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Why the new HID bulb is the wrong color

Understand why your HID bulb is the wrong color If you own a vehicle with HID headlights and have recently replaced the bulb, the light may not be the color you expected. This is normal. HID bulbs normally operate towards the blue end of the spectrum at around 6,000°K. Daylight blue is normally around 5,500k. However, new HID bulbs operate at around 4,150k for the first 200 hours, meaning the light cast by the new bulb will be noticeably more yellow. It’s not that you got the HID bulb the … Read More