Most headlights are more yellow than white. These HIDs seem pretty white.
That crisp blue hue is due to the lens on the headlight. Notice when you park facing a wall that blue/purple color is only at the edge of the beam. Below it, the color is white.
All stock HID or LED headlights are white thats why they are common. OEM manufacturers put 4300K temp bulbs because thats the closest to the sun or everyday visible light. Lower colors temps (around 3K are yellowish) and higher color temps (8K-10K) are blue. Those higher color temps are the bulbs you see in hondas that put out that horrible blue light. You don't want that as they put out less light than a 4300K bulb.
I've noticed on my car that really really sharp line delineating between where the light is and where it isn't like in that picture -- it's really jarring and extremely distracting, especially when you go over a bump and the light-line starts bouncing all over the roadway in front of you. There's one section of roadway where I've almost run into a wall three different times from getting distracted by that line. Is it possible to upgrade the headlights to incandescent bulbs with a normal diffusion pattern?Pic of a nice cutoff. Notice the blue/purple band at the top. Thats the HID "flicker" that looks blue.
I agree with you there. This is my first car with HID lights and I don't like them at all. There is a sharp demarcation cutoff of light...terrible when going around corners. When going down a hill you can't see the other side of the hill going up beyond the sharp cutoff point of light. I actually adjusted my lamps up to compensate...just enough to help a little yet not so much people are flashing me because lights too bright.
No offense Jimmy, but switching to incandescent bulbs would definitely NOT qualify as an upgrade. HIDs are proven to put the light out farther, and the design of the lights on the Mustangs also do a great job to the sides. The color temp of the HIDs Ford uses is as close to natural light as you can get. No incandescent/halogen can duplicate it. They can only come close. Yes, the HID beam is more concentrated/compact, which is what is limiting your vertical line of sight.
