johndddd

it's an insult

lfe136

Hey Zion... which 6000k hid kit do you have? If this is what the Carlabs
6000k HIDs look like then I don't know if I want 6000k from Darwin... gotta call him and change it.

Hey MRK... do the lights get whiter over time??? I just put these in and they look horrible. Like the cheap Autozone dark blue ones.

MRK

not whiter..but 'less dark'...i think my rover HID is 4500 or 5500 and these are about the same hue....

phranksmbz

Whats the best match for these as far as output and color match, anyone?

drexappeal

Best match to what? Fogs? Parking lights? Gotta be a little more specific.

911_03KCoupe

I think he wants his city lights to match his 8000K HId's ?

drexappeal

If it's the city lights, LED's.

if it's the fog lights, HID's.

phranksmbz

yeah sorry guys i ment parking lights ... please help me find a brand and type that will be the best fit. Thanks

rlee02135

PIAA TERA would look the best.

they are a LED bulb with special resistors.

but they are expensive

phranksmbz

i read in some other posts that people were matching up the 6000k with the 5500k tera led bulbs, but from other peoples responses say that 5500k was a bit bluer than the 6000k so i wonder if they match with 8000k more? or the 6500k will?

Tangerine

Thats because different manufacturer of the HID bulb have a different rating of Kelvins. 8000k from Phillips would be different from 8000k from Osram.

phranksmbz

i see ... well **** its just one of those i have to find out my self deals for now. Thanks for replying guys ... mb community

Wing689

Hello, I recently upgraded my stock halogen setup to MTEC HID 6000k. Love the light output, very white with the slightest blue tint. However, the city and fog lights look very well...yellow in comparison. Im not worried about the fog since ill prob never have them on in Sunny San Diego (and fogs are supposed to be yellow output for best illumination), but I would like the stock city lights changed to something that will match the 6000k. I have looked around and searched the forum for any good 6000k led bulbs for the city lights but haven't really come up with anything. Any suggestions? Or could someone point me in the right direction? Much appreciated, thanks!

powa

HID fog helps a lot for lighting at night, i'd suggest everyone doing HID fog, I've been most satisfy with my HID foglight mod, and i won't drive without them at night =)

teknician

There was a really good thread on this, helped me buy my city lights

https://mbworld.org/forums/showthrea...ighlight=terra

derrickonline

I also upgraded my lights to 6000K HID, but I did the foggies and the headlamps. I love it. But those pissy little lights really blow me. It doesn't look bad because my HIDs drown them out but I would also like to know what replacement people are using.


Also, it's not about functional use for fog lights it's about looks (in my opinion). HIDs look great, but it looks even better with matching HID fog lights! Get some man!

I'll try to take pics.

Wing689

Ha, planning to do so. But that mod will have to get in line........behind the Depo Projector Headlights ($350 for looks is a bit ), and of course.......Remus Muffler!

C230 Sport Coup

LED's + resisitors.

Wing689

Ahh, could you point me to a good brand and model? I've heard that LEDs may cause error displays

teknician

I just installed PIAA SUPER WHITE LED WEDGE BULBS in my 2002 w203 as my city lights but for some reason these pieces of **** dont work

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...4080&rd=1&rd=1

one is actually flickering but thats pretty much it

anyone have any ideas on this one?

nlpamg

that's easy. you bought the ones without the resistors. you need resistors on em.

teknician

ahh ****t

im gonna try to go to my local Asian mall and sell these then

i dont need resistors for these do i?

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...6285&rd=1&rd=1

ps. do i need resistors for ANY LED bulbs?

drexappeal

You'll be fine with those. A lot of people have Piaa Extreme whites. I used to until one of them burned out. Just replaced with Raybrig, cuz the local store didn't have Extreme whites.

And to answer your other question, for ANY LED's you use for this car, you will need resistors. And usually, it can't be just any resistor. It has to be as close as possible to match the load. The wires are pre-determined on how much load is being delivered to the bulbs. LED's draw Much less load than normal incandescent bulbs (especially for the 194 bulbs on this car).

nlpamg

those bulbs should work.

you need resistors for ALL LED bulbs.

teknician

thanks boys. i was gonna attempt to get resisters etc. but im switching to bi-x soon so i said screw it. when the LED bulb was flashing it wasnt really matching my headlights anyways so im just going for the extreme whites.