purple car lights

[flashburn72]

I was driving north on us 23 heading toward ann arbor when I seen purple car headlights. I have never seen this color before and wonder if anybody knows where to get them?

 

[Illum]

I have no idea why would you want to....
stick with a 5500K or better yet around 3000K instead

 

[StarHalo]

The most professional way to get colored headlights is to use a color HID kit, which is not cheap ($300-500) and requires some automotive electrical know-how to do it yourself.

The cheap and easy way is to apply colored film to your existing light housings.

 

[R33E8]

April fools day was a few days ago...:confused: JK!

Anyways.. The lights you are talking about are dangerous... The purple ones specifically are most likely HID lights that are marketed with a 8000k-30000k(:confused:) color temperature... The lumen it generates is very low compared to regular 4300k-4500k HID's which come on OEM cars.. You can barely see the road with them and they produce a lot of glare which is a hazard to drivers around you.. If you search you will see PLENTY recent threads about the dangers of them and such...

 

[flashburn72]

I was kinda hoping I could find a bulb for my bike that was that color. I have seen alot of colored headlights but I have never seen the color that they were. The color wasn't like barney purple but more like a mag lite pinkish purple.the color really got my attention and thought maybe it would make my ride a little safer.

 

[LukeA]

thought maybe it would make my ride a little safer.

Except for the aforementioned glare in the other drivers' eyes and the lack of illumination of the road and things on it.

 

[flashburn72]

Except for the aforementioned glare in the other drivers' eyes and the lack of illumination of the road and things on it.

Thats something I'm willing to live with if it stops a car from pulling out in front of me.

 

[Illum]

Thats something I'm willing to live with if it stops a car from pulling out in front of me.

your gonna need an eyelevel strobe light to get that kinda response

 

[Benson]

If you're looking at getting an HID bike light and putting an uber-CCT bulb in it, don't. A lower-temp bulb will put more glare in the out-pulling driver's eyes than those purple ones if used in the same light, by the same amount it will put more light onto the road. The reason they were characterized as "more glare" is because they are typically dropped in in place of halogen bulbs, in headlights not suitable for any HID.

If you want to keep some color difference to make you stand out, then instead of the brightest 4300K, you could go for a mild blue like 6000K -- it's obviously a blue-white HID color, but it's still respectably bright.

You need an HID setup for any of these -- that means the lamp itself and a ballast and battery pack. Dedicated bike units often have the ballast integrated with the lamp.

The HID retrofit kits for cars have HID bulbs with a bayonet or other mount compatible with some halogen bulb socket and a separate ballast; you'd need to supply a 12V battery and an automotive headlamp for these to work, and they'll usually have a very bad beam pattern and glare. Not illegal like it is in a car (in most states), but not a real good plan.

Building your own from an existing bike headlamp (what it sounds like you want) is possible, but a very serious undertaking, and not necessarily likely to give you satisfactory results.

 

[LukeA]

Thats something I'm willing to live with if it stops a car from pulling out in front of me.

My point was that those two things make you far less safe than running a normal (and don't forget legal) bulb.

 

[bshanahan14rulz]

if you are on a bike and don't mind getting a ticket if you happen to get pulled over (probably won't, but depends on the Officer), I'd say go with a 5000k or 6000k temperature for some light-blue color but still quite a bit of light. If you do a retrofit with OEM projector from, say, an Acura TL, you could have some uber awesome lighting plus some high beams that you can flash at whoever you want.

be aware that most people, if they see glaring light, will stay in their lane to be safe, but some will move over anyways.

 

[Changchung]

I think this is what you mean...

Illegal in USA and others countries, ugly and low lumen output... I think is just a nice option for show cars and off road...

 

[LEDobsession]

Illegal in USA and others countries, ugly and low lumen output... I think is just a nice option for show cars and off road...

They are ugly and have way low lumen output. I wouldnt want them for offroad (poor contrast on trees and such) and I sure as heck wouldnt want them in my 68 Chevelle on the show room floor. I would feel like I was trying to make it a rice burner or something. Thats what all those are. :barf:

 

[LukeA]

They are ugly and have way low lumen output. I wouldnt want them for offroad (poor contrast on trees and such) and I sure as heck wouldnt want them in my 68 Chevelle on the show room floor. I would feel like I was trying to make it a rice burner or something. Thats what all those are. :barf:

10000K HIDs match unpainted body kits, ridiculous spoilers, and straight tube mufflers on 90hp cars really well.

 

[Changchung]

10000K HIDs match unpainted body kits, ridiculous spoilers, and straight tube mufflers on 90hp cars really well.

90hp cars :laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing: Trust me, were I am from I saw a lot of these...

 

[bshanahan14rulz]

t'other day I saw a truck
was rockin the pink HIDs
matched the paint.
she probably couldn't see at all.