Blue Headlights...where to get them?

[backfrmcolorado]

Ok so my question may be an easy answer for some of you but i have a 1994 X. When i first bought her she had true blue headlight that lit the road up blue. They werent the HID's just normal socket bulbs but deep blue look (Not the cheap ones that say "cool blue" but are just the same as regular headlights) . Im wondering if anyone knows where to get them or how much would super blue HID cost and where to get them from.
Thanks,
Adam

 

[Jason94sport]

They are all over EBay. Any parts store should have a shelf of them too. They are illegal for on road use, & they are NOT brighter then regular lights.
There are DOT approved bulbs that have a blue tint. Mostly from PIAA. But they are $50+. I have a set.

 

[sport97]

If you still have them see if there is a name on the base of the bulb.

 

[fedyfedz]

check out these....Luminics Krypton Pure Blue Bulbs for that price though you can get a hid kit that will blow these bulbs out of the water and increase your visibility ten fold.....just my 2 cents.

 

[FIND]

Anything blue in color is going to reduce your visibility below the threshold of stock headlights, plus, headlights that are blue in color are not legal for on road use and only ricetards use them.

If you want a bluish tint, get some silverstars, PIAAs or something like that. If you use those Luminics Krypton Pure Blue bulbs that fedyfedz mentioned, you will need to add a heavy duty relay harness since those are high wattage bulbs. They have to be high wattage to make anything near a legal amount of light with that heavy blue filter, but still, they are below the threshold of stock lights.

HID kits in stock halogen reflector housings don't work well and blind other drivers.

 

[fedyfedz]

i had the luminics bulbs before hids and the customer service contact stated that they operate at the same temperature as the stock lights which was 55w. I didn't trust him so i bought the 9 dollar wire harness. They work with and without the harness. I ran those bulbs for a year without a harness and they worked fine. It would be a good idea to get the harness while your at it.

for a blue hid kit try hidcountry or krypton bulbs. the find is right about hids in stock housing not being the best bet, but you will get the blue that you are looking for and will be brighter than the luminics.

at night time i could not even tell that my lights were on with the luminics but oncoming drivers and from the front it will show tinted blue output

 

[backfrmcolorado]

Thanks for all the input guys. Yeah i had silverstars in it but one burnt out and after that i bought cheapy from Autozone but honestlyl couldnt tell tthe difference. The ones that came in it when i bought the truck are calld OPTICS SYNERGY, they say simulated HID bulbs. Ive tried to find them but cant. I still have the blue bulbs, one is burnt out but i can put the good one in one side of my truck and leave a stock light in the other and post a pic if i get some time this weekend.

 

[BrianDye]

Blue sucks for output....wait til it starts raining, you might as well turn them off; take it from me, ive had a couple sets of 8000k HIDs and 10,000k HIDs.

 

[backfrmcolorado]

Really...damn lol. i know what you mean with night time rain driving. My dad had 8000K in his new F-150 and he hated them. He now has 12000K and its a great improvement. its really bright on a clear night up north on an empty road. I was thinking if i cant find the OPTICS SYNERGY bulbs that i had ill try the 12000K on my X. I found a pair for $49.99 on ebay but not sure. Im just looking for a different look on my truck. Beleave it or not the OPTICS SYNERGY bulbs lite up the road just as good as the SilerstartUltras i had but had that deep blue shine. Thanks for the input.



By the way Brian... how many X's do you have. Last i knew from the forum and your post you had the nice black 2door sport. Where about in MI do you live, im in Oaklaand county just north of the I-696, -96 and M-5 area.

 

[BrianDye]

Ive had:

92 EB
95 XLT (Lemon)
95 Sport
00' Limited (Current)

Im in Monroe now, but I used to live up kiddie corner from Central HS on Kelsey Farm Drive (Neighborhood was like Hidden Pines or something, just a small "P" shape)

I miss it so bad up there and plan on moving up there in a few years (When im done with school and have a full time job)

But as for the 12,000k, I dont see how those would be bright at all, my 8000k's were a HUGE improvement over stock when it was CLEAR outside, but on rainy nights, it was like driving with nightlights. I just recently had a set of 6000k (eBay kit) and hated them. They were great output wise, but still not the best in rain, and flickered, and died after a short month or so. Stay away from eBay kits, theyre el-cheap-o's with better brands stamped on them.

