Lee Oyston Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 Hi I have a ford fiedta zetec 58 reg What are the brightest xenon headlights I can get that are ice white colour which are legal Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike77 Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 You can't actually get real xenon lights that are legal for your car,,,, insert legal jargon here !!! A lot of people use 'Night breaker' bulbs, readily available from e-bay and the likes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheriff Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 The 'K' rating does not tell how bright they will be, but rather how warm the colour is. I think 3.5k is close to factory xenons, but most seem to go for 6k. I think 35w is standard and I know you can go higher, I'm thinking this will produce more light? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattDRX Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 The Whiter the bulb the lower the K rating, the higher you go the more "blue" in fact purple they go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan54771 Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 I use 6000k 35w and they look as white and factory standard as you can get without the real deal standard fitted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike77 Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Are you guys talking about HID kits, as the OP was asking whats the brightest/best bulb he can use legally ? I personally use HID's in my car, but I have the projector lens, which makes it much more easy on the eye to oncoming drivers. I'm not a fan of people using these kits with the standard reflective headlights, as they scatter the light, and dazzle oncoming drivers, and generally give HID's a bad name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattDRX Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Mike77 just to clarify this, I haven't ever noticed 2 different headlight fittings on this Fiesta, can you post a picture at some point and I'll put a pic up of mine so we can all examine the difference on one page and see what will work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan54771 Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 On the mk7 they came with reflector on the basic models matt and projector on higher spec models Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan54771 Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 The facelifts are all projector from my knowledge ? May be wrong but the st,zetec and zetec s certainly are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattDRX Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Only issue is with the ST you cannot fit a HID Kit to one properly, the Fuse Box is about 5MM behind the lightbulb and there is no room to add anything extra other than just a bulb. 1st world problem. Don't think it's projector though, will check on lunch, Odd I've never actually bothered to look at it properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan54771 Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Where there's a will there's a way ;) you'd be able to route the wires and fit the ballast somewhere. The st is 100% projector :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan54771 Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 The st's only difference is the led drl rather than the h15 bulb the zs's have instead of the st's h1 bulb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philf1 Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 I've fitted HIDs to my ST matt no problem lots of places to fit the ballast Sent from my iPhone using Ford OC mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky2013 Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Does the st have h15 or h1 full beam? Anyone checked on theirs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan54771 Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 I'm pretty certain it's h1, not h15 as they have the led drl not built in with the h1 main beam (h15). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philf1 Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 The ST main beam is H15, dipped beam is H7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan54771 Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 The ST main beam is H15, dipped beam is H7 That's interesting, why does the st need the second filament in it then ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philf1 Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 My understanding is that the main beam H15 also lights the DRL's but I could be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan54771 Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Weird, on the zs that's how it works obviously but on the st it's a seperate strip ? Gonna have to have a nosy at the next st I see Hahaa. Ford don't half make it awkard with this h15 bulb :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philf1 Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 I've read somewhere on here that there is a brighter whiter bulb being developed for the H15 Sent from my iPhone using Ford OC mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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