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HELP matching your LED drls with your Headlights OEM

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Old 08-09-11, 07:07 AM
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Default HELP matching your LED drls with your Headlights OEM

What color HID bulb will match the OEM LED drl on the 2011 IS, I was thinking 5000k but im not sure.
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5000k is what comes from factory on the HID package...
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+1 5000k....
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six thousand k.
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^^^^ agree 6000K. most light with best looking colour.
unless you want green or pink LOL
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6000k is better
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Originally Posted by InspireME
six thousand k.
Originally Posted by mkhaira
^^^^ agree 6000K. most light with best looking colour.
unless you want green or pink LOL
I agree that 6000K is the nicest color, but it won't match OEM LED DRLs. 5000K is the OP's best bet. You might want to swap your HID low beams out to 5000K as well since they are 4100K.
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I dont have HID low beams, they are original halogen, But i had 6000k in my 08 is and the color is too blue it wont match
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Depends on the brand name bulb too since I've seen some 6000Ks which has a hint of blue for instance while my Philips Ultinon 6000K has no hint of color at all and white.

The LED DRL is 4300K, so that maybe a bit of a challenge to get a color match up. If only the DRL LEDs could be replacable, then it could be color matched for ones who would like perfection.
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