dragpack70 Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 Has anyone with the '07-'09 factory HID headlights installed these VLED 5K bulbs, and if so, do they match the color temp of the factory HIDs? http://www.vleds.com/shop-bulb-numbers/5202-9009/5202-5k-10-xb.html There was an earlier version of VLED 5K bulbs with fewer LEDs on them that sounded good, but of course, they changed them. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert M Posted July 14, 2014 Report Share Posted July 14, 2014 Has anyone with the '07-'09 factory HID headlights installed these VLED 5K bulbs, and if so, do they match the color temp of the factory HIDs? http://www.vleds.com/shop-bulb-numbers/5202-9009/5202-5k-10-xb.html There was an earlier version of VLED 5K bulbs with fewer LEDs on them that sounded good, but of course, they changed them. Thanks. I have VLED 5K fogs in my 2008 with oem HID's................. They were the closest "white" match I could find to the factory 2008/2009 HID's. R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert M Posted July 14, 2014 Report Share Posted July 14, 2014 I looked at your VLED link and the part number they show for the LED you linked is: Part ID: 5202_10_XB_W_5K The number on my VLED bag is: 5202_6_XB_W_5K R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
03 DSG Snake Posted July 14, 2014 Report Share Posted July 14, 2014 I have the VLED 5ks, they are very bright. The clips suck and I had to silicone them around the connection to keep them from popping loose out of the foglamp housing. They are CLOSE to the HIDs, but a tad whiter. Swapping out the OEM HID bulbs from (4300K stock maybe) to a real 5k would be the best bet. I haven't bothered to swap them yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert M Posted July 15, 2014 Report Share Posted July 15, 2014 I have the VLED 5ks, they are very bright. The clips suck and I had to silicone them around the connection to keep them from popping loose out of the foglamp housing. They are CLOSE to the HIDs, but a tad whiter. Swapping out the OEM HID bulbs from (4300K stock maybe) to a real 5k would be the best bet. I haven't bothered to swap them yet. I would be interested in a 5k upgrade on my oem HID's, how is this done? and who makes the 5k replacements? I have had no issues (so far) with clips or anything with the VLED's, they are brighter and do light the area ahead of the bumper better than the factory fog light bulbs. R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
03 DSG Snake Posted July 15, 2014 Report Share Posted July 15, 2014 I would be interested in a 5k upgrade on my oem HID's, how is this done? and who makes the 5k replacements? I have had no issues (so far) with clips or anything with the VLED's, they are brighter and do light the area ahead of the bumper better than the factory fog light bulbs. R According to the Sylvania bulb replacement guide, the HIDs use a D3R bulb. You'd just need to find one in the 5k color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragpack70 Posted July 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2014 I looked at the VLED 5K's based on reviewers' performance of the 6-LED lamps, but could only find 10-LED lamps on their site now. A little whiter light would look better than the much yellower light given by the OEM bulbs, assuming additional heat doesn't become an issue, as with other blue-tinted quartz halogen bulb replacements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert M Posted July 15, 2014 Report Share Posted July 15, 2014 I looked at the VLED 5K's based on reviewers' performance of the 6-LED lamps, but could only find 10-LED lamps on their site now. A little whiter light would look better than the much yellower light given by the OEM bulbs, assuming additional heat doesn't become an issue, as with other blue-tinted quartz halogen bulb replacements. The 10 LED may be a little brighter, but still have the same "White"? R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mavisky Posted July 15, 2014 Report Share Posted July 15, 2014 The issue to remember for anyone looking at LED foglights, and some of you may already know this, but their actual light output is terrible. They match the coloring correctly, but these aren't going to even come close to the factory bulbs when it comes to putting useable light on the road. These are purely cosmetic for trying to match the factory HID color. Personally I'm considering moving to an HID setup on the fogs to increase light out put to help make up for the tinting on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert M Posted July 15, 2014 Report Share Posted July 15, 2014 The issue to remember for anyone looking at LED foglights, and some of you may already know this, but their actual light output is terrible. They match the coloring correctly, but these aren't going to even come close to the factory bulbs when it comes to putting useable light on the road. These are purely cosmetic for trying to match the factory HID color. Personally I'm considering moving to an HID setup on the fogs to increase light out put to help make up for the tinting on them. Before I bought mine there were several forum threads on the LED fog upgrades, one in particular showed a GT500 pulled somewhat close to a garage door in the dark, the oem bulb on one side and the LED on the other side. The LED reached out and touched the garage door with light, the oem did not. R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlugs Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 Does anyone actually use their fog lamps in fog? Why is so much importance placed upon matching the headlight white, when another (more yellow) color is probably more beneficial in real fog? Just asking... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragpack70 Posted July 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 GT500 + fog = NO! I use them for spotting splitter-killing critters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert M Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 Does anyone actually use their fog lamps in fog? Why is so much importance placed upon matching the headlight white, when another (more yellow) color is probably more beneficial in real fog? Just asking... I think that the lower lights commonly referred to a "fog lights" may be more of a driving light, or even for looks? Doesn't white light, or even the lesser than white of the oem lower lights actually reflect off of fog? I believe that it is amber that is (or at least was) most commonly used to cut through fog. Our oem lower lights are definitely not amber......... ^^^This is why I changed mine for looks more than anything else, they do nothing for driving in "fog". R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlugs Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 I think that the lower lights commonly referred to a "fog lights" may be more of a driving light, or even for looks? Doesn't white light, or even the lesser than white of the oem lower lights actually reflect off of fog? I believe that it is amber that is (or at least was) most commonly used to cut through fog. Our oem lower lights are definitely not amber......... ^^^This is why I changed mine for looks more than anything else, they do nothing for driving in "fog". R Yup; that's my understanding of white light on fog, hence the use of amber lenses on many high-end fog lights of years past. This thread caught my eye 'cause I recently moved to an area that gets some heavy tule fog on occasion, not that I'd ever want to take my black car out into it. In case I was ever on a road trip and ran into fog though, it would be nice to see where I'm going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragpack70 Posted July 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 I received a pair of the VLED 5K 10-LED 24W lamps (referenced in the original post) this afternoon and got them installed. Because of the cylindrical design and their having two LEDs on the forward (top of the cylinder) surface, they are very bright to on-coming traffic. I haven't driven in night-time traffic yet, but I won't be surprised if I get flashed. Each fog light fixture throws a 360 degree light pattern out with no cut-off on top. To my eye, the 5K lamps are just a bit more blue than the factory HIDs when viewed off-center. Looking straight on from the road surface, there's not much difference. I measured the fog lamp temperature with an IR thermometer, and it showed 100 degrees F (as a reference, the previous Putco Arctic Blue quartz halogen bulbs I had in there measured 200 degrees F, and were known to haze up or melt some fixtures) with an ambient temperature of 83 degrees F. Here are a couple of pictures, one from an on-coming other side of the road view, and one from a centered view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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