What color temperature for xenon lights?
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Originally Posted by EBMCS03' date='Feb 10 2005, 11:50 PM
Yup ^^^^ is right... what are you going to do?
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Originally Posted by Sanjuro' date='Feb 11 2005, 02:52 AM
[quote name='EBMCS03' date='Feb 10 2005, 11:50 PM']Yup ^^^^ is right... what are you going to do?
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[/quote]But doesnt 6000K bulbs give off less light? ( less photons, but each with a higer frequency)
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Originally Posted by E60Speed' date='Feb 11 2005, 02:50 AM
[quote name='Sanjuro' date='Feb 11 2005, 02:52 AM'][quote name='EBMCS03' date='Feb 10 2005, 11:50 PM']Yup ^^^^ is right... what are you going to do?
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[/quote]But doesnt 6000K bulbs give off less light? ( less photons, but each with a higer frequency)
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[/quote]Yup.....higher k's equal less light more color....6000k will be very blue but beyond that they will start to look purple.
Do you really have to remove the bumper to change the headlight bulbs?
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Originally Posted by Topaz330xi' date='Feb 11 2005, 10:44 AM
[quote name='E60Speed' date='Feb 11 2005, 02:50 AM'][quote name='Sanjuro' date='Feb 11 2005, 02:52 AM'][quote name='EBMCS03' date='Feb 10 2005, 11:50 PM']Yup ^^^^ is right... what are you going to do?
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[/quote]But doesnt 6000K bulbs give off less light? ( less photons, but each with a higer frequency)
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[/quote]Yup.....higher k's equal less light more color....6000k will be very blue but beyond that they will start to look purple.
Do you really have to remove the bumper to change the headlight bulbs?
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[/quote]Someone posted a way to access the fogs through the wheel well.
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Originally Posted by Topaz330xi' date='Feb 11 2005, 10:44 AM
[quote name='E60Speed' date='Feb 11 2005, 02:50 AM'][quote name='Sanjuro' date='Feb 11 2005, 02:52 AM'][quote name='EBMCS03' date='Feb 10 2005, 11:50 PM']Yup ^^^^ is right... what are you going to do?
[snapback]88881[/snapback]
[snapback]88889[/snapback]
[/quote]But doesnt 6000K bulbs give off less light? ( less photons, but each with a higer frequency)
[snapback]88904[/snapback]
[/quote]Yup.....higher k's equal less light more color....6000k will be very blue but beyond that they will start to look purple.
Do you really have to remove the bumper to change the headlight bulbs?
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[/quote]No, the left hand side light has to be removed to get to the bulb though
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Originally Posted by E60Speed' date='Feb 11 2005, 10:51 AM
[quote name='Topaz330xi' date='Feb 11 2005, 10:44 AM'][quote name='E60Speed' date='Feb 11 2005, 02:50 AM'][quote name='Sanjuro' date='Feb 11 2005, 02:52 AM'][quote name='EBMCS03' date='Feb 10 2005, 11:50 PM']Yup ^^^^ is right... what are you going to do?
[snapback]88881[/snapback]
[snapback]88889[/snapback]
[/quote]But doesnt 6000K bulbs give off less light? ( less photons, but each with a higer frequency)
[snapback]88904[/snapback]
[/quote]Yup.....higher k's equal less light more color....6000k will be very blue but beyond that they will start to look purple.
Do you really have to remove the bumper to change the headlight bulbs?
Topaz330xi
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[/quote]No, the left hand side light has to be removed to get to the bulb though
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[/quote]Could you be more specific about "left hand side light" ? I looked at the lamp assembly the other day because I was also thinking to upgrade the bulb to 5000k too (not 6000k). It looked like that the whole lamp assembly has to be taken out before the lower beam bulb can be accessed. High beam bulb can be changed without the removal of the lamp assembly. There are 2 screws on the top of the lamp assembly to hold it in place. Not sure about the bottom side of the assembly.
Any owner has removed the E60 lamp assembly successfully to replace the low beam bulb ? If there is, could he/she provide the detail instruction to do that ??
Thanks,
Ching-Ho Cheng