 

[backfrmcolorado]

Nice amount of X's. And you lived really close to me. Im so close to central i can hear the bands playing at games, im down by DODGE PARK on S. Commerce RD. Im thinking of getiing another X as soon as i start welding in all my new patch panels. Prolly another 1st gen. Yeah i think ill just keep searching for the Optics bulbs i had or try those Krypton's ive seen online. Looking at the wireing for HID's i dont really want to go thru all the mounting of the ballasts and rewireing everything just to have to go back to regular headlights.
Sorry for the confusion on the 12000K's, they are actualy 10000K fog lamps. They do shine brighter than the headlights at night tho (CLEAR NIGHT NO OTHER LIGHT LOL)

 

[backfrmcolorado]

Update for the lights.... today i was searching around and came across some bulbs on amazon.com. I found a pair of Nokya Arctic Purple 9004 bulbs thats say 8500K stage 2. Not sure if it was a good buy but for $20 i couldnt resist. My only question is what does the whole "K" thing after the numbers and what do the numbers mean. I thought HID's only had the "K's". Idk if they work then great, if not its only $20. Ill post a pic of them once i get them. Thanks again for all the help guys.

 

[FIND]

The K stands for Kelvin. This is a measure of black body radiation. Basically the color of light that would be emitted from an ideal black body heated to 8500 Kelvin in your case. Lower temperatures imply light closer to the red end of the spectrum, whereas higher temperatures are closer to the blue end of the spectrum.

You can visit this site and scroll all the way to the bottom of their page to view a chart that shows the color lights of different temperature will show.
http://www.darksydetint.com/hid.html
I wasn't sure if I should post their image on here or not with the recent uproar about copyrights....

If you want to see at night, stick between 4000 and 6000k. If you are going for the riceketeer look and don't want actual functional headlights, then go for higher temperatures.

By the way, don't read anything else on that webpage, because nearly ALL of that information is incorrect, especially when they are claiming sharper contrast and full spectrum light..... an HID bulb only emits light at very short spectrums. Full spectrum light is an optical illusion from an HID bulb.

 

[Carguy3J]

OR...... Stay with stock headlights, so you don't become an inconsiderate douchebag blinding everyone else on the road, just so you can:

A.) Pretend you're oohhhh ssooooo cool, because you have super-bright lights
or
B.) See where you're going, due to YOUR poor eyesight. never mind that you're causing long-term damage/degradation of the night vision of other people who DO have good eyesight/night vision, as well as jeopardizing the immediate safety of everyone around you , by temporarily blinding oncoming traffic, as well as those in front of you . If you truly NEED lights this bright to see where you're going on the STREET,at night; well then you are just not medically qualified to drive at night, PERIOD. It's your problem, not everyone else's.

I am so sick and tired of being blinded by all this aftermarket lighting crap. Regardless of the alleged DOT approval, many (if not most) of them, if ACTUALLY TESTED against DOT requirements, would be found to be illegal. Manufacturers are actually allowed to "self-certify" that these things are legal, and they get away with selling them unless/until they are challenged. (anybody recall the APC troubles a few years back?) I seriously want to just start roaming parking lots, smashing this junk with a sledge hammer.

There are many things one can modify on a modern vehicle. The headlights (at least the brightness/ or color), should NOT be one of them. Forget speeding... Cops ought to be cracking down on these abominations, as well as improperly aimed stock/ collision repaired lights; with big fines unless you go to court with proof that you've replaced the aftermarket crap with stock style lights/bulbs, and/or had the improperly aimed ones corrected by a qualified professional (whose willing to sign a notarized certification that it has been done correctly.) I'd like to see people have to bring in the removed bulbs, to court, and destroy them in front of the cop/prosecutor/judge, in order to have the ticket reduced,etc...

