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Another HID and Lighting qusetion.

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Old 12-09-10, 08:43 AM
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Originally Posted by poorkidlol
thanks for the clarification but why do people buy colour halogen? so when they high beam it's a different colour?
People buy color halogens for bulbs that are going to be on at 100% power (like low beams and fogs) so they show their true color luminosity. Since the drl bulb isn't reaching it's full luminosity, it will still look yellow.
Old 12-09-10, 09:05 AM
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Not necessarily. It depends on the bulb that you get.

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Old 12-09-10, 09:55 AM
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^ Steve, what do you mean it depends on the bulb? You're talking about halogen bulbs that are of some ridiculous color temp so that in "DRL mode" they appear white?

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Old 12-09-10, 11:42 AM
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Let me clear by saying that no halogen bulb will look like HID or be a perfect match. Some of our customers have installed the Putco Mirror White or Nitro blue bulbs and are happy with the color output.

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^ For a DRL that runs at 30% power?
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Yup. It's just a question of what you are expecting. The bulbs will have a "cooler" tone than your stock halogen bulbs however it's not as if they're going to look like HIDs.

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