Upgraded Xenon Headlamp Bulbs...

[Matt_Grim2]

I was checking out the RRsport.uk.com forum and notice some had upgraded the factory Xenon bulbs and I was wondering if this could be done to my
LR3 ?

Does the 2 Vehicles use same Bulbs ?

Thanks...

 

[grommet]

What do you mean "upgrade"? What can you improve? Or do you mean putting bulbs in that generate a different color? (6000k, etc.) Go for it... whatever turns you on, Matt. Everyone just loves blue lights.

 

[Matt_Grim2]

What do you mean "upgrade"? What can you improve? Or do you mean putting bulbs in that generate a different color? (6000k, etc.) Go for it... whatever turns you on, Matt. Everyone just loves blue lights.

I was thinking about the different bulbs that burn at 6000k but i heard that you lose more light so that you can have the true H.I.D. blues...

 

[Grendal_Fly]

blue light scatters more, thus you as the driver will see less.
That is why IMHO those Piaa HID should be aginst the law.

 

[Houm_WA]

...anyone know the color-temperature of the factory HIDs ? I think they're perfect, personally. You wouldn't want to go too blue.

 

[grommet]

4300K to my knowledge.

 

[Houm_WA]

How solid is your source of knowledge. They don't seem that Yellow to me. I don't have a golden-eyeball or anything, but I do work a lot with lighting systems and would bet a beer that they're at least 5000...maybe even 5500.

Have you seen this documented?

 

[jptruck]

I can't imagine there's something brighter out there. I already get flashed all the time by people thinking my high-beams are on. It kills them when I hit them with the real thing.

 

[xcursion]

Sometimes I feel bad after I flash the rude drivers with high beams. It's so bright that it lite up the night, probably blinding them for good...Better control myself.

 

[schafari]

If you are getting flashed, you may need a headlight adjustment. If anything, HID with active leveling cuts down on blinding on-coming traffic.