Bi-X: W203/CL203 OEM Bi-XENON Upgrade, Auto-Levelling & Programming thread
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Hi guys. I was wonderin I have some jap HIDs no bixenons *wish* but could I technically get bulbs for my hids and just plug and play? Or would I have to get the Bixenons then change the bulbs. The middle does look nice!
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Originally posted by Lynn
On my monitor the 10k and stock bulbs look the same.
On my monitor the 10k and stock bulbs look the same.
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The human eye is best at seeing things in the color temperature of the sun which is much closer to the stock 4300K hids than it is the 6000k, let alone 8000K or 10000K. In addition, if the bulb is dyed to give it the blue to purple color, the dye absorbs some of the light, so there is less on the road.
For those of you that are in you teens and twenties, it probably doesn't matter as much as it does to those of us over 40 or 45. Night vision begins to deteriorate in the early twenties and real falls of at 45.
For those of you that are in you teens and twenties, it probably doesn't matter as much as it does to those of us over 40 or 45. Night vision begins to deteriorate in the early twenties and real falls of at 45.
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Originally posted by Lynn
The human eye is best at seeing things in the color temperature of the sun which is much closer to the stock 4300K hids than it is the 6000k, let alone 8000K or 10000K. In addition, if the bulb is dyed to give it the blue to purple color, the dye absorbs some of the light, so there is less on the road.
For those of you that are in you teens and twenties, it probably doesn't matter as much as it does to those of us over 40 or 45. Night vision begins to deteriorate in the early twenties and real falls of at 45.
The human eye is best at seeing things in the color temperature of the sun which is much closer to the stock 4300K hids than it is the 6000k, let alone 8000K or 10000K. In addition, if the bulb is dyed to give it the blue to purple color, the dye absorbs some of the light, so there is less on the road.
For those of you that are in you teens and twenties, it probably doesn't matter as much as it does to those of us over 40 or 45. Night vision begins to deteriorate in the early twenties and real falls of at 45.
i thought HID bulbs arent tinted... cuz mines arnt and they are blue..just look in my sig...thats the whole purpose of xenon lights cuz when they heat up to 8000K they get so hot that it is blue...just like ROYGBIV how blue/indigo/violet are hottest colors...you are talkin about the fake wannabe xenons that have blue tints..and those absorb the light..
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Originally posted by CarlssonCRS
yea thats right... the real xenon bulbs are not tinted. the 8000k and 10000k indicate what temperature the bulbs are and the temperature will determine the color it gives off.
yea thats right... the real xenon bulbs are not tinted. the 8000k and 10000k indicate what temperature the bulbs are and the temperature will determine the color it gives off.
ya! listen to mIKE! hehe
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Man even at stock xenons people get angry in on comming traffic.
People always switch there lights and thinking I have my high beams on. I dont even want to know what they will do when I put on 8k lights.
People always switch there lights and thinking I have my high beams on. I dont even want to know what they will do when I put on 8k lights.
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Originally posted by CarlssonCRS
haha thats right!
but i still dont like you guys! never asked me to go along for song down and dirty fun!!
haha thats right!
but i still dont like you guys! never asked me to go along for song down and dirty fun!!
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Originally posted by Noble C320
Man even at stock xenons **** off oncoming traffic LOL. People always switch there lights on and off when they go by thinking I have my high beams on. I dont even want to know what they will do when I put on 8k lights.
Man even at stock xenons **** off oncoming traffic LOL. People always switch there lights on and off when they go by thinking I have my high beams on. I dont even want to know what they will do when I put on 8k lights.
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Originally posted by Lynn
Wrong, the 10k are the worst of the three.
Wrong, the 10k are the worst of the three.
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Originally posted by mbphreak
What are you talking about Lynn? My car is the one furthest to the right, I was there and I saw the 10k with my own eyes...it was way clearer than both CarlssonCRS' and my car
What are you talking about Lynn? My car is the one furthest to the right, I was there and I saw the 10k with my own eyes...it was way clearer than both CarlssonCRS' and my car
I'll try to remember to post something tonight on why older people don't like HID's. They have a very valid reason. But it isn't enough to ban factory HID's. Aftermarket conversions should be banned.
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Originally posted by 04c230ksedan
hey CarlssonCRS, do you guys have the parking & fog lights in the 8k version? How much? Thanks.
hey CarlssonCRS, do you guys have the parking & fog lights in the 8k version? How much? Thanks.
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Originally posted by 04c230ksedan
is there any way to just change the bulbs so that it'll match the stock bi-xenon's? I hate the yellowish look on the fog and the parking lights.
is there any way to just change the bulbs so that it'll match the stock bi-xenon's? I hate the yellowish look on the fog and the parking lights.
Only other way I can think of using retrofitting PIAA plasma blues but that too isn't cheap...you need to swap out the entire foglight and install the PIAA ones w/ appropriate housing
The city lights definitely don't come in a true blue, so the center of our headlamps will always be yellow
I want all blue too
So, I've done my fair share of research. There might be a brand of bulbs that may be super blue that I haven't come across yet, so maybe u know something i don't, let me know!
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Honestly, I haven't caught the mod bug yet since my car is only 5 months old, but fug!! after looking at your car on Broadway st. Mbphreak.... I'm really starting to consider it. On the lights... I have no idea on bulbs.. I'm trying to find out info from you vets
Thanks for all the info on the parking lights & fogs... I hope there's some kind of solution without changing the housing. That yellow tint is really starting to annoy me
Thanks for all the info on the parking lights & fogs... I hope there's some kind of solution without changing the housing. That yellow tint is really starting to annoy me
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Originally posted by 04c230ksedan
Honestly, I haven't caught the mod bug yet since my car is only 5 months old, but fug!! after looking at your car on Broadway st. Mbphreak.... I'm really starting to consider it. On the lights... I have no idea on bulbs.. I'm trying to find out info from you vets
Thanks for all the info on the parking lights & fogs... I hope there's some kind of solution without changing the housing. That yellow tint is really starting to annoy me
Honestly, I haven't caught the mod bug yet since my car is only 5 months old, but fug!! after looking at your car on Broadway st. Mbphreak.... I'm really starting to consider it. On the lights... I have no idea on bulbs.. I'm trying to find out info from you vets
Thanks for all the info on the parking lights & fogs... I hope there's some kind of solution without changing the housing. That yellow tint is really starting to annoy me
Thanks to indopunks like CarlssonCRS I've done more than I had originally planned. Get another kit hehe there's already 2 ppl with full brabus in SF...get the Carlsson RS body kit, so nice and no one has it yet o 
I'll let you know if I find some super blue bulb that matches the xenon...then we both save an arm and leg to do the blue xenon low beam bulbs
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Originally posted by 04c230ksedan
is there any way to just change the bulbs so that it'll match the stock bi-xenon's? I hate the yellowish look on the fog and the parking lights.
is there any way to just change the bulbs so that it'll match the stock bi-xenon's? I hate the yellowish look on the fog and the parking lights.
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Originally posted by CarlssonCRS
you can change the fogs and the city lights to match your stock xenons. its pretty cheap. only 15 bucks per set. so you need 1 set of city lights and one set of foglights so total 30 bucks.
you can change the fogs and the city lights to match your stock xenons. its pretty cheap. only 15 bucks per set. so you need 1 set of city lights and one set of foglights so total 30 bucks.
