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I am looking into getting new bulbs for my fog lights but I am wanting them to match the OEM 4300K color temp. I know I can get new head light bulbs and I considered the CBI's but I dont want to spend the money since mine as perfectly fine. I think having 4300k headlights with a higher color temp fog looks bad, so I wanted them as close as possible. Any options out there that people have tried or know of? Also I am not looking at 5 bazillion lumens like many are advertised, no point in that much light plus those are exaggerated. I wanted to see if anyone had any suggestions before I purchased a set from Diode Dynamics that are 4000k. Thanks!
endless RPM, Bruce will set you up with plug and play 5300k Lucenta fogs
I have looked at those, but if you read my post, those are not going to match very well and be whiter/blueish than my 4300k which as I said, I think looks bad.
I have researched this pretty well but I know I can miss stuff so wanted to check here before I pulled the plug on buying the DD 4000k ones.
Last edited by eastcoastguy; 11-11-2016 at 02:49 PM.
I would be surprised if you find an LED that goes that "warm"...
If you change your mind about going CBI, I can tell you that a cheap set of old ddm ballasts and some $9 ebay 5000K bulbs were a perfect match.
I think to match an oem HID, you'll be better off sticking with an HID kit then play with different cheap bulbs to get what that perfect match.
this was cbi with cheap bulbs...
and mind you, they're only slightly less yellow than oem 4300K
I know you wanted LED but HIDs will match better....
check mine out... i recently installed the Inspire for light mod for my front bumper and i wanted not only matching color to the above OEM 4300k D2S and at first i tried some in the Inspire fog lights that matched the color but from far away looked like complete crap. Because the top (main headlight housing ) is a projector. Where as the Inspire fog housing is only that, a housing. I think what your wanting is the same color effect as opposed to a matching color because OEM lights give that flicker effect of blue and purple and only projectors will make them match. From what i have found.
BEFORE. BEFORE. AFTER.
CHECK OUT THE VIDEO BELOW. WITH BOTH HEADLIGHT AND FOGS ON.
I would be surprised if you find an LED that goes that "warm"...
Diode Dynamics has a 4000K LED bulb that I am going to try and see what happens. I rather they be a little more yellow than more white. Just my taste. I am waiting for black Friday for the discount.
I know you wanted LED but HIDs will match better....
I have considered HID several times, the big issue I have with HID is the glare that it creates as it shoots light outward in addition to the housing reflector. Whereas the LEDS dont have any forward firing LEDs and therefore would just use the reflector. Plus I didnt want to mess with bulbs, ballasts, etc.
Should have my fog lights installed this week along with my new Osram Nightbreaker headlight bulbs. Will have a new drivers side OEM headlight (because of fender bender), new OEM passenger fog and refurb. drivers side fog. Here is my other thread on the fog light refurb. ---> https://acurazine.com/forums/third-g...refurb-951910/
the osram nightbreakers are a different kelvin rating than the oem phillip d2s bulbs?
either way Im interested to see the diode bulb colours, hopefully they will be a good match for OEM bulbs as well
The OEM is 4300K and the Nightbreakers are 4350K. However the lumen rating on the night breakers are higher than the OEM, so higher output. I believe the Diode bulbs are going to be between halogen and the OEM bulbs. I plugged them in to test them and they were fairly more yellow but as I stated I rather them be more yellow than match exactly or be more white. I'm wondering if they are really 4000K because I would have thought they would be really close. I'm not sure why I am not crazy about them matching completely, I think maybe its because I am used to seeing fog lights more yellowish that HID's. I know I'm crazy.
Got the LED fogs and Night Breakers installed. The Night Breakers are quite yellow right now with about an hour on them. The 4000K Diode Dynamics LED fogs match really well. If the Night Breakers cool down some then the LED's will be a little more yellow. The 4000K LED fogs would not match the OEM headlight bulbs. They are more white and more bright than the halogens but not as much as the OEM headlights. I would say the color would be between the halogens and the OEM headlights. Took some pics but they did not come out that well and I tried messing with the settings but it was soo cold out I said screw it.
Headlights look whiter in the pics than in real life.
just to confirm..........the diode bulbs will not match the oem headlight bulbs?
and why is that exactly? I understand you said they are a higher output...but this had me confused:
"The 4000K LED fogs would not match the OEM headlight bulbs. They are more white and more bright than the halogens but not as much as the OEM headlights."
just to confirm..........the diode bulbs will not match the oem headlight bulbs?
and why is that exactly? I understand you said they are a higher output...but this had me confused:
"The 4000K LED fogs would not match the OEM headlight bulbs. They are more white and more bright than the halogens but not as much as the OEM headlights."
Sorry if I was being confusing. I dont think they will match, I believe they will be more yellow. They match the Night Breakers because they are more yellow than OEM.
If your like me and you dont want to go over OEM on color temp, I believe it will be the closest one. I havent come across any that are lower than 5000K. I was afraid that would be too blue compared to OEM. But hey maybe give it a try and see, guess you could always return them.
I will say the output is great though, not crazy, but bright!
try and snap a couple pics that show their actual color....pics above make It pretty difficult to make a determination.
as long as the fogs look pretty close to the oem headlight temperature......I would be satisfied......but then again I am pretty anal about this stuff
Here are some pics. The headlights did not have much time to fully come to color since I had just turned them one, so they look a little whiter. I think you should just go with the 5000K to try and match the OEM headlights. Its either that or do the 4000k and be happy with it being closer to the OEM than the halogen but still more yellow. As I said before, even the 4000K has much better output and the light on the road is great! Trust me I understand about the anal part. This whole thing with my fender bender and new lights and getting everything right has given me such anxiety.
It is really challenging to really represent what it looks like in person in pictures. I feel like the fogs change depending on the angle, sometimes they look more white sometimes yellow. In the second to last pic you can see some more white in the middle and that seems to change with the angle.
11-11-2016, 12:50 AM
