insidious_machinae

This is my first post on the Tilted Motors subforum, I think.

Anyway, I have a question.

My friend drives a BMW 525 and it has blue headlights. He told me they were Xenon blue headlights. That's cool and all, but I actually have a blue car and think blue headlights on a blue car would be sweet (even though obviously you can't see the color of the car at night...it's just on principle)... So I went out and bought a set of Xenon blue bulbs for my camaro, and put them in. They're white. I then got ANOTHER set. They're white too.

So I did a little research and found that, holy shit, I need Ion blue bulbs...whatever those are, instead of Xenons.

Can someone please confirm that after this last $40, I will finally have blue headlights for my car?

Ashton

Kurant

Those blue headlights are infact Xenon bulbs. However, you can't just stick blue Xenon bulbs in your car and have the same effect. Your friend's BMW has a true Xenon bulb setup, ballasts/relectors and all, which can cost upwards of 600-800 even as high as 1000$. They are blue because they are a REAL Xenon setup.

You can buy blue Ion bulbs and get a ridiculious BLUE accent to your lights, but it looks like complete rice IMO. If you want the real deal, go look for a Sylvania (It's what's on my Silverado, my M# already had Xenon's in it) HID kit on the net, and purchase the real thing. There is more to Xenon's then just the fact they have blue light, they are unbelivably bright. The best headlighting available on the market today. Putting a blue bulb on your car doesn't add anything, except blue lights. =/ And blue bulbs look ridiculious anyway.

MSD

For the sake of everyone who drives in front of you, please don't put in HID bulbs. The HID low-beams are worse than hi-beams in a regular setup.

Putting the bulbs in a non-HID reflector is even worse.

Blahman

Having HID's in my car, I will never again have a car without them. It is just so awesome at night.

JStrider

yah... so awesome... all the oncoming traffic is completely blinded...

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Blahman

I can actually raise and lower them from inside my car. On busy roads, I lower them a little to blind drivers less. On country roads, I raise them up a little.

And, they are projector type HID's, which have a clear cut-off to where the beam goes up, to help prevent blinding other drivers.

Factory for my car, not aftermarket.

Peryn

Not all HID headlights blind everyone who looks at them. My aunt has an Audi TT and itslights are set up so that i wont blind other drivers. Its kinda annoying, but you can almost literally see a box on the ground of where the light shines, and looking at it it is pretty driver freindly. Depends on what kind you get an how properly you aim them i guess.

As for simply putting blue bulbs in....personally i think that might be the ugliest thing a car can do. They dont illuminate any better than regular bulbs, and the blue tint is incredibly ugly/anoyying to other drivers on the road. But yes, i believe simply getting the Ion blue bulbs will give you that effect.

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insidious_machinae

Finally, thank you Kurant.

shakran

the ion bulbes are dangerous as hell. Not only do they not enhance the lights, as a real HID setup would, but they actually dim your light output.

All the ion bulbs are are white bulbs that have been painted blue. The blue paint prevents any color other than blue from being emitted by the bulb. So all the light that makes up red, orange, yellow, green, indigo, and violet is no longer emitted by the bulb. You're dimming your lights for the sake of looks, which is totally stupid. Car won't look real good with the front end smashed in after you hit the deer that you couldn't see anymore

Scorps

I know one thing, Blue hedlights are Illgal and stupid.....most light look blue, but when you turn your lights on they look white, but they are much brighter

pocon1

Actually Ashton, blue bulbs are really ricy. At least you expect them on a Japanese car. A camaro pretending to be a japanese car is not good. it is an insult to Japanese vehicles everywhere. If we find this Camaro, we will use our Ginsu knives and cut his car up like a tin can.

insidious_machinae

I've decided not to get the Ions, and I'll save up for the HID kit. Thanks everyone for your input.

RemyLebeau97

Kurant

HID are some of the safest things on the road. If they are adjusted right, and not a cheap ass set of HID conversions, they don't blind anyone. My M3 ones came on it, they are adjustable. The conversion kit on my Silverado is not, but they tell you in the instructions how to adjust them so it doesn't blind on coming traffic. Most people adjust them so they are straight, and that's that.

Most states now during IM test check the height of your lights anyway now, Alaska isn't one of them, however, I still installed mine the right way.

It's worth the money to get a set. If I ever buy another car without them, the first thing I'll be doing is getting them.

magnum

Your friend has EXPENSIVE, NICE headlights that shine much brighter than standard halogen lights. They aren't designed to LOOK cool (although they do), they are designed to shine brighter so you can see better at night. They are probably H.I.D. lights - High Intensity Discharge. These are expensive to put on (aftermarket). Anyways, putting fake blue tinted bulbs on your car would be lame IN MY OPINION but do what you will with your car. I've heard bad things about cheap bulb replacements...not very safe.

Scorps

More like an insult to the Camaro.