 

[backfrmcolorado]

The K stands for Kelvin. This is a measure of black body radiation. Basically the color of light that would be emitted from an ideal black body heated to 8500 Kelvin in your case. Lower temperatures imply light closer to the red end of the spectrum, whereas higher temperatures are closer to the blue end of the spectrum.

You can visit this site and scroll all the way to the bottom of their page to view a chart that shows the color lights of different temperature will show.
http://www.darksydetint.com/hid.html
I wasn't sure if I should post their image on here or not with the recent uproar about copyrights....

If you want to see at night, stick between 4000 and 6000k. If you are going for the riceketeer look and don't want actual functional headlights, then go for higher temperatures.

By the way, don't read anything else on that webpage, because nearly ALL of that information is incorrect, especially when they are claiming sharper contrast and full spectrum light..... an HID bulb only emits light at very short spectrums. Full spectrum light is an optical illusion from an HID bulb.

Thanks man...thats a lot of knowledge you told me...ill look at the link in the morning.

 

[backfrmcolorado]

OR...... Stay with stock headlights, so you don't become an inconsiderate douchebag blinding everyone else on the road, just so you can:

A.) Pretend you're oohhhh ssooooo cool, because you have super-bright lights
or
B.) See where you're going, due to YOUR poor eyesight. never mind that you're causing long-term damage/degradation of the night vision of other people who DO have good eyesight/night vision, as well as jeopardizing the immediate safety of everyone around you , by temporarily blinding oncoming traffic, as well as those in front of you . If you truly NEED lights this bright to see where you're going on the STREET,at night; well then you are just not medically qualified to drive at night, PERIOD. It's your problem, not everyone else's.

I am so sick and tired of being blinded by all this aftermarket lighting crap. Regardless of the alleged DOT approval, many (if not most) of them, if ACTUALLY TESTED against DOT requirements, would be found to be illegal. Manufacturers are actually allowed to "self-certify" that these things are legal, and they get away with selling them unless/until they are challenged. (anybody recall the APC troubles a few years back?) I seriously want to just start roaming parking lots, smashing this junk with a sledge hammer.

There are many things one can modify on a modern vehicle. The headlights (at least the brightness/ or color), should NOT be one of them. Forget speeding... Cops ought to be cracking down on these abominations, as well as improperly aimed stock/ collision repaired lights; with big fines unless you go to court with proof that you've replaced the aftermarket crap with stock style lights/bulbs, and/or had the improperly aimed ones corrected by a qualified professional (whose willing to sign a notarized certification that it has been done correctly.) I'd like to see people have to bring in the removed bulbs, to court, and destroy them in front of the cop/prosecutor/judge, in order to have the ticket reduced,etc...

Just yur opinion....thats all that matters. LOL i think your the INCONSIDERATE DOUCHEBAG posting such neagtiveity on my thread. Everyone else seems to have positive input. Not trying to be mean but its what i want, not you. Thanks for your input tho. I feel the same way but in my area of michigan everyone has the super bright HID lights or brand new Caddies with bright HID's and i want to fit in i guess lol

 

[Brian T Nickless]

OR...... Stay with stock headlights, so you don't become an inconsiderate douchebag blinding everyone else on the road, just so you can:

A.) Pretend you're oohhhh ssooooo cool, because you have super-bright lights
or
B.) See where you're going, due to YOUR poor eyesight. never mind that you're causing long-term damage/degradation of the night vision of other people who DO have good eyesight/night vision, as well as jeopardizing the immediate safety of everyone around you , by temporarily blinding oncoming traffic, as well as those in front of you . If you truly NEED lights this bright to see where you're going on the STREET,at night; well then you are just not medically qualified to drive at night, PERIOD. It's your problem, not everyone else's.

