate xenons have to talked about the to death and back

Using the search function I could not find any relevant posts regarding light output at night with pictures of upgraded bulbs on a MY13> vehicle.

As the weather is turning up here now darker mornings and darker evenings every extra bit or light is need when full beam cannot be used.

Does anyone anyone know the best upgraded xenon bulb off hand ?


Edit mods can you please merge this thread??

http://www.freel2.com/forum/topic22640.html?highlight=xenon+bulb MY14 Kahn Converted Dynamic - Fuji White Ebony/Pimento Interior
MY15 Xenon Headlight Conversion

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I had HIDs on on my BMW - they were awesome - but does one really need to upgrade these lights for normal road use ? - they can really blind the oncoming traffic.

Ive only got halogens on my FL2 and I recently upgraded to Osram Night breakers -£24 per pair- much better than standard but not as bright as HID light - but more than adequate.

Its not like we were crashing all over the place at night before the days of HIDs - just saying

Also anyone got a car with LED hedalights - they're the future Jules

LED lights the future - not so sure

A 50W halogen produces at least 40W of heat (possibly as much as 45W), very useful when snow is trying to build up on your headlights.
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I have been told that 4300K is the best for light output. Does anyone have 6000k xenons fitted with a picture of them in the dark? Have you noticed the difference in the light output by any chance? MY14 Kahn Converted Dynamic - Fuji White Ebony/Pimento Interior
MY15 Xenon Headlight Conversion

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You could go Oz style and retro.

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Andy131 wrote:

LED lights the future - not so sure

A 50W halogen produces at least 40W of heat (possibly as much as 45W), very useful when snow is trying to build up on your headlights.
LED lights = very little heat = very little light when it is snowing.

LR NUT wrote:

I appreciate xenons have to talked about the to death and back

Using the search function I could not find any relevant posts regarding light output at night with pictures of upgraded bulbs on a MY13> vehicle.

As the weather is turning up here now darker mornings and darker evenings every extra bit or light is need when full beam cannot be used.

Does anyone anyone know the best upgraded xenon bulb off hand ?


Edit mods can you please merge this thread??

http://www.freel2.com/forum/topic22640.html?highlight=xenon+bulb

Merged
I upgraded mine last year to Phlips higher output ones, they made little difference, the whole light assembly on <MY13 cars is a different make to that previously used and in my opinion much worse. The beam pattern is crap and there are many weird colours in the light, I believe it may be due to the reflector burning? I would need to take it out and have a look. The HID on my MY11 car was way better.

I have bought a pair of Philips X-tremeVision halogen +100% 3350k colour temperature a few weeks ago. Have not got around to sticking them in yet. Hopefully they will be a touch brighter. Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device!

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