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09-04-2011, 12:52 AM | #1 |
Drives: 2007 Toyota yaris sedan s Join Date: Aug 2011
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Headlights
So I had a close call the other day while driving my car, I couldn't see a bog box in the road at night due to my fading headlights, so I decided to get new bulbs, the ones I got are a pure white 12v 60/55w with 5000k, and after driving around I was curious and felt the headlights, I was surprised with how hot they were. Is 5000k too hot for the headlights? I don't wanna sound dumb, I know headlights get hot, but I guess I never felt them after use, any knowledge and if the new lights won't be a problem would be awesome.
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09-04-2011, 01:25 AM | #2 |
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Your headlights can take a surprisingly amount of heat. If it's just the face of them that's hot, it's fine. Consider that when you're driving you're actively cooling them with wind.
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09-04-2011, 02:20 AM | #3 |
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Yeah I figured that driving cools them, just wanted to make sure that I wasn't gonna have to spend 150$+ on new headlights, thanks
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09-04-2011, 02:54 PM | #4 | |
Drives: '09 Yaris carmine red 2d HB Join Date: Jun 2009
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A 3000k bulb will run just as hot as a 5000K bulb. Al modern headlight bulbs like halogen quartz run hot and the headlight enclosures are designed to acomodate these higher temp. |
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09-04-2011, 02:58 PM | #5 |
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You should've gotten the hid kits since it's so cheap nowadays ... Try to keep it around 4-6000k so u won't loose any lumen lights , and the hids usually run cooler than the regular bulb ... Just my .02 cents
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09-04-2011, 03:18 PM | #6 |
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^ Even so.. anything above 5000 just looks.. BLUE. Like, TOO blue.
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