Help me decide on bulb temp for the HIDs I'm getting for my fogs. - Page 2

Firestrife · 05-04-2008, 03:03 AM

first off color of the bulb has nothing to do with how much power the halogen bulb is pulling if its 55w your good.

***kpSTI*** · 05-04-2008, 04:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Firestrife

first off color of the bulb has nothing to do with how much power the halogen bulb is pulling if its 55w your good.

We are talking about HID's here not halogen. Thanks though.

deltatechx · 05-04-2008, 02:13 PM

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I have 6000k HID's. I plan on getting oem fogs with 6000k bulbs to match headlights.

1. will the bulb for the fog be too strong and burn out the wire of the oem wiring?

my first impression also was that he planned to use 6000K halogens to match his HIDs

If you are, then your harness will be fine if you use 55 watt bulbs. If you plan to use 100 watt bulbs then just use a relay to pull power directly from the battery.

Mok_speed · 05-06-2008, 03:34 AM

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Originally Posted by ASHRAF

is it illegal to have yellow fogs?

I thought only red and blue are illegal

I'd say go 3000k, that's what i'm doing soon

Dunno but I was in my friend's civic and he got pulled over for having them on. He's got yellow HID fogs too. Maybe the cop was just being a lil biznatch?

D3liri0usK · 05-06-2008, 02:54 PM

Wow, the poll is split 16/16. I voted for 3000k because my experience with HIDs is that it's hard to see when it rains so you need something to balance the two out. I had an old e46 oem retro setup and yellow fogs with my old ek. I see better with halogens with my current fg2 in the rain, even though I'm in the process of doing a tsx oem retro setup. In my opinion yellow fogs are better than higher kelvin lighting for rainy/foggy conditions. I'll be using yellow fogs when its all said and done.

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Originally Posted by Mok_speed

Dunno but I was in my friend's civic and he got pulled over for having them on. He's got yellow HID fogs too. Maybe the cop was just being a lil biznatch?

Yeah, the cop was being a biznatch.

Firestrife · 05-06-2008, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by kpSTI

We are talking about HID's here not halogen. Thanks though.

yea i wasnt talking to you though.

deltatechx · 05-07-2008, 04:13 AM

You could always go for a 55 watt HID kit for your fogs, only use them when there's no other cars around (only time you actually need extra lighting) -- the glare off a wet road from these are unbelievable, lights up the trees on the side of the road like your friggin high beams are on :P But these are seriously amazing for bad weather driving.

View Poll Results: Which bulbs should I get with my HID kit for my fogs?
Yellow 3000k bulbs	18	50.00%
White 4300k bulbs	18	50.00%
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05-04-2008, 03:03 AM	#21 (permalink)
Firestrife Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Gainesville, FL Age: 20 Posts: 3,372 Keenan iTrader: 9 / 100%	first off color of the bulb has nothing to do with how much power the halogen bulb is pulling if its 55w your good.

05-07-2008, 04:13 AM	#27 (permalink)
deltatechx Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Age: 22 Posts: 447 iTrader: 0 / 0%	You could always go for a 55 watt HID kit for your fogs, only use them when there's no other cars around (only time you actually need extra lighting) -- the glare off a wet road from these are unbelievable, lights up the trees on the side of the road like your friggin high beams are on :P But these are seriously amazing for bad weather driving.