I have an 06 pre LCI with xenon lights and noticed that the LCI's have a more bluish tint to their lights (among other upgrades )

So after some hard googlin', I was wondering if I replace the bulbs with with say a 10,000 Kelvin or 12,000 Kelvin D1S will I achieve a bluish result?

Can you actually just plug and play different temperature bulbs with the OEM Xenon ballast? no error messages or flickers?

I'm thinking of going with this:

HID Kits, BMW Aftermarket Bumpers & Lighting, DEPO - DDM Tuning

I've had good results from them on my e46 when I needed the entire kit (bulb +ballast)

Any input gentlemen?

edit: note that they say the D1S bulbs are directly fitted to the OE ballast

 

10000k-12000k is closer to purple than blue, not to mention it will not light up better. Stock should be 4300k so if you really want more blue, aim at 5000k-6000k max. Higher K's doesn`t mean brighter light though.
Maybe you can change the color of your AE for more blue.

 

The stock bulbs are about 4300K, Replace with 6000K to achieve a more "blue" result. Personally I would stick with 5000-6000K and would not go above that or you lose light output.

 

The bluish tint on the LCI is also caused by the projector lens which is slightly frosted. I switched to clear lens on my LCI with xenons and my lights became more yellowish. I went up to 5000K bulbs and it gave me a whiter light.

 

https://5series.net/forums/diy-do-yo...it-50w-125767/



Enjoy.

 

gosh, don't get 10,000K! that's like purple! 6000 should be your upper limit!

 

D1S: Morimoto 3Five (35w) - HID Bulbs from The Retrofit Source Inc

 

These are ok...but the only way to get pure white light without losing brightness is to go 50W.