ThatGTI
Go Kart Champion
I have officially changed all the lights on my car to LEDs, and I'm extremely happy with them. Only thing is that now the stock xenons look too warm in color and didn't really go with the rest of the lights. So I talked to the people over at deAutoKey and got a set of higher color temperature bulbs.
I put in one 6,500k bulb in first and drove around to see how it compared to the stock bulb. Color temperature was a noticeable difference. It matched the other LEDs very well. I took someone else with me and drove around trying to see if there was any difference in brightness of the bulbs. Typically with a higher temperature you lose a bit of brightness. The bulbs were very close in brightness, but the person I took and I thought that the deAutoKey bulb was a tiny bit brighter. Very very very small though. I don't recommend anyone trying to buy these to have a brighter bulb. You'd be disappointed. Now if you are wanting to have a different color bulb, then I definitely recommend these.
Later on I got a set of 5,500k bulbs from them to compare against my 6,500k bulbs. I was pretty set on the 6,500k, but then I put the 5,500k in and I ended up liking them more. They are a bit brighter than the 6,500k, again not by much, and they are a bit of a warmer temperature (obviously).
So the stock bulb is the least bright, the 6,500k is a little brighter than that, and the 5,500k is a little brighter than the 6,500k. I ended up settling with the 5,500k because it was a tiny bit brighter, but mainly because it was a more cool colored light output that isn't blue at all. It's still more white than blue.
This is the deAutoKey 6,500k bulb on the left and the stock bulb on the right.
This is the deAutoKey 6,500k bulb on the driver side and the deAutoKey 5,500k bulb is on the passenger side.
I put in one 6,500k bulb in first and drove around to see how it compared to the stock bulb. Color temperature was a noticeable difference. It matched the other LEDs very well. I took someone else with me and drove around trying to see if there was any difference in brightness of the bulbs. Typically with a higher temperature you lose a bit of brightness. The bulbs were very close in brightness, but the person I took and I thought that the deAutoKey bulb was a tiny bit brighter. Very very very small though. I don't recommend anyone trying to buy these to have a brighter bulb. You'd be disappointed. Now if you are wanting to have a different color bulb, then I definitely recommend these.
Later on I got a set of 5,500k bulbs from them to compare against my 6,500k bulbs. I was pretty set on the 6,500k, but then I put the 5,500k in and I ended up liking them more. They are a bit brighter than the 6,500k, again not by much, and they are a bit of a warmer temperature (obviously).
So the stock bulb is the least bright, the 6,500k is a little brighter than that, and the 5,500k is a little brighter than the 6,500k. I ended up settling with the 5,500k because it was a tiny bit brighter, but mainly because it was a more cool colored light output that isn't blue at all. It's still more white than blue.
This is the deAutoKey 6,500k bulb on the left and the stock bulb on the right.
This is the deAutoKey 6,500k bulb on the driver side and the deAutoKey 5,500k bulb is on the passenger side.
