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Old 06-14-2011, 03:23 PM
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I ordered them from hid-lights.com. Maybe after they burn in a bit they become blue?
Nope, I just got them and when I seem on the E90 fourm they tend to look purpleish and white vs mine are blue and white.
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Get rid of the power inverter and the power supply. There is no point in Going Up only to go Down. Replace that with at Step Down DC Convertor.

I have a similar Argosy media player in the car and I use a 12v to 5v 5A DC Step Down similar to http://cgi.ebay.com/Reliable-DC-12V-...-/360284652961

It works well. Its not only more efficient but is smaller too.
Ohhh, efficient is always better! How would I got about wiring that though? The black and red to the car power supply then the yellow and black to the media player? I cut the wires from the media player plug?
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Originally Posted by Cwest
Nope, I just got them and when I seem on the E90 fourm they tend to look purpleish and white vs mine are blue and white.
Maybe it's the v1 your seeing pics of? v2s are probably cleaner whiter.
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Maybe it's the v1 your seeing pics of? v2s are probably cleaner whiter.
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Ohhh, efficient is always better! How would I got about wiring that though? The black and red to the car power supply then the yellow and black to the media player? I cut the wires from the media player plug?
can u post pictures? of how we going to conect the 12v outlet in our car to this convertor?

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Originally Posted by bruce_miranda
Get rid of the power inverter and the power supply. There is no point in Going Up only to go Down. Replace that with at Step Down DC Convertor.

I have a similar Argosy media player in the car and I use a 12v to 5v 5A DC Step Down similar to http://cgi.ebay.com/Reliable-DC-12V-...-/360284652961

It works well. Its not only more efficient but is smaller too.
can u post pictures? of how we going to conect the 12v outlet in our car to this convertor?

thx
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can u post pictures? of how we going to conect the 12v outlet in our car to this convertor?

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Originally Posted by Cwest
Nicely done, your GP thunder looks more white then blue like mine. Where did you get your GP thunder from? I've also purchased the 8500k V2, but they look blue then white to me.
Jack: it could be just the pics as well. Also, at 8500K that's definitely blue.
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Jack: it could be just the pics as well. Also, at 8500K that's definitely blue.
They're nicely white at night. They show a hint of blue when they shine onto something. For example a wall or the road when there is no street lights. I believe the v1s are more blue then purple. A buddy of mine has him on his e60 and they're much more bluish in the rings.
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Jack: it could be just the pics as well. Also, at 8500K that's definitely blue.
Probably the angel of the shot taken.

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They're nicely white at night. They show a hint of blue when they shine onto something. For example a wall or the road when there is no street lights. I believe the v1s are more blue then purple. A buddy of mine has him on his e60 and they're much more bluish in the rings.
I need to take a look at my at that angel at night and see, but mine does seem more blueish and if you look at it straight on it's white. As you can see from the photo below.

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