Hey everyone i want to get some oppinions. What is the brightest blue headlight out there for my truck?? I have the NOKYA Arctic White S1 7000K_65/55W on my truck now but they dont seem very bright to me?





95 Flareside 3/5 drop, 20's, billet grille, LED headlights,LED 3rd brake light, smoked taillights, chrome dash trim built by me, more to come soon.

 

you need to get HID's...you wont get blue from a tinted bulb and brightness as well....my truck has 8K headlights...


The mustang has 6K headlights and 8K foglights

 

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The blue will filter out some of the light, which is why you'll lose "brightness."

Granted, this same will more or less happen with HIDs. The bluer you go, the less lumens the HID bulb will put out (but it will still be more lumens than you could get with a halogen bulb).

I've never been a fan of blue myself, but you'd probably be set with either a 6k or 8k kit.

 

i know a guy with 10000K HIDs and they are BLUE no white at all.

 

IMO i wouldnt go with blue headlights. It looks horrible when looking at it head on. Especially on a truck. But then again to each his own.

 

that looks like what i want thats bright in the daylight! What brand do you have? where can i find a kit for my truck ?



95 Flareside 3/5 drop, 20's, billet grille, LED headlights, LED 3rd brake light, smoked taillights, chrome dash trim built by me, more to come soon

 

the headlights on both are McCulloch but they are about $350 a kit

the foglights were from Oznium.com and flowlighting...now not marketed anymore...I would go with DDMtuning.com, their kits are nice and will get you what you want for about $85 just make sure you get a wiring harness as to not damage the HID ballast with power surges and not risk your stock wiring to heat.

I used to run the Nokya Arctic White bulbs in my mustang as well before switching....HID's are a night and day difference from those and you will never need to replace the bulbs (about 3000 hours per bulb)

 

Thanks for the info i am gonna check out the web site



95 Flareside 3/5 drop, 20's, billet grille, LED headlights, LED 3rd brake light, smoked taillights, chrome dash trim built by me, more to come soon.

 

They don't look that horrible, the only thing to worry about is the cops with the blue color, I liked the output and color on my 6,000k that you see in my sig.

 

I can't believe people actually try to get their lights blue. Not only are they doing so with illegal HIDs, but with a color that is illegal to display from a vehicle too. Stock to stock bulbs in a stock housings. Not only are illegal HIDs rice to be the blue ones are just eyesores. Do what you will but be warned of what is legal or not, and common courtesy to oncoming drivers who cannot see form the ridiculous glare and then end up driving into you head on.

 

I've never understood that. Maybe I haven't driven long enough, but why is there a fear of someone driving into you? Do people not maintain their original path when they are blinded? Is that why people drive into brightly lit emergency vehicles that are pulled over? They find a need to steer into the light? If so, shouldn't these people not be driving on the road?

It could be because I'm young (compared to some here here), but I don't think I've ever been completely blinded. I mean, there have been times when there have been some pretty bright lights:
- new FHP light bars at night
- people with misaligned headlights/foglights (both halogen and aftermarket/OEM HID)
- POS OEM GM projector setups (I think I've seen more glare from these than a lot of drop in HID kits)
- people driving with their highs because they're too cheap to replace both their broken low beams
- etc.

Never have I felt the need to steer towards the light.

I mean, it could be because I live in Florida, where most of the roads are fairly straight. I could see it being a problem if you get blinded in the middle of an AutoX course, or in the dark roads of a twisty canyon.

I don't know...

FWIW, as I said earlier, no blue lights for me.

 

 

I've done a lot of volunteer work with emergency services and basically there is something called the "Mothball effect". Basically stating that at night, a bright light will cause a driver to "fixate" on the light, and by human nature, steer towards what you are looking at. That is why the FHP has recently installed amber rear deck lights on the back of their cars. Amber is a natural color that tells humans to "avoid". Blue is the complete opposite, blue attracts human eyes more than red and amber. That is why FHP runs amber in the rears now instead of the blue/red they have in front.

You say you don't drift, but how can you tell? If you are steadily staring at a blue light source that you are rapidly approaching at a slight angle (lets say you are in left lane and theres a cop in the breakdown lane) you have your full attention to the light, and not the road. Since you are getting closer and the approach angle is getting shallower, the displacement of width between vehicles seems to be gaining, so you naturally turn towards the light thinking you are maintaining your seperation. I dont recommend testing it, but I've rode shotgun and watch the road when someone else is driving (I've seen plenty of accidents, I dont care much for them like most) but watching the driver fixating to the lights and sounds of emergency vehicles, you'll catch them drifting more and more.

 

Hah, didn't mean for my post to be taken as argumentative. Just me wondering since I see that argument posted almost every time someone asks about HIDs.

As for the Mothball effect I have heard of it. I always just thought it was minor, and that perhaps something inside someone would tell them "Oh hey, you're drifting into a car BTW".

I know a lot of FHP do run just the ambers, but I've also seen FHP just chillin on the side of the road with their reds and blue. As I said earlier, those things are pretty damn bright at night. I have briefly looked over one of the studies/findings FHP (quite interesting, BTW) did on their light bars, but I think it was from 03 or something since they were talking about LEDs as an emerging technology.

As for the drifting thing, I haven't seen it. I try to not rubber neck, and keep eyes on the road (I hate rubber-neckers and the traffic disruptions they cause.)
I didn't encounter any emergency vehicles on my way up, but I didn't notice myself drifting over to cars on my return trip to Orlando which was in the middle of the night (I usually run video of my driving, and it's for accidents in case you're wondering...)

But next time I encounter an emergency vehicle, and I'm running video, I'll tell you if I drift over.

 

Well eff the companies for making the blue bulbs,lol. I never drove my truck at night with my blue bulbs unless there was absolutely no choice, basically for looks. Besides I got an SRT-10 truck and TorRed Daytona to drive.