.Houdini.

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So my body shop was replacing a cracked headlight assembly and they ordered the $995 HID with auto leveling even though I told them that was the export version. Our cars should get the HID without auto leveling. Anyway, I figured it was no big deal and should still look the same but it doesn't! That new side HID lamp looks yellow and not blue like the other side.

Any ideas? Do the export headlight assemblies with auto leveling use a different HID lamp? Shouldn't it still be blueish in color?

Sigh....

Am I being picky or what:

EdmundGTP

Just put a different color temp HID bulb in there that matches the color you like more. The "bluer" light looks like about a 6000K bulb. The other looks to be high 4000k - low 5000k in color.

aurora40

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Could you use the bulb and maybe ballast from your cracked assembly in the new one? I thought I've read that HID's slowly change color with use, but maybe I am dreaming.

And curious, does it do the "leveling" thing when you turn it on, where the bulb moves up and down for a second?

RRsV

Either they used 2 different temp bulbs or gave you one new bulb and one used bulb that color shifted IE: old bulb.

punishmentcycle

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just buy 2 new bulbs off ebay.. ds1 is the bulb i believe and u can pick the color u want.. just replace em both at the same time.. might wanna do the fogs to match since ur gonna have to pull the bumper off anyways

RRsV

Its D1S.

.Houdini.

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Body shop pulled it all apart and are fixing it by using the old bulb. He said my original has a 4 listed on it and the new one had a 1 listed on it. He indicated that those numbers reflect the color of light.

So I guess the export auto-leveling headlight assembly uses a more yellowish light bulb versus the domestic non-auto-leveling version. Weird.

RRsV

All new OEM bulbs should be yellow'ish. The color temp on stock bulbs should be 4300K, which is yellowish / white until it color shifts over time. Then they'll turn more white and get purple when theyre about to die.

Never heard of a 1 or 4 reflecting a color on a HID bulb. Sounds like maybe theyre using aftermarket bulbs and not OEM bulbs.