blue headlights

[Yoda]

what blub gives that blue color for the headlights? i have been looking and cant find them

[RedRide]

Why do you want blue headlights?

For one thing, they would be illegle.
Also, you woud have poor visibility at night.

If you want bulbs with a slight blue cast I afraid afraid you will have to convert to HID to give you adiquate light for safe night night vision.

[Yoda]

i have seen some that were not hid. just want that slight blue

[RedRide]

Originally Posted by Yoda

i have seen some that were not hid. just want that slight blue

Ok, you probally want some sort of hyper white bulb that has a slight blue cast. Look for a bulb that has a color temp above about 4200k.
If you do a lot of night driving I would not go above that unless you go HID for safely reasons,

[YAR1S]

go get some silverstars or whatever they are called.... you wont get a nice blue headlight color without HIDs unless you get film and that is a big ole NO NO with the PO PO.

[Yoda]

Originally Posted by RedRide

Ok, you probally want some sort of hyper white bulb that has a slight blue cast. Look for a bulb that has a color temp above about 4200k.
If you do a lot of night driving I would not go above that unless you go HID for safely reasons,

thx for the info. can i just pick these up at like auto zone or do i have to order them

[Yoda]

Originally Posted by YAR1S

go get some silverstars or whatever they are called.... you wont get a nice blue headlight color without HIDs unless you get film and that is a big ole NO NO with the PO PO.

i got the silvers in now. ehh they ok

[The Architect]

an 8000k is what you're looking for, 6000k would barely have any real blue cast at all.

[RedRide]

Originally Posted by The Architect

an 8000k is what you're looking for, 6000k would barely have any real blue cast at all.

Lots o' luck seeing anything in the rain /fog etc with holgen bulbs with that high a temp.

To Yoda..... The brigh "blue" headlights you see on the highway are HID.
They over come the lack of visability by a big increase in candle power.

[Kioshi]

Yoda. I useto have Raybrig halogen bulbs which were rated at 4800k and had a hint of blue in it. They stopped manufacturing those, but you may find one somewhere online ($60+)....otherwise go w/ Nokya bulbs from Garm or HIDs rated 8000k. I have 6000k HIDs and they are slightly blue but mostly white~

[Yoda]

Originally Posted by RedRide

Lots o' luck seeing anything in the rain /fog etc with holgen bulbs with that high a temp.

To Yoda..... The brigh "blue" headlights you see on the highway are HID.
They over come the lack of visability by a big increase in candle power.

i would do the whole hid conversion but i am not good with wires.

[ozmdd]

The HID conversion is easy, but gives a lot of glare unless you can shield them and adjust cutoff, which is tricky. Garm sells hyperwhite bH4 bulbs which will do what you want, and still give excellent visibility.

Silverstars aere only marginally different from regular halogens, and will dissapoint anyone wanting a more "HID" look.
I don't think you have to go to 8000K to get a nice bluish tint, as 6000K looks good too (closest to oem hid's, like BMW, audi, etc), but I I have had excellent results from my 8000K's in projectors housings.

[The Architect]

I made the mistake of assuming yoda knew the downfalls of temperatures over 6000k, if he wants a brightness as bright or better than stock then yes an HID kit is necessary, not to mention cheap and easy.

[Kioshi]

Originally Posted by Yoda

i would do the whole hid conversion but i am not good with wires.

Yoda, I'm a total idiot at anything wire related...and i installed Garm's HIDs myself...easy.

It is all plug and play, no soldering or anything. If you have sandpaper and a screwdriver, and a socket wrench...you are golden to do this install.

[YarisSedan]

Yeah silverstars are a waste of money. I bought a pair only cause they were on sale for 25 for the set after mail in rebate. One burnt out it cost me around that much to replace it after about 8 months. Month later the other one burnt out. I just threw the old factory one i took out back in. So now i have one light slightly whiter than the other but they are nowhere near that HID blue hint look.

For what i have paid already now i might as well or could have bought garms HID kit. Which i plan to once the other one burns out. Probally will last substantially longer too.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

I had some Luminics Titanium White (5500k). They were cool, lasted long until I removed it for a few weeks then put it back in; then it blew. Not sure why.

[127.0.0.1]

Originally Posted by YarisSedan

Yeah silverstars are a waste of money. I bought a pair only cause they were on sale for 25 for the set after mail in rebate. One burnt out it cost me around that much to replace it after about 8 months. Month later the other one burnt out. I just threw the old factory one i took out back in. So now i have one light slightly whiter than the other but they are nowhere near that HID blue hint look.

For what i have paid already now i might as well or could have bought garms HID kit. Which i plan to once the other one burns out. Probally will last substantially longer too.

I saw this silverstar issue on the internetz and got a pair anyway (not looking for blue, I wanted bright)

I was 100% careful installing, white cotton glove, never ever touched the glass anyway. One burned out in 11 months, then other one burned out a week later.

My stock bulbs from toyota (this is on my 4runner) lasted 9 years !

silverstars work, but they work by making the element mighty thin, hence brighter, and they burn the hell out faster than the money you spent on them

do not want
would not buy again

[wowitswil]

u need hyper blue smd led headlights for pure blue