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Old 09-20-2005, 11:15 AM
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Xenon Headlight Color

The dealer replaced one of my xenon headlights and now the color from one light to the other is a little different. The original light has a blue tint and the replaced light has a more yellow tint.

What color are your xenon lights and do they match from side to side?
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Mine does, the one that shine oncoming traffic has slightly yellow tint, while the other side is bluer and slightly brighter, doesn't really notice it while driving though. Maybe because of the angle of the projector.
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Originally Posted by laurier
The dealer replaced one of my xenon headlights and now the color from one light to the other is a little different. The original light has a blue tint and the replaced light has a more yellow tint.

What color are your xenon lights and do they match from side to side?
If they only replaced one of the two, it may be due to the new bulb "burn time". With time, the new blub will match the existing bulb after it gets some hours of time with the lights on. I suggest running them whenever you turn the car on to help get some usage out of the new bulb.
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Unfortunately, the burn in time is couple hundred hrs or so. Plan on seeing
this temperature differential for months, or pay the $30 or so to get another
new D2S bulb. Sell your used bulb on Ebay if it has low hrs and you can
say it has been burned-in (insert est hrs).

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