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Old 03-07-11, 11:10 PM
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i want to get some fog light hid to match my hid on my 04 430 ,but when i recieved my 5k hid and the color is not like a natural white like the factory hid,is it because the projector?,also does anyone one know someone who can match the same color factory hid color would a 4300k look closer to the look.

As of now i dnt like the look of 2 diffrent color hid on my car,from a far it look close but up close you can see the blue tint still, any suggestion could help. thanks in advance
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4300k will be pretty close to original. I'm running 6000k in my fog lights,and it's obviously different,but that doesn't bother me. I don't like the look of the 3000k yellow HIDs,so I went in the opposite direction.


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Thinking about going HID for my fog light but the temp I'm thinking of doing is 3000k.
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Originally Posted by ray123
also does anyone one know someone who can match the same color factory hid color would a 4300k look closer to the look.
I guess our factory D2S bulbs are 4300k, so you have to get bulbs with the same color temperature.
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but i can just switch out my bulbs and keep my convertor box,any body used led before
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Originally Posted by ray123
i want to get some fog light hid to match my hid on my 04 430 ,but when i recieved my 5k hid and the color is not like a natural white like the factory hid,is it because the projector?,also does anyone one know someone who can match the same color factory hid color would a 4300k look closer to the look.
that's b/c alot of these cheap aftermarket hid kits hardly carry the 4300k (if I remember correctly).

get the oem slim ballast from denso/koito and use the oem 4300k d2s bulbs

or replace the hid bulbs in your lows with 5000k to match the fogs
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Originally Posted by GS3Tek
that's b/c alot of these cheap aftermarket hid kits hardly carry the 4300k (if I remember correctly).

get the oem slim ballast from denso/koito and use the oem 4300k d2s bulbs

or replace the hid bulbs in your lows with 5000k to match the fogs
^^ Not only those cheap aftermarket kits are never near OEM temperatures but the HID bulbs that come with those kits will most likely change color or die after being used a few times. Also, i would also say OP should go with Matsus*h*i*ta ballasts used in nissan/infiniti HID headlights. They are smaller and easier to mount.


Lol ^^ No foul language was used in this post.

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my friend idk why is taking off his 03 g35 stock hid lights,which look like mine,so im take his hid from the g35 andput them as my fog is it possible
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