Evo HIDs color shift?
true to a point.
Philips came out with the "ultinon" series to help with the replacement of such colorshifted bulbs. the only color in the "ultinon" was (at the time) 6000k. when HIDs burned out or failed-people were complaining about he headlights not looking the same color. the "new" bulb was more yellow while the older bulb was "bluer".
they also lose output as well. as the color temp rises, it will lose "usable" light. your eyes will fatigue sooner with 8000k and higher bulbs than with 6000k and lower temp bulbs.
Philips came out with the "ultinon" series to help with the replacement of such colorshifted bulbs. the only color in the "ultinon" was (at the time) 6000k. when HIDs burned out or failed-people were complaining about he headlights not looking the same color. the "new" bulb was more yellow while the older bulb was "bluer".
they also lose output as well. as the color temp rises, it will lose "usable" light. your eyes will fatigue sooner with 8000k and higher bulbs than with 6000k and lower temp bulbs.
the ultinon series is the bluish 6000k bulbs..
http://www.hidplanet.com/philips5000k.html
true to a point.
Philips came out with the "ultinon" series to help with the replacement of such colorshifted bulbs. the only color in the "ultinon" was (at the time) 6000k. when HIDs burned out or failed-people were complaining about he headlights not looking the same color. the "new" bulb was more yellow while the older bulb was "bluer".
they also lose output as well. as the color temp rises, it will lose "usable" light. your eyes will fatigue sooner with 8000k and higher bulbs than with 6000k and lower temp bulbs.
Philips came out with the "ultinon" series to help with the replacement of such colorshifted bulbs. the only color in the "ultinon" was (at the time) 6000k. when HIDs burned out or failed-people were complaining about he headlights not looking the same color. the "new" bulb was more yellow while the older bulb was "bluer".
they also lose output as well. as the color temp rises, it will lose "usable" light. your eyes will fatigue sooner with 8000k and higher bulbs than with 6000k and lower temp bulbs.
Sorry, but I was not referring to the Ultinons. This was for the normal 4100k bulbs that I was talking about. I'll get the model numbers when I have some time.
Ah, and if you want more color out of your HID's. I'd suggest to open your headlamps (if you have the ***** to 
), push the shield of the projector towards the bulb a bit (talking mm's here) and you'll have alot more color along the cutoff line. Thus you'll see more "flicker" when looking head on.
As bulbs colorshift/age, they also lose output. My brother has a set of Philips "colorshifted" bulbs, and they are horrid. The output is worthless. Reminds me of people who buy those "blue" halogen bulbs. Sure it looks cool (IMO not! ) but the output will suffer...
), push the shield of the projector towards the bulb a bit (talking mm's here) and you'll have alot more color along the cutoff line. Thus you'll see more "flicker" when looking head on. As bulbs colorshift/age, they also lose output. My brother has a set of Philips "colorshifted" bulbs, and they are horrid. The output is worthless. Reminds me of people who buy those "blue" halogen bulbs. Sure it looks cool (IMO not!
) but the output will suffer...
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example-your car is a 2001 and your bulb burns out 2 years later. they have a bulb to replace that one with 81257+. instead of the standard 81257. <---those numbers are made up and used just for example...
as stated earlier by another member, there are several bulbs that are available now other than the ultinons.
Ah, that sux. I didn't realize that. I've only seen a few retro's done with EVO projectors, and no one has ever talked about modifying the sheild. You must be right then.
You sure you can't use the "washer mod" to "move" the shield a bit, just like in the S2000's?
ahhh, very well then. the "plus" series "+" are the ones with the slight color shift in them. they are an estimated time burned into them to replace bulbs that are burned in.
example-your car is a 2001 and your bulb burns out 2 years later. they have a bulb to replace that one with 81257+. instead of the standard 81257. <---those numbers are made up and used just for example...
as stated earlier by another member, there are several bulbs that are available now other than the ultinons.
example-your car is a 2001 and your bulb burns out 2 years later. they have a bulb to replace that one with 81257+. instead of the standard 81257. <---those numbers are made up and used just for example...
as stated earlier by another member, there are several bulbs that are available now other than the ultinons.
What I was meaning, is that the products Philips used inside the HID capsule, were "upgraded" in a sense. They would not "colorshift" until much later in the bulbs life( or even possibly they WOULDN'T colorshift at all), compared to earlier models they put out.
This was something I learned on hidforum, or the philips lighting forum, when they were still around. That was 5+ years ago, so I don't have a link to back my comments up...
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