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Old Apr 3, 2007 | 04:02 AM
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Do all 8000K HID bulbs have the same color regardless of what their brands are?
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Old Apr 3, 2007 | 07:25 AM
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Originally Posted by GPI
Do all 8000K HID bulbs have the same color regardless of what their brands are?
no.

I have 8000k headlights and 8000k fog lights, the fogs are slightly "whiter" than the headlights. but its very close.
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Old Apr 3, 2007 | 09:39 AM
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Not at all. Its a gas the makes the color. Not all are going to be the same. For instance, my hids are 8k, but look Really really aqua green. And Cloudz has the same kit, and Kelvin, and his look very blue. So no they wont look alike. But when you look at the Kelvin chart, the color changes ever fraction of Kelvin.



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Old Apr 3, 2007 | 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by advans
no.

I have 8000k headlights and 8000k fog lights, the fogs are slightly "whiter" than the headlights. but its very close.
Are the HIDs of your headlights and foglights of different brand?
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Old Apr 3, 2007 | 01:33 PM
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even with the same brand and bulb temp. the color could still be a little off. also, if you try same bulb on different ballast..that would give out different color as well
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Old Apr 3, 2007 | 01:46 PM
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Originally Posted by sanf
even with the same brand and bulb temp. the color could still be a little off. also, if you try same bulb on different ballast..that would give out different color as well
He is correct. My hids and fogs are the same Kelvin, but my fogs look whiter than my headlamps do. They are close, but not exact.
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Old Apr 3, 2007 | 01:56 PM
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yo outaurleague, new sig again? hahaha
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