[Biturbos4] Thermostat and Headlights

[Long, Scott G SrA USAF AFMC 88 SFS/S4W]

I bought them mainly for the look.. They do get a lot of comments from
people.  I can see good with them.  I'm doing 3000k fogs.

Scott G. Long, SrA, USAF 
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[mailto:biturbos4-bounces at diablo.audifans.com] On Behalf Of John
Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 12:52 PM
To: biturbos4 at diablo.audifans.com
Subject: Re: [Biturbos4] Thermostat and Headlights

IMHO 8000K is in the bling range (blue-purple). While it might be good
for
impressing those under 25 or annoying those with artificial lenses, ;-)
it's
not really the best choice for headlights. For the older drivers, I
would never
recommend that high frequency of light for headlights. With age your
eyes can
significantly attenuate high frequencies of light. The higher the color
temp
over ~6000K, the worse you'll see compared to "natural white",
~4300K-5000K.
Think about the color of glasses people wear when they want to improve
contrast;
"drivers" sunglasses, glasses used during target practice, etc...

John


On 12/09/2010 05:59 AM, Long, Scott G SrA USAF AFMC 88 SFS/S4W wrote:
> The headlight bulbs themselves are D2-S bulbs.  Stock I believe are
> 4300k color temp.  I had a ballast go out in my S4 and I ordered a kit
> from ddmtuning.com that included ballasts and bulbs for $100 (now I
> think they are only $50 a set).  The bulbs were direct replacement,
but
> the ballasts were not.  I had to remove the stock ballasts from the
> bottom of the light, make a template out of plexiglass and mount the
new
> ballasts to that, splice a couple of wires, and now I have amazing
> lights.  I went with the 8000k color temp, but I have been told 6000k
is
> actually more useable light on the road.
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