Re: Nighttime driving brighter headlights Reply #25 – December 30, 2013, 09:14:58 am I would be surprised if that .7 VDC higher voltage made it all the way from alternator or alternator terminal of isolator all the way to the head lights. Suspect that would be about the line loss on that long run. So, even if alternator putting out 15.0, I doubt that the lights see more than low to mid 14's-- within their tolerance range. Quote Selected
Re: Nighttime driving brighter headlights Reply #26 – December 30, 2013, 10:08:06 am Just maybe when you need brighter lighting, it is a sign that you should stay off the road at night ? Quote Selected
Re: Nighttime driving brighter headlights Reply #27 – December 30, 2013, 12:30:50 pm Considering doing the low beam HID Xenon upgrade on our new headlight conversion vs. the halogen the fixtures come with... any thoughts as to color temperature? Which is the more comfortable and provides the best vision? The 4200K range being towards the yellower side and 6000K and above, the bluer... Quote Selected
Re: Nighttime driving brighter headlights Reply #28 – December 30, 2013, 03:27:43 pm I'd go for the 4200, the blue colors are for effect only. Less effective light as I understand it, blue light shining on a black road you get the css effect but it looks so cool....Just out of curiosity, are the HID lights DOT approved? Might be an issue if getting it inspected in Ca. Quote Selected
Re: Nighttime driving brighter headlights Reply #29 – December 30, 2013, 03:54:25 pm I agree, the blue color is for looks only. More towards yellow would be my choice, it cuts through fog and haze. Blue reflects and scatters in fog and haze. Quote Selected
Re: Nighttime driving brighter headlights Reply #30 – December 30, 2013, 04:47:15 pm The ones that I was looking at are... for low beams only though. Still researching the issue. I despise the blue look myself... at least from oncoming traffic or in the rear view mirror. I would only consider it if there was a functional reason. Glad to hear there is not!DonQuote from: Chuck Pearson – December 30, 2013, 03:27:43 pmI'd go for the 4200, the blue colors are for effect only. Less effective light as I understand it, blue light shining on a black road you get the css effect but it looks so cool....Just out of curiosity, are the HID lights DOT approved? Might be an issue if getting it inspected in Ca. Quote Selected
Re: Nighttime driving brighter headlights Reply #31 – December 31, 2013, 12:48:40 am I have 6000's. They are actually quite white. The blue HID's are 10,000 and 12,000. I was reluctant, at first, to get 6000's but the whole package consisted of complete projector headlights and the 6000 conversion kits. Total cost was $200 so I wasn't going to get too hung up with the idea that they were 6000 instead of 4300.Now that I have driven at night, and in rain and fog, I don't think I would be happy with lights that weren't this white. Those crazy blue ones aren't 6000's. Quote Selected
Re: Nighttime driving brighter headlights Reply #32 – December 31, 2013, 04:42:39 pm My understanding is that the color temperature of daylight at noon on a clear day is around 6000. Therefore, I would think that 6000 would be an ideal color for headlights. Most of the OEM HIDs appear to be around that color. At some point in the future I hope to convert to LED (if the technology has sufficiently matured) or HID lighting, probably in the 6000 range.I'm also curious about the 120mm outer lights in the Xtreme conversions. I wonder if Hella has any lights in the 120mm size with the "Angel Eyes" feature, which seem to make excellent Daytime Running Lights. It would be nice if Xtreme also produced conversions with all four headlights in the 90mm size. Quote Selected
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