I am so sick and tired of being blinded by all this aftermarket lighting crap. Regardless of the alleged DOT approval, many (if not most) of them, if ACTUALLY TESTED against DOT requirements, would be found to be illegal. Manufacturers are actually allowed to "self-certify" that these things are legal, and they get away with selling them unless/until they are challenged. (anybody recall the APC troubles a few years back?) I seriously want to just start roaming parking lots, smashing this junk with a sledge hammer.

There are many things one can modify on a modern vehicle. The headlights (at least the brightness/ or color), should NOT be one of them. Forget speeding... Cops ought to be cracking down on these abominations, as well as improperly aimed stock/ collision repaired lights; with big fines unless you go to court with proof that you've replaced the aftermarket crap with stock style lights/bulbs, and/or had the improperly aimed ones corrected by a qualified professional (whose willing to sign a notarized certification that it has been done correctly.) I'd like to see people have to bring in the removed bulbs, to court, and destroy them in front of the cop/prosecutor/judge, in order to have the ticket reduced,etc...

In a nutshelll !!! Everybody up here ( B.C. ) seems to think that 4 front headlights is still ' low beam' ! What total crap !! I drive truck for a living ( at night ) and these guys totally screw up my night vision ! [ Especially the new Dodge pickups where the 'driving lights' are BRIGHTER than their headlights !] I have started giving them my high beams, but they probably don't get what I'm trying to tell them. Tempted to get some REALLY bright 'foglamp' lights and give them a blast of brightness !!! ( Rant over, carry on Brian

 

[FIND]

Just yur opinion....thats all that matters. LOL i think your the INCONSIDERATE DOUCHEBAG posting such neagtiveity on my thread. Everyone else seems to have positive input. Not trying to be mean but its what i want, not you. Thanks for your input tho. I feel the same way but in my area of michigan everyone has the super bright HID lights or brand new Caddies with bright HID's and i want to fit in i guess lol

No.... he is right, HID bulbs in stock halogen reflector housings are the epitome of assholedom IMO. I get so tired of getting blinded by them, and the effect is magnitudes greater in an area like this, where there is not a lot of ambient light, so when a douchebag comes driving by with his ultra bright, ultra scattered HID retrofit bulbs, you are still seeing spots a mile later. I only gave you the HID information because you are buying halogen headlights that use a filter to achieve an HID like look, and because I do believe that if a person is going to do something as dumb as put HIDs in stock halogen reflectors, then they should at least have enough information that they don't do something REALLY dumb, like get a color of light that makes it so they can't see anything and is more harmful to the eyes of the other drivers.

Fitting in is for losers, all the cool kids are individuals.

 

[backfrmcolorado]

I love how a simple question i had turned into a stupid debate. I really dont care what all you negative criticizers have to say. Its nice you have an opinion but i have mine too. End of story!!!!!!

On a lighter note thank you to all the guys that HAVE helpd me and had COURTESY to post POSITIVE thoughts. I wont be checking this thread anymore thanks to the INCONSIDERATE A**HOLES that had NO courtesy.

 

[backfrmcolorado]

In a nutshelll !!! Everybody up here ( B.C. ) seems to think that 4 front headlights is still ' low beam' ! What total crap !! I drive truck for a living ( at night ) and these guys totally screw up my night vision ! [ Especially the new Dodge pickups where the 'driving lights' are BRIGHTER than their headlights !] I have started giving them my high beams, but they probably don't get what I'm trying to tell them. Tempted to get some REALLY bright 'foglamp' lights and give them a blast of brightness !!! ( Rant over, carry on Brian

LOL rant understood for your reason. Thats honestly the main reason im getting brighter lights. Everyone else blinds me so im going to blind them. I do have a set of 5in HELLA driving lamps behind my new billit grille too for the real bright headlight assholes. Dont get me wrong i totaly understand what you say to a certain extent. I do a lot of driving in norther MI for long periods of time too where theres not much traffic and deer that like to play frogger lol. Thats the huge main reeason why im upgradeing light.