Tahoe/Yukon Headlight Information Thread

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Member arpz on hidp posted these comparo pics, and I thought they portrayed pretty well the loss of lumens as one goes up in Kelvin temp on their HIDs.

These low beams shots are on a set of very good projectors (RX-350), with Morimoto (slightly above average Chinese bulbs) D2S bulbs, the first pic is 5000K the second is 4300K. Both pics are on iphone auto settings.

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It gets progressively worse the higher temp one goes, and also once you start dropping below 4000K. The only bulbs that are an exception to this are the Osram CBI bulbs that are the first built not to lose any lumens at 5000K.

Anyway, I know that some people think they get more light with a bluer light but it's simply not the case, not in proper OEM projectors and much less in PnP kits.
 

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@felixgun I am going 4300k for my fogs, lows and highs but they are going to be 35w each. So I am worried about melting fogs. I am glad I dont use them as often.
 

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Why not go with the 25w ballast for fogs? Why risk it when a lot of people are getting their housings melted with 35w and 55w housings?
 

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Thanks for all the great info, as I need to do something about these lights my Yukon came with.....they suck at lighting the road.

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Thanks for all the great info, as I need to do something about these lights my Yukon came with.....they suck at lighting the road.

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yeah, there's been a few members who have tried those and LITERALLY thrown them away...
 

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yeah, there's been a few members who have tried those and LITERALLY thrown them away...

The low beams have a double cutoff line, one right above the other, and the highbeams are just a blob of light in the center of the vehicle track, middle of my lane only, and down low. I can't use those at all. Crazy. And I live and drive on dark country roads with lots of deer and other critters, lighting is very important....

I think I want to go with retrofits in a black housing, maybe with BG, although I am not sure he's still doing them, as the thread you posted a link to is totally quiet. The factory lights are just so big and chrome for my tastes.
 
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