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Has anyone figured out what the color temperature is of the 2017 LED low-beam headlights? I'd like to swap in some SMZ LED high-beam bulbs from VLED.com, but would like the color temperatures to match the OEM low-beams.
What's your goal here? To gain a better outside "look" of the car by having the same color temps? (Granted your brights shouldn't be on when oncoming traffic is around) Boost the lumen output so you can see better? Reduce electrical usage?Has anyone figured out what the color temperature is of the 2017 LED low-beam headlights? I'd like to swap in some SMZ LED high-beam bulbs from VLED.com, but would like the color temperatures to match the OEM low-beams.
Please confirm with the manual on if the highs are 9005 or 9006. Then it's either the 9011 HIR1 or 9012 HIR2 bulbs. Their physical design is basically 100% the same base, the ONLY difference is a little "notched" tab that has been added to the base to keep the bulbs from being used in legacy 9005/9006 applications. Probably more for a legal certification/testing reason then any actual real world issues. They're the same watt as the 9005/9006 so there can't be more heat being produce (if so, you found a magic free energy device) and they won't throw any codes since the load on the electric system will be exactly the same.Thanks for the 9011=9005 info though. I wasn't aware they were more or less interchangeable.
Has anyone figured out what the color temperature is of the 2017 LED low-beam headlights? I'd like to swap in some SMZ LED high-beam bulbs from VLED.com, but would like the color temperatures to match the OEM low-beams.
According to my color temperature meter, 4450K.
Actually 4300k is pure white. That's why most OEM bulbs are that temperature.No way. 5000k is pure white. 5500k has a hint of blue. Volt's headlights have that hint of blue. 4450k is yellow range so not even close.
Volt's LED's are between 5500k-6000k I'd say. The perfect light output.
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