what bulbs give blue look for f30 xenon headlights

mlev · 05-06-2019, 12:37 AM

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Im going to have to keep an eye out for the new "high end/luxury" blue-ish lights. Honestly haven't noticed and always preferred as white as possible.

Are the newest Bimmer's going this route as well? Heard mention of new laser lighting, not sure if thats related to this or not...

Definitely keep an eye out while you're on the road, because pictures do not do headlights any justice. I would say my headlights are now closer to how the OEM BMW LED headlights look, or the high-end luxury Xenon look as you mentioned. The LEDs are brighter than the Xenon's.
Cool Blue Intense are another option that is reported to be pure white, slightly brighter than OEM, with a tiny tint of white/yellow instead of blue. Those would be ideal for anyone who wants 100% pure white with no real sign of blue. I believe chuckles01 is selling a set on here for cheap as he wanted a slight blue tint instead.
My Xenon's honestly seemed to be underperforming with the OEM bulbs when it came to brightness and road clarity, I wish I'd upgraded sooner.

Not according to scientific testing that measured the output....or BMW for that matter.

Visually my new Osram Xenarc bulbs shot against a wall were NOTICABLEY brighter than my old 2014 OEM 4300k Philips. Left one old one connected to compare and it wasn't even close.

lfepro.g · 05-06-2019, 01:31 PM

I second the Osram lights, you get what you pay for

13blk335ix · 05-08-2019, 07:42 PM

i ended up copping some off amazon for 35 bucks. they are bright and have the bluish tint. they turned out great

Logicoeur · 05-09-2019, 08:48 PM

6500K is 6500K no matter who makes the bulb. Light is light is light.

The "Honda blue" is more 7500-8000K. Oem never goes above 6500K because they are DOT mandated to have a minimum lumens output.

It may look bluer on luxury cars because they use better projectors and lenses which distribute light 100x better than HIDs in reflector buckets. You can pick out the different colors even easier when the projector is paired with a 100% clear lens. Most OEM use a Fresnel kind of lens that then kind of blends the projected light from the bulb a bit on its way away from the car. Google the lens swaps, it's very popular to do. I've done it on 2 cars three different times using TheRetrofitsource.

TRS has great bulbs as well.

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Logicoeur Lieutenant Colonel 993 Rep 1,934 Posts Drives: F30 335i xDrive Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: Boston iTrader: (0)	6500K is 6500K no matter who makes the bulb. Light is light is light. The "Honda blue" is more 7500-8000K. Oem never goes above 6500K because they are DOT mandated to have a minimum lumens output. It may look bluer on luxury cars because they use better projectors and lenses which distribute light 100x better than HIDs in reflector buckets. You can pick out the different colors even easier when the projector is paired with a 100% clear lens. Most OEM use a Fresnel kind of lens that then kind of blends the projected light from the bulb a bit on its way away from the car. Google the lens swaps, it's very popular to do. I've done it on 2 cars three different times using TheRetrofitsource. TRS has great bulbs as well. __________________ F30 335iX \| Remus Axleback \| Fabspeed Catted DP \| VRSF Comp IC \| 18X9 ET35 19lb MT1 \| 255/40/18 ECS \| Ohlins RT Millway Street \| Millway Control Arm Bushings \| Turner Endlinks \| TMH 75mm 14x1.5 Studs \| BMW MPerf LSD \| XDelete \| Pipercross Filter \| MHD Stg2 93
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