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Blue Tint in Headlights
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fastfraser
Blazing Member
You must have H.I.D. lights installed as anything above 6000 has a blue tint and the higher you go they get a purple tint.
ozzie
New member
lol. yea that’s happen to me too. it's the H.I.D. headlights and fog lights. I believe they only come standard on the phantom model. It’s nice when everyone moves out the way.
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Nope, they just want to look at the Spyder go by!!
SpyderWolf
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Silverstars definitely put out a bluish white light, and are very bright as well. They may be worried about you blinding them, or think it is an alien space ship. 
hyea:
hyea:pull up to a white wall or garage door in the dark. By nature the projectors have an area that is subject to a little flaring. Look at the light on the wall and look to the edges of it and you'll see a line of different color.
The folks with standard bulbs will see a line of yellow/amber, your Silverstars will show a hue of blue and the HIDs will vary depending on what Kelvin temp is being used.
Projectors are also very focused and have a strong cut off line. Not just on the Spyder, I mean projectors in general. If you're lights are lined up properly that flair line will sit below the view of rear view mirrors. As you hit bumps in the road, accelerate and decelerate that flair line will rise and fall. In the right combination, it will appear as if you are flashing blue, then your high beams and then back to normal. This is also how people sometimes think you are flashing your high beams.
This flair is also what you see in cars when they come around a corner or over a hill and first their lights look blue but then twinkle to pure white.
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oh yeah, one more thing. I take this one step further and intentionally set my right side a few degrees higher than my left. Both headlights and fog lights. This creates a wink effect as my right side flairs before my left. It makes me more visible in dark traffic.
The folks with standard bulbs will see a line of yellow/amber, your Silverstars will show a hue of blue and the HIDs will vary depending on what Kelvin temp is being used.
Projectors are also very focused and have a strong cut off line. Not just on the Spyder, I mean projectors in general. If you're lights are lined up properly that flair line will sit below the view of rear view mirrors. As you hit bumps in the road, accelerate and decelerate that flair line will rise and fall. In the right combination, it will appear as if you are flashing blue, then your high beams and then back to normal. This is also how people sometimes think you are flashing your high beams.
This flair is also what you see in cars when they come around a corner or over a hill and first their lights look blue but then twinkle to pure white.
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oh yeah, one more thing. I take this one step further and intentionally set my right side a few degrees higher than my left. Both headlights and fog lights. This creates a wink effect as my right side flairs before my left. It makes me more visible in dark traffic.
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WackyDan
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I get that more from my fogs than my headlights. I also have the halogen motolights down on the wheels, and they will flash blue going over bumps.
I've never noticed that I've pulled anyone over other than Doc thinking a TN state trooper was coming up behind us when we were heading to Lamont's from the Dragon.
I've never noticed that I've pulled anyone over other than Doc thinking a TN state trooper was coming up behind us when we were heading to Lamont's from the Dragon.
Some Guy
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Were you wearing a helmet?! :roflblack: :roflblack: :roflblack:
(again...I'm so funny in my own mind!)
Firefly
Active member
All the bulbs like 'silverstars' just have tinted glass--- they are no brighter at all... actually they don't put out as much light because of the tinting. If you want more light you have to go with HID's.
I've had people I was following ask me if I was flashing my lights at them--- because of the nature of the projectors - when the Spyder hits bumps the light tends to 'jump' up and down a bit more than standard lights.
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