Has anyone added the new "Blue" lights to their A4? There are a lot of companies out there! Prices range from $10.00 each to $25.00 each. Any help in this matter would be GREAT!<br>Ty

I tried several different types in my Saab 900. They look blue but are not any brighter than the white or "gold" bulbs.<p>Please note that for the $10-25 you are not getting the equivalent of the Xenon projector beam lights, just the slightly blue coloration.<p>Alex

No, you are not getting the equivalent of Xenons, which (when factory installed on a new car) are LEGAL. There is no state in the Union where anything other than WHITE colored headlights are legal. You can, and probably will be pulled over and ticketed for your blue lights.<p>Added to that you have two additional disadvangages:<p>They give out LESS light, not more than standard lamps regardless of what the manufacturers claim. The light of Xenons is WHITE, not BLUE. It is only a cast of color when looking directly at the headlight that you see a bluish-purple halo effect. The light projected is so white it makes halogens appear to be yellow by comparison. And in bad weather, such as rain, sleet, or snow, they are worthless and dangerous.<p>Second, you will demonstrate that you know nothing at all about the benefit that true Xenons give and that you care only about the supposed "snob appeal" of Xenons. Further, you are willing to break the law and create a driving hazard in the name of STYLE--that is until you get busted (as well you should).<p>No, I don't have Xenons on my car and don't intend to put after-market ones on it either (since as of this date, they are illegal as well).<p>Flame away!

A) They are illegal.<br>B) Eveybody and their monkey has them on Civics to MiniVans to Sport Utes. You wanna be like everyone else?<br>C) Because of B, A is starting to be enforced aggressively (here anyway).<p><br>Anyhow, I've had yellow headlamps for ages and have never been hassled and they actually are more effective (for clarity) than white. Blue is bad news.<p>On a road trip last year we ran into some bad @ss fog in Penn. and buddy had to give me the lead. Since his Corrado had blue bulbs, he couldn't see more than a foot ahead of his hood unlike my GTX's yellow lamps which cut right through the fog.<p>My opinion mixed with some fact, take it as you wish.<p>Kev<br>1990 Jetta GTX w/VR6 swap<br>99.5 1.8TQMS due in March

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How are Xenon's illegal when they come as OE equipment on Lexus, MB, Audi, Lincoln, Acura, and possibly others?

Yellow? Do you live in Mexico? No offense, I just never see yellow except on fog light systems. They're legal?<p>I never see the blue lights either. Not that I don't believe you. Im in St. Louis and I have some on my Montero Sport. They doubled my headlamp distance simply by changing the bulb. I havn't had any of the fog trouble either. <p>Didn't switch the A4 lights though. Might go with bright white. It's more in keeping with the style of the car in my opinion. Although, my wife drives the Audi most of the time, ( I must be crazy) she loves the blue as well. She's been driving my truck more since I put them in. She likes the added vis. Lucky for me. I get the A4.<p>My .02<p><br>

What judgmental thing to say. Snob this John. I put 80/100 Diamond blues in my other car and I get twice as much visibility. The contrast on the highway is great.<p>Excuse me for not wanting to have my whole headlight system reconfigured for $X00 and instead improved my vis. for $25.<p><br>

Excuse me, but I didn't call you or anyone else a snob. I used the term "snob appeal" as a possible rationale for buying pseudo-Xenons. If your rationale was something else, then why be insulted.<p>Whatever else they may be, your lamps are illegal. If you think you see better, then fine, but show me some objective test data that proves it. Blue light on black asphalt doesn't reflect very well, and that is only one reason you shouldn't have blue lights on your car. Another is that blue light is specifically limited by law to warning use on emergency vehicles.<p>Mind you, the fact you have used higher wattage bulbs (80/100--whatever that means) SHOULD give you better light--but only if it is in a useable spectrum. Additionally, the specified H7's are 55 watt, so you are quite possibly overloading the capacity of the lamp receptacles, reflectors, etc.<p>I'm perfectly willing to accept your assertion that you are not a snob. But you haven't done yourself or your fellow drivers a favor by installing illegal blue headlamps in your car.<br>

If the blue light is from blue filtering glass on the bulb, then that is bad since it filters out all the other wavelengths of light. i.e. poor lighting since only a fraction of the light produced by the filament is escaping the bulb.<p>If, on the other hand, it is white light with some extra blue thrown in (ala Xenon) then this should be fine in terms of not reducing overall lighting/safety.

Let me get this straight John. I have demonstrated that I know nothing at all about the benefit that true Xenons give and that I care only about the supposed "snob appeal" of Xenons. Further, I am willing to break the law and create a driving hazard in the name of STYLE--that is until I get busted (as well I should).<p>I have also not done myself or my fellow drivers and favors? <p>How is it you know so much about me to make these generalizations?<p>In your mind, there is no way that I bought these lights to see better? If it's working, then I would say I did do myself and my fellow drivers a favor.

Without trying to sound snooty, dude you should read the lighting FAQ presented on this great site.<p>I live in Toronto, Canada. Yellow is not illegal here. The officers here allow a car to have only amber/yellow or white lighting at the front of the car. At the rear they allow amber/yellow and red.<p>Putting a blue neon license plate frame on the back of your car will get you a citation.<p>I was not intending to offend you by mentioning that SUVs and MiniVans have blue lights, but was merely trying to make a point that performance minded enthusiats would not do this type of mod.<p>If you read the FAQ, it will make sense as to why.<p>Sorry again if I am coming off a little condescending.<p>Kev<br>1990 Jetta GTX w/VR6 swap<br>99.5 1.8TQMS due in March

<br>Sorry dude, but I seriously doubt that you have better visibility because your bulbs are blue. It's probably due to the higher wattage.<p>I would be willing to accept this if you said I tried BOTH higher wattage blue bulbs AND higher wattage white bulbs AND the blue bulbs were better.<p>I dunno... If you have experience with all shades of bulbs (blue, white, and yellow) all at the same wattage, then I could say, "This man has a case".<p>However, until you try all the bulbs like I have, I wouldn't go around saying that blue bulbs are better than white or yellow.<p>Sorry if this sounds nasty, but I think you NEED to read the FAQ and do a few experiments.<p>Kevin<br>