RS Clio xenons - what colour (k) are they?

[Ally]

As title, what colour in k are the standard-fit xenons as fitted to Clios?

4300k?
6000k?
8000k?

I'm looking at aftermarket HID kits are always liked the colour of the light on my old 172, would like to try and replicate the same colour if possible.

Cheers
Ally

 

[Millen]

My guess would be 6000k ish. They are too blue for 4300k. My old astra had 8000k which were a deeper blue than the clio has.

 

[Chambo88]

so one told me it was 4300k

 

[sofaboy]

OEM xenons on all cars are 4300k

 

[AhmedRSi]

4300k

 

[Lee-182]

4300k

 

[GR4H4M]

Yep, 4300k! It's not the bulb that makes it look a real deep purple, it's the glass ball or projector!

 

[Ally]

Cheers folks, 4300k it is then.

It's just wrong rollin' in a BMW without xenons, these are the next best thing...

 

[rory182]

Need a hand fitting? We did alright last time we ripped a bumper off one of your cars!

xenons on motorbikes look bizarre!

 

[Lee-182]

Yep, 4300k! It's not the bulb that makes it look a real deep purple, it's the glass ball or projector!

lol

 

[Lee-182]

The colour is down to the Kelvin rating

 

[GR4H4M]

Yeesh i know that much , i meant some people think it's the bulb itself that gives off the purple light, when it's not!!

Tbh, anythinks over 6000k and your just asking to be pulled over! Plus 8-10,000k kits just look like the cheap nasty blue bulbs from Halfrauds imo! And there is no way that colour chart is correct, 12,000k should be a deep violet colour, not a sky blue :rasp:

edit; more like the colours...

 

[Ally]

Need a hand fitting? We did alright last time we ripped a bumper off one of your cars!

xenons on motorbikes look bizarre!

PMSL:

Nah, it seems this is a "go in through the access panel in the wheelarch" affair, shouldn't be too much hassle. Just deciding whether to go for these or not...

 

[bmh.01]

OEM xenons on all cars are 4300k

Not necessarily true, a lot of mercs/audis are using 6000k now.

 

[JCC]

They are indeed 4300k.

 

[Djw John]

Mazda 6s all seem to have about a billion k in them

Dunno if you've ever seen them on Daves 172 but they are 6k

 

[Ben..]

Not necessarily true, a lot of mercs/audis are using 6000k now.

sint the UK legal limit about 5k ish?

 

[Alan]

Ones on the Bini are stupidly bright!!

But as above most cars come wi 4300k, that said the ones on my mini may actually be more as bmh said..

 

[.GAZ.]

8000k FTW!!!

 

[Djw John]

8k is borderline too blue imo

 

[.GAZ.]

8k is borderline too blue imo

You dont have a say since your gettin 'merrit'!

:rasp:

 

[GR4H4M]

8k is borderline too blue imo

Yep, look too much like the cheapo bulbs from Halfrauds, only like a guzillion times brighter!!

Prefer the OEM look of the 4300/6000k kits, plus they give out better light too

 

[Ally]

Ones on the Bini are stupidly bright!!

But as above most cars come wi 4300k, that said the ones on my mini may actually be more as bmh said..

What colour was in your R27 Alan? HIDs Direct?


I'm investigating if I can get a kit for my van too because the lights in that are borderline dangerously dim...

 

[JCC]

Yep, look too much like the cheapo bulbs from Halfrauds, only like a guzillion times brighter!!

Prefer the OEM look of the 4300/6000k kits, plus they give out better light too

Pish, you can tell the difference between 8000K HIDS and imitation bulbs a mile off.

 

[Djw John]

Al had 8k in the R27. He wanted 6k but when I was fitting them we realised they were 8k instead.

 

[Ally]

Cheers John

They a doddle to fit?

 

[Reyes]

4300k
LOL at the 2nd post.

 

[Djw John]

Well for a guy as talented as me of course Ally