Oh I see. Well I hope it works out for you! Those headlights look very good. I just dont have the ***** to open mine up right now. Ill probably get it done one weekend...

 

10k have less lumens (light intensity) due to have more blue than white. This is a simple explanation, more if you study the Kelvin Scale of light....... Replacing your oem HIDs or adding a conversion kit is a big upgrade, in lighting and also the car looks very nice. Hope this help. www.sagahid.com

 

Go for it. They look so much better in real life than in pics. Just maek sure you dont' mess up lol. BTW in teh pic you can see the right headlight has more "dust" inside than the left one. Anyway to get this dust out of the headlight without taking it apart? And I still dont' know why these turn signasl still don't work

 

wow that sucks good luck

 

Who the heck told you that? Range rovers do not come with 6k bulbs, they get their color from their cutoff, just like every other OEM manufacturer.

 

I heard that from a couple peopel but didn't bother looking it up. It didn't seem too crazy since their lights along with the new escalade's lights have more blue in them then other cars with xenons.

 

Oem cars HID temps are about 4,300 (like Z) and 5,800 (BMW). Projector type beams make the light look different depending the angle you see the light. 5000k and 6000k is where you will found better lighting benefits. But finally decisions are particular. www.sagahid.com

 

I think if I felt the need to ever change the bulbs I would go with somewhere around 5k max. The STI lens from afar is going to make your stock HIDs look very blue due to the very sharp cutoff.

A.H, about getting the dust out. The only thing I would try is to take the headlight off the car and try blow some air into it with a compressor on a lower setting to see if you can blow some out. Or maybe even try one of the household dusters that retain dust once you pass over it. Im surprised Cincity would have any in there considering they do it every day.

 

This is false. All current model BMW's use 4100k bulbs, the only bulbs that BMW ever used that were not 4100k, were the Philips 85123 which was never officially released from philips, and is closer to 5000k. These were only used in early HID equipped BMWs with e46 style projectors, and only for the first few model years.

 

Ok you guys I need help and fast. After searching on the forum everyone seemed to recommend that 7440 bulbs fit perfectly in teh front turn signal and that the best brand were the luxeon. Well i got them and they cost 50 bucks and they don't fit my car. They did however fit my freinds G 35 perfectly......I need to know asap what the right bulb number is so I can order it and have my car running again. I haven't driven my car in like 5 weeks because of headlights and I miss it dearly. Any suggestions are extremly appreciated. Thx




-Arsh

 

I usually go here for reference.

http://www.sylvania.com/ConsumerProd...RG-Results.htm

 

Looks like you got the wrong bulbs. If those 7440's are white, then use them as back up lights.

 

then what do I get for the front turn signal? I can't find the 3457. And which are the back up bulbs. You mean rear turn signal?

 

When you say STI lens do you mean the actual projector lens from the impreza STI?

Why would you do that? the lens on the STI is horrible! I wanted to swap my lens for some TSX ones...

 

Its a replica of the JDM Sti lens. The lens is perfectly clear with allows a much sharper cutoff compared to the factory beveled lens.

A.H. The site that I linked says that the 7440 is the back up light (Reverse Light).

 

Here are the bulbs for 3457. Ive bought ALOT of led's through this site and they have all worked great and never failed.

http://autolumination.com/3157_3156.htm

 

Hey Red, as distributor I contacted direct BMW technical department and this was his response. For your knowledge, every headlamp project color K in a different way so a firm K can not be obtained from any auto manufacturer. Philips DO NOT make any HID (this is market tricks), they only supply the HID "burner" to manufacturers, so the xenon, noble gases and salts mixture inside the bulb is a matter of the production line. Also know that projection type beam has a plate inside that makes the color of the bulb looks different depending on where you look to the lamp. I DONT NEED TO STATE ANY FALSE INFO. So please be more smart when post your personal opinion. I have 2 years experience in at large distribution of this kind of sytems and sell locally, international, eBay, etc.

 

AH go to VLEDS.COM for the turn signal leds. They have a high-power led that can be easy visible in daytime. Remember to add load resisitors. www.sagahid.com