elricfate

I'm unsure who you're pointing that response to but if you noticed from the replies, we're all pretty much in agreement that 6500K is fine, and that those LEDs you have in your hot little hands are the same as ones I have in my truck as pictured above.

2008__XL

While 4x4truckleds are listed as 6500k, they really do look more like the color of a 5000k to 5500k CFL.

They are white. Not blue by any means.

Not that it matters as all of us who are using them know they're white and not blue.

Summers22

iTrader: (2)

Yep, they are white, maybe a slight tint of blue, like 5%. But my ebay sets are the same exact color as 4x4truckleds. They are all the same bulbs anyway, just have different ballasts.

Fordman1979!

The light output from that looks amazing. I need to buy some of those for my 2011 F150. I've been looking to replace my stock bulbs now for some time since they have dimmed.

230748

Let us know if you need help finding a set Fordman... here is how they look on the 2015. These are the XHP in the high/low and fogs



LED Headlights & Fog Lights

Rockjock3

Previous poster said most of what I was gonna say. As far as your products. if it is saying 6500K and it is "truly" white, then your vendor might be selling you a poorly qc'd product, or is measuring it in a different way and thus misrepresenting their product specs to you. if you are making them yourself, then you might be doing either of the things above.

Point being said, lighting technology has ZERO effect of which Kelvin temperature produces which light. Just to further this point, if it did then photographers would have to have light meters for every different kind of light they shot under. They don't, because Kelvin temp is Kelvin temp. Water, at sea level, boils at 212F or 100C, it doesn't matter if you boil it with gas, logs, coal, electricity, in steel pot, glass pot or ceramic pot. Light at ~5500K is pure white regardless of what technology emits it.

Rockjock3

Hate to say, but those are blue all day long. Not pure white. Now, not a ton of blue like I see in some, and I would be perfectly fine with the (they do look great with lots of light output), but blue tint none the less.

Rockjock3

I would like to pose a question about leds here, seeing as it appears to be some opinions.

A year or so ago I had looked into LEDs, but heard a lot of people (mainly more north) having issues with vehicles that came with them. LEDs put little to no heat out. If you get iced up or are driving in icy/snow conditions their headlights would ice up. With traditional halogen or HID that isn't the problem because they both put out enough heat to keep the lights clean.

So, is anybody having issue with being able to keep their lights clean while driving with the LEDs?

230748

This goes back to that "is it a blue or grey dress" I suppose. It looks white to me. Maybe there is a hint of blue you pick up with your eyes, as everybody is different. I do photography so I tend to pickup all kinds of things in photos, but don't really see the blue, at least in "my mind" Maybe i see a slight amount in the fogs at least... but not enough that i'd say "they have a blue look to them"

Rock that was a big question I got earlier this year when the lights came on the market... the lights actually do get pretty hot, that's why there is a fan in there. I don't know if it's as hot as the halogen... I don't believe so but I know in testing I have to wait for the bulbs to cool down before putting them in the packaging. So I would not worry about them "melting snow" in fact halogens are not designed by nature to be hot to "melt snow" it's just something that happens from burning that filament. I live in NY and didn't have issues this winter with snow accumulations... the best folks to ask would be our canadian friends who use them, how did they do this winter?

elricfate

I'll let you know once mine go through an Ohio winter, but the main thing about that type of problem that doesn't concern me is that once you've cleaned off your headlights, unless you're driving into a terrible super wet snow storm at 10mph, the build-up shouldn't be bad enough to block your lights... I would think.

But it's true, far less heat is emanating from the LEDs, except out the rear where the heat dissipating pipe and fans are located.

It's just going to be based on anecdotal evidence at this point, I think.