Xenons - Colour

Hey guys!

So very happy with the evoque - picked it up on Monday and yet to post pictures and give my views on the car - will do over the weekend.

I have a few questions though, has anyone changed the bulb of the Xenons? i.e. to make it into a slightly different colour?

My question is, I love the Xenons etc, however I would like to make it a bit more "blue" I guess. It seems a bit of a whiteish/yellow (or... off-white) colour at the moment. How do I do that? What size/specification/etc should I be looking for if I want to change?

Just got a new C-Class a few months ago as well and the lights definitely seem a bit more whiter/whiteish blue.

Any recommendations or has anyone changed them for that matter? Am I the only one who thinks they aren't white enough?

Or maybe its the windscreen making it look different.....

Thoughts?

it could be just the color temp of the bulb itself, (factory is around 4300K?). a higher temp, 8000K+ would definitely make it it look more blue, but would reduce some visibility.

I just change it last weekend.
D3S Bulb-6000K
You can go with 8000k for more "blue" effect, but your will lost visibility. I think 6000k is the best.

D2S for your C-Class.

Can anyone confirm what the colour temp's are from the factory D3S Xenon headlamp bulbs?

4200K or 6000K.

I think the factory standard are 4300K.

Yes I thought 6000K would be the best option - definitely want to do that.

I didn't want to go too blue cause then it may just look fake but I guess 6000K is optimal now. Need to look into it now a bit more.

CHeers

(10-02-2012 08:12pm)dspralph Wrote:  I just change it last weekend.
D3S Bulb-6000K
You can go with 8000k for more "blue" effect, but your will lost visibility. I think 6000k is the best.

D2S for your C-Class.

is it possible to post pics?

do you prefer the 6000K or the 4300K now?

(13-02-2012 03:06am)chiggy Wrote:  is it possible to post pics?

do you prefer the 6000K or the 4300K now?

6000k for sure. I changed all my cars to 6000k since my very first car.
Tried 8000k few times, but stay with 6000k for now.
I got 6600 D2S bulb on my CLS which is my fav now, but can't find a 6600k for D3S

I rather prefer yellow as most of my driving is either at night or in conditions like fog, snow, where more visibility is needed. yellow works great - just brightens up the path.

does 6000K reduce the amount of light emitted significantly?

or is it just about the same? I know 8000K reduces the amount of light emitted by quite a bit and its too blue for me as well. was driving at night yesterday and just wasn't happy with the yellowness of it... seemed a bit too halogen-ish for me compared to the C-Class for some reason.

(10-02-2012 08:12pm)dspralph Wrote:  I just change it last weekend.
D3S Bulb-6000K
You can go with 8000k for more "blue" effect, but your will lost visibility. I think 6000k is the best.

D2S for your C-Class.

Did you remove the whole headlamp unit to up-grade D3S bulbs to 6000k? or was there enough space in the engine bay?