Before I go spending any money, I was wondering if these were the proper low beam (dipped) light bulbs for my x-type. They do take HID, I know that for a fact.



Thanks a lot for the help.

 

I'm going to have to clarify this one more time. The fog lights and brights are both halogen H1 unless you have done a conversion. The driving lights which are inside of the headlight assembly for the brights are W5W bulbs and then the stock HID bulbs are H1 HID bulbs. You have the right pair for fitment right there, but the thing that you are going to change is the color temperature. Right now you have selected a 12000K bulb which is going to be purple. Stock bulbs are 5300K.

This can help you with color temp: http://www.optionwholesale.com/item_...os_compare.jpg

 

Does the color temp matter or is it a matter of personal preference? I noticed the range of the temp but I'm hoping the color/temp doesn't matter. Thanks for the quick response disguay.

 

Isn't the stock temp 4300k not 5300k?

Also, I believe the OP has an '02 based on his sig, but I think sometime after '04 the fog lights were changed to the H11 type. So not necessarily all X-Types have H1 fog lights.

I have an '05 and my fogs are H11. I think Jaguar realized that instead of using that plastic housing that makes the H1 go at a right angle, they could just use H11s which are made that way.

 

I thought the light purple would look decent, maybe I'll stick to the diamond-white 6000k that are on for a good deal instead. Thanks again guys.

 

Fezz, the bulbs you reference are the correct bulb. As for the temp of the bulb, the factory ones were 5000K as I recall (early in 2002 may have been 4300K). When choosing a temp bulb, you have to ask yourself what features you are looking for? What I mean by this is that if you are after maximum bulb brightness, you will want 1 type of bulb. But, if you are after a certain look, then you will be going after a different color bulb. So, in short:

3000K - very yellow, slightly dimmer than the 4300K, normally used as a fog light for its ability to cut through the fog during adverse weather.
4300K - slight yellow ring to a almost pure white light, brightest of the bulbs
5000K - pretty much a snow white light from all angles, slighly dimmer than the 4300Ks
6000K - slight blue ring to an almost pure white light, dimmer than the 5000Ks
8000K - bluish white light, no real halo to them, dimmer than the 6000Ks
10000K - very blue light, dimmer than the 8000Ks
15000K - very blue to purple look, dimmer than the 10000Ks and tends to attract the attention of cops due to their color
30000K - very purple in color, illegal as they do not have a DOT approval to them, very poor quality of lighting at night (imagine trying to drive from the light off of a black light).

To put the "dimness" of the lights in perspective, the 4300K bulbs output roughly 3300 lumens of light. The 6000K/3000K bulbs output around 3100 lumens. The 8000K bulbs output around 2800 lumens. 10000K bulbs are getting down around 2500 lumens. It only gets worse the higher in the color you go. Not to mention that getting more of a blue light to your lights does not necessarily light up the area infront of you like a white light will. So, the effect of having more lumen than a halogen bulb is completely negated.

 

Thank you very much, a thanks to all of you who answered Appreciate the specific details Thermo, helped me lots.