Stock HID Kelvin Level and Bulb Replacements

[MrUnsubtleNinja]

Hey guys, I'm expecting delivery sometime either next week or the week after. Just wondering, because I heard someone say the stock bulbs are 3700K which doesn't sound right to me.

What type of bulb do we replace with? What level would you suggest, I don't really want to go any higher that 6500K...

 

[Devious_Snake]

3700K seems rather low for the HID's....im curious to see a replacement for the fogs, they are yellowish still, so I would rather a pair with a more with color or slight blueish tint...I dont like blinding people with obnoxious lights...let us know what you find

 

[MrUnsubtleNinja]

I completely agree on the part about blinding people, but looking at my sisters 2012 GT500 that HID bulbs aren't nearly as white/blue as my Camaro with the RS Package are and that's the look I'm kind of going for. I'll research and get back to everyone on this.

 

[Zeroescence]

3700K seems rather low for the HID's....im curious to see a replacement for the fogs, they are yellowish still, so I would rather a pair with a more with color or slight blueish tint...I dont like blinding people with obnoxious lights...let us know what you find

3700k was my stock Evo hid. It's a incandescent bulb color. 4500k is white. You will not blind anyone as it is a projector system. I'm going with a ds2 5000k bulb for the projectors and a 5000k kit for the fogs.

 

[Devious_Snake]

3700k was my stock Evo hid. It's a incandescent bulb color. 4500k is white. You will not blind anyone as it is a projector system. I'm going with a ds2 5000k bulb for the projectors and a 5000k kit for the fogs.

thanx for the info....:beer:

 

[yuke175]

PM with if you need bulbs il try to hook you up. do they use d2s?

 

[Zeroescence]

PM with if you need bulbs il try to hook you up. do they use d2s?

Thats my understanding, but I'm not quite sure what bulbs are in the fogs yet.

 

[Drwalker02]

im interested too

 

[Zeroescence]

Also when considering purchasing new HID bulbs the higher the kelvin the lower the lumen Light output.

 

[03DSGMach1]

OEM hid's are usually in the 4100-4300k range. Stepping up will definitely give you a bluer tint but at some point visibility will decrease. On my GT I have 4300k HID fogs to match the OEM HID headlights. Kinda jealous all the new Mustangs have projector HID

 

[Zeroescence]

I did some of my own research instead of listening to someone else and I come up with D3S as the current gen Shelby HID bulb.

 

[Drwalker02]

im not looking for anything crazy, i just like the white look morese than the yellow. i usually upgrade all my cars to a brighter bulb fairly quickly

 

[Zeroescence]

im not looking for anything crazy, i just like the white look morese than the yellow. i usually upgrade all my cars to a brighter bulb fairly quickly

Go with a 5500k or close. Every manufacture is gonna have different color vs temps.

 

[Devious_Snake]

from what ive seen the HID's on the GT500 are more than adequte and nice, just want the fog lights to match a little better

 

[AAG]

Give them time to colorshift. Anything over 5000k is a waste.

 

[MrUnsubtleNinja]

For the record the bulbs should be 4300K

 

[BOD89LX]

I am pretty sure the 13's have LED fogs form the factory , that's what it says on the ford web site.

 

[MrUnsubtleNinja]

I am pretty sure the 13's have LED fogs form the factory , that's what it says on the ford web site.

They don't it's been confirmed by 72MachOne99GT

 

[Devious_Snake]

Foglight mod needed: duly noted

 

[BOD89LX]

Thanks for clearing that up.