Headlight question for those with '06's
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Headlight question for those with '06's
Anyone notice that the driver's headlight is a slightly warmer color temp than the passenger side? The driver's side is noticeably more yellow than the passenger side on my wife's car. It's been this way since we got the car. The driver's side headlight has been replaced (damn deer) with an all new OEM headlight and it is still this way. I am just wondering if Inifiniti did this for a reason (ie. to not blind oncoming traffic) or if maybe the passenger side bulb is too high of a color temp and they are both supposed to be more yellow than blue. I haven't been around enough G Coupes to notice if they are all like this or if there is something wrong with ours.
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Originally Posted by IvoryPearl06
Anyone notice that the driver's headlight is a slightly warmer color temp than the passenger side? The driver's side is noticeably more yellow than the passenger side on my wife's car. It's been this way since we got the car. The driver's side headlight has been replaced (damn deer) with an all new OEM headlight and it is still this way. I am just wondering if Inifiniti did this for a reason (ie. to not blind oncoming traffic) or if maybe the passenger side bulb is too high of a color temp and they are both supposed to be more yellow than blue. I haven't been around enough G Coupes to notice if they are all like this or if there is something wrong with ours.
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Originally Posted by mephistomyhero
Hmm...I thought I had bought some bad bulbs myself. I bought some 5000K Philips from a member here and noticed that indeed the driver side is a little warmer. I thought maybe the member screwed me over. Now that you mentioned it, maybe this is true? I bought my housing from Chad.
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Originally Posted by IvoryPearl06
The thing that has me wondering is that our car is an '06 and has been like this since we got it. It is still like this even though the whole driver's side headlight housing/ballast/bulb has been replaced with OEM parts (she hit a deer).
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Originally Posted by IvoryPearl06
Anyone notice that the driver's headlight is a slightly warmer color temp than the passenger side? The driver's side is noticeably more yellow than the passenger side on my wife's car. It's been this way since we got the car. The driver's side headlight has been replaced (damn deer) with an all new OEM headlight and it is still this way. I am just wondering if Inifiniti did this for a reason (ie. to not blind oncoming traffic) or if maybe the passenger side bulb is too high of a color temp and they are both supposed to be more yellow than blue. I haven't been around enough G Coupes to notice if they are all like this or if there is something wrong with ours.
Also on a side note, when HID bulbs are newer they are brighter. The older they get, they get whiter and the output is slightly less. Although when the bulbs are white in color it looks nicer, it doesnt throw as much light on the ground.
When I first swapped out to the 06 projectors my lights were yellowish.... I just drove with them day and night and now theyre nice and white.
**one last remark. It may be also possible that the bulb is in the wrong way and it burned unevenly. HID bulbs are not just like any bulbs that can be put in any direction.... maybe the dealer put it in upside down by accident?
.... yeah I used to be really into the lighting in my car. My old car I had s2k projectors retrofitted into them courtesy of LittoDevil @ HIDPlanet. ( Headlight junkies should know what im talking about)
Last edited by MsA; 12-21-2006 at 12:35 AM.
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Originally Posted by Mike_Deezy
+1, mine are exactly the same way.
Last edited by MsA; 12-21-2006 at 12:36 AM.
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Originally Posted by MsA
You can adjust the height of your headlight. Theres a little bolt you spin on the headlight itself so you can even it out with the other one. The bolt is accessable when you open the hood. I'll take a look at mine tomorrow for more specific directions