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Dec 29, 2012 | 09:12 AM

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PrinceValium

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Originally Posted by Jus2shy

They shouldn't blind you when properly aimed and mounted in a proper housing.

Yes I agree...I just meant they are super bright! Although you still have the idiots that put HID bulbs in their regular headlight housings!

Dec 29, 2012 | 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by 04XLTRUNNER

I used HIDs. Bulb is a 9140/9145. You can try over and over to get the HID look with a regular halogen but it just wont happen. To get close to the stock hid headlights go with a 6k for the foglights. I run 10k in mine and 8k in my headlights.

Coincidence- I just put this upgrade I did from 9140 to the 9145 in my '10 F150 into the Common Mods section. Then I go to the forums and find this thread... maybe I need to play the Powerball tonight

I had 9145's from my SD that I put in my F150 ~ a yr ago as they were just sitting in the toolbox. I noticed an improvement and not enough to blind oncoming drivers

Dec 29, 2012 | 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by cdmm151

Does anybody know what the 2013 ford f150 hid color temperature is? How many Kelvins they are?

Unless something has changed since I worked at Sylvania, the SAE/DOT requirement limits the color temperature to 4100 K. Personally, I would grab a set of 9145 silver stars and call it a day. No, they wont match but they will be closer. Just my 2 cents.

Dec 29, 2012 | 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by PrinceValium

Although you still have the idiots that put HID bulbs in their regular headlight housings!

What happens when they do that?

Dec 29, 2012 | 04:53 PM

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04XLTRUNNER

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I used to run hids in the halogens lenses. Did it for over 5 years. I recently switched out to projectors from spyder with 6000k hids. I run 8000k hids in my fog lights.

Dec 29, 2012 | 05:42 PM

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Do you have any pics?

Dec 29, 2012 | 06:03 PM

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04XLTRUNNER

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Yes in my albums.

Dec 29, 2012 | 06:13 PM

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I'm IT challenged. I can't find your albums. I looked at your profile but I'm a dumby.

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Dec 29, 2012 | 07:16 PM

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04XLTRUNNER

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I'm posting from my iPhone so it won't let me paste a picture. I'll get it on there tomorrow

Dec 30, 2012 | 09:40 PM

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fourplay

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i was thinking of doing a projector upgrade with hid's.If i do i will be running a led fog lite i found at ijdmtoys.com .

Dec 30, 2012 | 09:45 PM

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04XLTRUNNER

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I thought about going with the led foglights but I just don't see them putting out enough light for me. Sure they are bright but will they really cut through fog that well? And there's nothing illegal about hids in foglights either.

Dec 30, 2012 | 09:46 PM

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gixer311

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Originally Posted by PrinceValium

Yes I agree...I just meant they are super bright! Although you still have the idiots that put HID bulbs in their regular headlight housings!

That would be me...

I had the 3500K sitting around and threw them in. Put them on 2 years ago.

Dec 30, 2012 | 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by 04XLTRUNNER

yeah i dunno how they would do in fog but the color temp is 6000k which is the right color for the hids i want. I had an avenger and it had the separate high low set up and i went all hid's. it sucked having SIX!!! ballasts to locate and hide lol.

Dec 30, 2012 | 09:59 PM

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04XLTRUNNER

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Originally Posted by fourplay

You will be lucky if its a close match. I have 6000k hids in my projectors and bought a set of 6000k switchback led turn signals from ijdmtoy and the color doesn't match. Looks more like a 5000 k. Still bright but not exact color match

Dec 30, 2012 | 10:19 PM

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fourplay

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yeah so many factors to try to match perfectly. guess you would have to keep trying different lights and get lucky

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