Green/Yellow HID. Problem?

[perrobravo]

I'm in the middle of a TRS HID retrofit and need some advice. Searched, but did not find. The kit I'm installing is the TRS/Morimoto 35W ballasts and 3Five H1 bulbs. All went fine until I saw the color. Very green at startup, then turn yellow after warm up. They never get near white nor anything like the pics seen in other retrofit threads.

The bulbs are the 3000K variety...maybe the root cause? I would just order the 5000K bulbs and seal everything up, but don't want to if there's some other issue that would require me to rip everything apart again and start over.

Thoughts?


At night, after warm up. Note the color difference with the side marker LED bulb and even the turn signal bulb.




Taken during the day, just after startup

 

[PADDO]

Most retrofit 4300k or 5000k for best overall 'near white' light. 3000k yellow is good for foggy conditions or go 9000k for that purple ricer racer look.

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[Mxndrnks]

3k bulbs are going to be on the yellow side... However, I would still recommend talking with TRS before you go any further.

 

[2000UZJ]

3K is going to turn green and then yellow. Was this a recommendation from TRS? 4300K is the LOWEST you want for low beams. 3K is suitable for fog lights during very foggy, snowy, and rainy seasons.

I run Osram CBI's in my FXR's and it's incredible, if you drive in the city a lot, you will want 5K, if you drive in the country a lot you will want 4300K.

 

[perrobravo]

Thanks. I'll give TRS a call in the morning.

The 3000K bulbs were not a recommendation by TRS, just the default selection during their checkout process (which I should have looked at more closely).

If it is just a matter of swapping bulbs to a higher kelvin value, I suppose I could button these up, get the alignment right, and otherwise get the truck back on the road.

 

[perrobravo]

Swapped the bulbs for the 5000K variety. "Problem" solved.

 

[Muddy Bean]

Swapped the bulbs for the 5000K variety. "Problem" solved.

Nice. This is good for me to know for future reference.