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Totally confused with these Xenon bulbs

And shocked that a single bulb cost a few pennies short of £50 for a D2R.

 

What confused me was when I was asked what colour I wanted :blush:

Also told by local motor factor that these bulbs are non returnable once purchased???

 

 

So here is what I've found out from the internet.

 

Color Temperature:

 

3000K(Golden Yellow)

4300K(Sunset yellow)

5000K(PURE WHITE )(VERY CLEAN)

6000K(Diamond White)(HAS A LITTLE HUE OF BLUE, POPULAR CHOICE)

8000K(Iceberg blue)(LIGHT BLUE BUT STILL GIVES OUT GOOD AMOUT OF LIGHT)

10000K(Brilliant Blue)

12000K(Exotic Violet)

30000K (Pink Violet)

 

 

So any one know what K values are fitted to a 2005 350z & 2010 370z.

 

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The numbers refer to temperature at which the bulb "burns" in Kelvin.

The higher the number, the less visible light is emitted.

 

As said above, 4300k is OEM. Although BMW, Audi, and Mercedes use 5000k.

 

I find 6000k too high for regular use. All the HIDs I've fitted in the past have always been 5000k

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Just for reference daylight is 5500K anything above is into the blue spectrum, and anything below is yellow.

The Z uses xenon/HID which require a ballast to produce an arc, xenon/halogen don't, so I can be confusing.

I have used the cheap ebay bulbs and they seem to work OK

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I was going to buy these but having read the above, I think they may be too blue .. :scare:

 

http://www.ebay.co.u...984.m1436.l2649

 

Bought that exact set before for the Zed when I had the 04 headlights, they worked just fine. When I upgraded to the BiXenon headlights I went for 6000k and didn't notice much of a difference, but then again most of my driving was in areas with street lamps.

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4300k is OEM on almost all cars and 6000k is what most people upgrade to :)

 

:thumbs: cheers KyleR.

I knew some one one would have the answer.

 

Where do you buy yours from?

 

Just eBay like everyone else, mate. Try and find the ones that look like what Wacky posted, I've had 2 sets and none have failed or had any other issues.

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Wow. I have learned something today already............

 

 

Your never too old to learn new things.

Retaining that info is another thing ;)

That bloke Kelvin has a lot to answer for :lol:

Write it down to retain it I have a notes section on my phone put all I learn from here re zed things onto a note thread I have for the zed otherwise it would disappear into the blue yonder! Lol! Interesting tho for future ref😎

 

 

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