S3 Xenon light rating

[Nilz]

Hellloooo

Can anyone shed some light (excuse the pun) on what rating the xenon bulbs are on a standard S3, and also has anyone changed theirs and if so, to what rating.

Thanks
Nilz

 

[golf]

By rating I assume you mean colour temperature and in that case they're 4300k, which is what most OEM applications are. I changed mine to 5000k which is closer to the colour of sunlight as the originals were looking tired and yellow. Looked a lot better and £35 delivered for a set of bulbs in D2S xenon fitment is good value.

 

[Nilz]

Thats the one golf...lol...have you got any pics, also where did you get the bulbs from??

Mine look ok, however i was just asking to see what options are available.

Thanks

 

[golf]

I got the bulbs from Aceparts.com. I've got some pics but you can't really see the light properly on a normal camera, there's just a lot of glare.

I would recommend upgrading to 5000k looks a lot better with no hint of yellow and very little loss of useable light from 4300k. Bit of a nightmare to fit the bulbs though.

 

[1animal1]

i had to take battery out to get my the back off the headlight....the other side was just an **** but not as much as the other

 

[danclarke]

i put 6000k in my headlights and fogs, good upgrade IMO :thumbsup:

Pic....

 

[Nilz]

Cheers for that Golf, will look into it.

Dan, once again that looks really good, what lights have you put in the fogs, are they H7s or actual xenons??

 

[danclarke]

they are xenons (H7) in fogs to match colour of headlamps. thanks for comment :icon_thumright:

 

[Nilz]

Soz for being a div, but do you mean xenons with the balasts and everything, or just "xenon looking bulbs"

 

[danclarke]

its a full HID xenon kit with ballasts

 

[jonS3]

was that easy to do? any probs with bulb monitoring? it must make your light output very good!!!

 

[Nilz]

Good stuff, looks really good, i was just going to swap the ones in the fogs for some white H7s that i have got, to be honest tho, the ones that i have are very good, as i had quite a few people ask if they were xenons, when they were just the normal ones.

I'll see if i can get round to it, is it fairly easy to swap the bulbs in the fogs??