05-19-2016, 07:44 AM | #1 |
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What color are the xenon bulbs on a M235i?
Tried searching and I can't seem to find it. I'm looking to get a brighter/whiter light from my headlights, but I don't know what color the stock bulbs are. The set I'm looking at are 8,000K D1S bulbs. Would that be whiter?
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I'd estimate the 2 Series Xenons to be between 4,500 and 4,700K -- probably closer to 4,500. When your lights are on, look at the difference in color temp between the actual xenon beam and the angel eyes. The angel eyes are a little more blue -- slightly above 5K. Color temperature has nothing to do with brightness, BTW. The proper measure of light brightness is Lumens -- Watts isn't even a reliable measure because of how it's been bastardized by shady marketing in the aftermarket. There's a crap-ton of misinformation out there regarding headlight effectiveness, replacements/upgrades, and the like.
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As an aside, I know that it's a colloquialism, but the term "rice" is offensive to me. Probably because I'm half Filipino and eat rice pretty much daily lol. That said, I'll keep it cracker until I find something a bit warmer in color.
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5K is generally accepted as being white or close to it. As Viffermike says, 8K will be quite blue. Anything above that will start to have a violet shade.
At the same wattage, you'll actually start to lose lumens a bit once you hit the higher color temperatures. |
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