This past weekend I converted my fogs from halogen PIAA Xtreme White H1s to Xentec H1 6000K HIDs. Also I added the Polarg 6000K LEDs to the city lights. The installation went without a hitch. Took me about 5 hours but i think well worth it. The only problem I have now is that I love the color of the fogs at 6000K and the light output is obviously a lot better than my halogens, however the factory OEM project bulbs are rated at 4300K and now like very yellow next to my 6000K. I can't tell if this look is okay or if it is tacky.

I figure I can either:

1) Leave it the way it is. It is not like the fogs and projectors ever truly matched anyways. I am planning to do the TSX clear lense / cutoff color modification this summer. Hopefully that will help give a more bluer/purple tint to the projectors and produce a better match. I'd go with the Philip CMs when I do this mod.

2) Change the projectors to 6000K or even maybe 5000K.

Light output is very important to me, so moving my projectors to 6000K to match my fogs worries me a bit. I'd have to keep on the fogs and projectors always together to probably make up for the lost output of switching to higher Kelvins.

Actually after writing this, maybe Ill go 5000K for both. That could be a good compromise to get the project and fogs to match. Anyways my first question is do you think having the 4300K in the projectors and 6000K in the fogs is okay or looks tacky. I have posted pics below.

NOTE: Taken on a note so good camera, so pics are grainy and not as sharp as they should be. Also the fog output is pretty decent. I could easily function night with only the fogs on; however obviously the fogs shine at a lower level so the depth would be less, but the output is great.

CITY LIGHTS 6000K LED


6000K XENTEC H1 HID FOGS (ONLY)


BOTH OEM PROJECTORS AND FOG LIGHTS ON


STREET OUTPUT

FOGS ONLY


PROJECTORS ONLY


PROJECTORS AND FOGS TOGETHER


WALL LIGHT OUTPUT (BOTH PROJECTOR and FOGS)

 

get 6000k philips ultinon for the projectors...

btw, ur profile pic... is actually a man.. i remember "her" from 2001-2002(around that time) soccer game..

 

your left side projector is messed up. It is rotated counterclockwise quite a bit. Did you have the recall done yet?

 

Actually she is a her and her name is Mina and she is a korean singer / model.
Here is her wikipedia article for you http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shim_Mina

 

They "said" they did the recall, but I just notice that too. I might have to go take it back in.

 

You are right. I checked today and my lights do the following. Ill have to take it back and start b*t*h'in because they said they replaced the lights and did the recall or maybe i just happen to get a bad set.

 

it took 5 hours for the install.....it wasnt just plug and play? btw where did u get the 6k leds