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Old 12-06-07, 06:31 AM
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2001 Is300, Has Anyone Installed HID'S In The Fog Lights, Would You Use 3500k Bulbs And Clear Lenses, Or Clear Bulbs With The Yellow Lenses. Or Yellow With Yellow, Which One Is Best. Thanks
Old 12-06-07, 09:08 AM
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Originally Posted by LEXUS01
2001 Is300, Has Anyone Installed HID'S In The Fog Lights, Would You Use 3500k Bulbs And Clear Lenses, Or Clear Bulbs With The Yellow Lenses. Or Yellow With Yellow, Which One Is Best. Thanks
Well that depends are you going to buy the JDM clear foglights, clear out the oem fog lights, or use the oem fogs as is? Because if you do any of the first 2 options then you can pretty much use whatever temp hid kit you want, but if you use the oem fogs with the yellow lens you have to use a 3000k hid kit or else your fogs will look green.
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Thanks, i think im going to leave the stock yellow lenses and use the 3000 hid kit.
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I just installed 3000k in my fogs about 3 days ago, and man talk about Looking JDM turns heads everywhere. Def recommend keeeping the yellow tinted fogs and throwing in some H.I.D, Only problem is they look brighter than the factory H.I.D headlights. So im planning on upgrading the bulbs to 6000K to even out the contrast.
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Originally Posted by TACH_MOTOR
I just installed 3000k in my fogs about 3 days ago, and man talk about Looking JDM turns heads everywhere. Def recommend keeeping the yellow tinted fogs and throwing in some H.I.D, Only problem is they look brighter than the factory H.I.D headlights. So im planning on upgrading the bulbs to 6000K to even out the contrast.
You do know the light output will be even lower if you go with 6000k headlights right? The oem 4300k bulbs produce the most amount of lumens (the light on the ground is the brightest you can get). If you are looking to get more light output from your headlights then that won't work.
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Yup, upgrading to 6000k HID won't make it look brighter. It will make your headlight housing look whiter, but not necessarly brighter. You need to convert your headlights to projectors if you want to match your fog lights.
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