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Originally Posted by Poodles
Ok, watched the full vid ( turned it off after seeing the output shots earlier).
He's 100% wrong on the color band (needing higher kelvin to get more color in the band) and that the blue color of the main part of the beam is caused from the projector and that it wouldn't be that way in a reflector housing. He's also wrong on saying blue is "modern" as nothing comes with a 6K bulb from the factory, and anything of that general color range is an old HID bulb that's color shifted (i.e. not modern but old and busted)
Just lots of fail all around (god, even the alignment of those bulbs is off as you can see the output WAS changed with the cutoff).
Want a more pure, white light? Buy a D2S ballast, buy a set of CBI's, notch the base so it fits in the headlight correctly and presto. Or just be happy with the factory setup and wait for them to color shift a little (doesn't take long for the yellow part to go away and to go completely white).
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I love the CBIs. dat price doe... But yeah, I'll be looking to grab some D2S ballasts in the future so I can get that 200 lumen extra.
Some cars do come from the factory with higher Kelvin bulbs than 4300K. Most notably are the newer Audis, Mercedes, and BMWs that come equipped with CBIs. Then there are the LED headlights that are ~5000-6000K. Those don't put out too much light, though, compared to their HID counterparts.