inFiniTE LooP

k, so i did a search and have gotten that factory mercedes xenons are anywhere from 3200K to 5000K and everything in between (4000 and 4200K etc...) so which numbers are correct? thanks for any input!

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Good luck.

bizdee

Are you referring to the Kelvin measurement of the factory xenons?

inFiniTE LooP

yes i am

inFiniTE LooP

does he do the installation as well or just provide them and i would install them on my own? thanks~!

CitronC230K_03

4300k (or somewhere around there) i believe. you dont want it too high otherwise it defeats its purpose.

str8ridin

Correct, 4300K is the somewhat standard. The bulbs, depending on whether they are a DS2 or DR2 and if in a projector assembly or regular housing will look different depending on the bulb/housing. If you want to upgrade, 6000K is the best/max for color and brighness, however anything over that has been proven to produce more glare than anything.

CitronC230K_03

factory BiX on a W203 are DS2.

mbny

i have the 6000k philipps ultinons in my 330 and they're pretty sweet. bmw offers two different stock xenon bulbs. Osram 4100k and philipps 4300k. i was one of the unlucky ones to get the osrams and they sucked. i compared them to my infiniti I30t's (had it at the time) w/ PIAA halogens and the PIAA's actually looked better and offered better visibility. i don't know why but the philipps 4300k looked and performed noticeably better. had my car come equipped with those, i wouldn't have spent the money on the 6000k's. Personally i like the Osram Xenarc 5400k's. If they still make them, not sure. I believe philipps ultinon 6000k's actually burn at 5800k or 5600k. something like that. anything higher than that and your gonna really notice a loss in visibility, especially in wet weather.

PsssTkiD

how much kelvin does factory halogen have? 3200k?

blkc230k

VERY CORRECT! note in wet weather....it will just shines on the rain/show/fog and wont shine thru them... thats why the fogs are yellow

mbny

here's what i've noticed with the 6000k's in wet weather. street signs and parkway signs illuminate great, but the road itself does not. except in the snow, then it looks cool as hell

inFiniTE LooP

ok, so i think i'm gonna get the H7's from PIAA that are rated at 4000K, they should be the closest match to factory BiX. so as for the fogs, you would recommend not changing these out since the stock ones are meant for shining through fog and changing them to match the other lights would in fact make it more difficult to drive through the fog than the stock ones?

PsssTkiD

i changed my foglights to same as the piaa~4000k, i didnt really have any problems on fogs and rain. BUT on regular days, its really better

mbny

with the 6000k's it's really not that much of a difference. i've been in car w/ 8000k's and it's ridiculous the difference over stock. you'll be ok w/ 4000k PIAA's. I think there's even a real xenon bulb in the mid 3k range that supposedly provides great visibility when used in your fogs.

Tariq

Any one have an idea on any online store that i can get the 6000K ?

mbny

there should be a forum sponsor that sells them no? i got mine at hids4less.com but last i checked they were out of business. sorry i can't help you out more.

CitronC230K_03

8000k is way too purplish. defeats the purpose of having Xenon for safety.

1Lop2K5C

Correction ! the bulb types are D2S and D2R, the S is used in projector housing and the R is used in reflective type housing (there are also the D1 series which we wont talk about). Here is a trick that I learned: if you want to make them blue (meaning that from down the road, you want people to see your lights appear to have more blue hue) pull the shield a little more closer to the front of the bulb, this way you will not have that yellow/brown spec that you see right where the cut off is. This trick will not effect the amount of light or the color of the light below the shield.

ps. here is an example of the diff type of bulbs are out there http://www.ambulbs.com/products/category.php/CA=4