12-16-2012, 01:49 PM | #23 |
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Cheers, well anything except the standard yellow is good! I got 4500k for mine, hoping they'll be a good match.
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12-19-2012, 04:24 PM | #25 |
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Can somebody confirm that the fog lights are used as cornering lights for adaptive. On my f10 5er the fog lights are not used as the cornering lights, the inner angel light in the main cluster performs this function.
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12-24-2012, 07:49 AM | #27 |
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Richard: my dealer just installed my fog light bulbs today - described as 'xenon matching pure white', however they're just as yellow as the original bulbs! Very annoying.
So I need some more, but definitely don't want them blue at all, just a pure white. What temp would you suggest?
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12-24-2012, 07:57 AM | #28 |
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But you do know that yellowish fogs are more effective.
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12-24-2012, 08:00 AM | #29 |
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Bah, only bothered about them for cornering lights my last car, being a 135i, didn't have front fogs at all (air curtain thing in their place!) but yes I do, but it's form over function in this case, the fog lights are horrible yellow IMO
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12-24-2012, 08:09 AM | #30 |
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I went through this with my GTI. I'll not bother with the BMW. I've got bigger fish to fry with my 2 faults. Anyway, I'm into yellow for 2103!
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Yes I saw your thread mate, hope you get it sorted ASAP.
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Yes, the faults have taken the shine off the new car experience. Got quite upset and stressed. Could do without this nonsense. Mark: Would it be possible for you to post a picture of you driver's seat base, please? Be most grateful. I've started a thread for this purpose. http://www.f30post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=784559
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12-24-2012, 08:48 AM | #34 |
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Perfect Mark. I've only done 7 miles!!!!
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Done; mine had done 10 miles at delivery!
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I wonder if 6500k would be good, removing the slight blue tint?
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6500K would be seriously blue, going on purple. 6000K is "brilliant white" and looks blue to oncoming traffic. I don't believe for one second that the stock HIDs are 4500K; I'd have said at least 5000K if not 5500K would better describe the colour I'm seeing but then light can be deceptive
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MaestroAl: surely the small difference to 5000k from 4500k (as my blatantly yellow fog lights apparently are) won't instantly transform them to pure, crisp white: what would you recommend for my 'white' fog light bulbs? I don't want any blue at all, just a proper white...
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Impossible to tell on a photo because most cameras will tend to make all light white through auto colour balance
I've always found around 6000K to be the happy point for the "brightest and whitest" light meself Here's a helpful chart or two:
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Liking the bulbs you have fitted, look pretty close to the headlights in the pics. Possibly slightly on the blue side. As for the headlight colour range, I was under the impression projector lenses made the light appear a higher colour range to start with? I know my headlights seem quite blue? |
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Richard: I've been looking for some 6000k fog light bulbs with no luck as yet; I definitely don't want them looking blue though, wondered if you could recommend some for me to get (pure white to match the Xenons)??
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