2013 ford raptor HID help

[RAPTORSV]

that purple/blue is a higher temp. yes you can get them. what year is your jag?

Black 2003

 

[The Car Stereo Company]

i will get back to you on this once i get some info

 

[RAPTORSV]

I read online that the purplish look on my headlights is caused by the reflector and not the bulbs.

 

[BlueSVT]

I read online that the purplish look on my headlights is caused by the reflector and not the bulbs.

The color of the light is dictated by the color temp you choose.

Check out this chart:

 

[gt58]

ok heres the part where im a little confused. BlueSVT you did a successful hid kit install, but if im not mistaken, the previous year raptors didnt have the projector headlights. i trying to find someone on here that has a 2013 with the projector lenses and find out what they did to get their new hid kit to work.

are they a h13 bulb? d3s bulb? i was looking around for d3s hid kits and they are pretty much non existent.

 

[RAPTORSV]

The color of the light is dictated by the color temp you choose.

Check out this chart:

I understand, but I read online today that the bluish/purplish look that some foreign car OEM bulbs (IE Jaguar and BMW) have is due to the type of reflector they use and not the temperature of the bulb used.

 

[The Car Stereo Company]

you would need to retrofit them to get the same effect.

 

[BlueSVT]

I understand, but I read online today that the bluish/purplish look that some foreign car OEM bulbs (IE Jaguar and BMW) have is due to the type of reflector they use and not the temperature of the bulb used.

The actual color of the light is one thing...

However, certain lenses produce optical artifacts that will actually cause a slight color change and color "shift" in certain cases. Acura and Lexus seem to be the most dramatic examples. The actual projected light is mostly white, however light on the "fringe" of the cutoff will have a sometimes spectacular color array, and result in the blues and purples you see.

Here is a great example... white light, but you can see the purple color shift near the fringe of the cutoff:



Like Noah said, to have that true optical color-shift effect, you need a proper HID projector lens, in your case a retrofit. Converting your non-HID headlight to HID will still be OK, and if you have a non-HID projector, that's even better... but don't expect the same results you see on a high end OEM HID kit. You'll likely just have the color you choose, like I showed in the chart above.

It will still look very good! I recommend 6000K at the MOST if you want the most usable light output, while still looking super white/blue-ish. Anything beyond that starts turning blue, and frankly you're night visibility is decreasing.

 

[RAPTORSV]

My trucks ETA is mid June, so I will see at that time. But it has the 801A package.

 

[The Car Stereo Company]

yep. i prefer 6000k on my bike. since i only have 1 headlight i found that it works best.