Headlights

[Dpudg]

So I had a close call the other day while driving my car, I couldn't see a bog box in the road at night due to my fading headlights, so I decided to get new bulbs, the ones I got are a pure white 12v 60/55w with 5000k, and after driving around I was curious and felt the headlights, I was surprised with how hot they were. Is 5000k too hot for the headlights? I don't wanna sound dumb, I know headlights get hot, but I guess I never felt them after use, any knowledge and if the new lights won't be a problem would be awesome.
Thanks much

[Betrivent]

Your headlights can take a surprisingly amount of heat. If it's just the face of them that's hot, it's fine. Consider that when you're driving you're actively cooling them with wind.

[Dpudg]

Yeah I figured that driving cools them, just wanted to make sure that I wasn't gonna have to spend 150$+ on new headlights, thanks

[RedRide]

Is 5000k too hot for the headlights?
The 5000k refers to the "color temp"..... that is just the color not the heat temp of the/a bulb.
A 3000k bulb will run just as hot as a 5000K bulb.

Al modern headlight bulbs like halogen quartz run hot and the headlight enclosures are designed to acomodate these higher temp.

[vten]

You should've gotten the hid kits since it's so cheap nowadays ... Try to keep it around 4-6000k so u won't loose any lumen lights , and the hids usually run cooler than the regular bulb ... Just my .02 cents

[Betrivent]

^ Even so.. anything above 5000 just looks.. BLUE. Like, TOO blue.