Budbaum Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 Any one no of 5000k to 6000k conversion hid kit for 2015 edge titanium? ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
style Posted July 23, 2015 Report Share Posted July 23, 2015 I ran a kit from Alpha HID.com on my old F150 and it was really well built. Their link is http://www.alphahid.com -- pretty good prices for a high quality kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWizard Posted July 23, 2015 Report Share Posted July 23, 2015 (edited) Any one no of 5000k to 6000k conversion hid kit for 2015 edge titanium? ?? First question is... Why? You just want to change color? 6000K is not brighter than 5000K, just more blue in color. And that blue is mostly glare because the human eye doesn't process blue light well. 5000K is the closest to pure white. Factory HIDs are around 4200K (just slightly yellow) because it is the most effective color for both visibility and illumination. But if you really want to change color of the factory HIDs, you don't need a kit just a pair of D3S capsules (bulbs) in the desired color. Edited July 23, 2015 by TheWizard 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrSS Posted July 26, 2015 Report Share Posted July 26, 2015 (edited) Color depends on what brand of hid kit or bulbs you buy or factor in 35 watt ballasts or 55 watt ballast. 55 watt will give you a warmer color. (I wouldn't do 55 watt it's a bit overkill). If your looking at lumens which is the light output then 4300 is supposedly the highest lumen output compared to other colors. I myself like the 6000k bulbs. I think they look best while still giving you plenty of lumens. Anything over 6-8000k is just a waste of $$ and labor. Edited July 26, 2015 by jrSS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrinzII Posted August 7, 2015 Report Share Posted August 7, 2015 Caveat: When you go over 6000K-8000K, you will need that 55W ballast to make up for the lower light output of the higher color temps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWizard Posted August 7, 2015 Report Share Posted August 7, 2015 Oh yes, and if you go over 6000K you will also need a bunch of decals for performance products that you don't actually have installed so that you will fit in with the ricer crowd that will have similar headlights. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwf78155 Posted August 8, 2015 Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 www.daytimebrightlites.com has an amazing and easy to install HID kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onyxbfly Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 I recently ordered the 6000K HID Headlight, The DRL, The DRL Courtesy wiring harness, and puddle lights from Dan at http://www.daytimebrightlites.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Riveros Posted November 20, 2015 Report Share Posted November 20, 2015 I have a ford edge 2009 in Colombia. I'm looking to upgrade headlights. I found Osram HID H11 and 9005. Could you suggest me if it would be a good choice. I also found these headlights (http://m.ebay.com/itm/GLOSSY-PIANO-BLACK-FORD-07-10-EDGE-TINTED-HALO-LED-PROJECTOR-HEADLIGHTS-/351361395230?nav=SEARCH).I am not sure if it can give high luminosity. Do you have any comment?. Please. Thanks a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWWPerfA_ZN0W Posted November 20, 2015 Report Share Posted November 20, 2015 You mean the Osram Nightbreaker Plus? I found the lights to make a significant difference from stock. Then I moved up to LED lighting, even better. JDM, vLEDs offer some of the better products in the LED area, I think. The aftermarket "projector" assemblies should work fine. Especially if you plan to upgrade to a different technology like LED or HID. If you do get the assemblies, definitely upgrade the bulbs at the same time to LED or HID. The DriveBright.com HID kit is quite nice, not sure how it plays with the 2007-10 Edge, but worth sending an EMail to Dan at DriveBright to inquire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Halstead Posted November 20, 2015 Report Share Posted November 20, 2015 (edited) Just out of pure curiosity. Would you put transmission oil in your engine just cause it has the word "oil" in it? I'm betting that you probably wouldn't. Putting LED/HID into halogen based lighting follows the same concept. Edited November 20, 2015 by Nick Halstead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWizard Posted November 20, 2015 Report Share Posted November 20, 2015 (edited) It's not the same thing at all... Yes, it is foolish to put HIDs in halogen reflector lamps. The reason is that the reflector is designed to focus light from a light source (the halogen bulb filament) that is in a very specific location and has a particular shape and orientation. Halogen bulbs have filaments that generally perpendicular to the axis of the bulb and more or less a straight line. HID capsules produce an arc that is inline to the bulb axis but that curves due to its own heat. Also, HID capsules position the arc farther from the base so it is in the wrong position for proper focus in the reflector. Projectors lamps are a different case altogether. The light source is enclosed in a reflective tube and the focus is accomplished by the lens at the front. The beam cutoff pattern for low beam is produced by a movable shutter panel behind the lens. This makes projector lamps (even those designed for halogen bulbs) far less susceptible to the light scatter and glare that you see with HID capsules in a halogen reflector housing. I have personally done HID conversions on more than a dozen different model vehicles with halogen projector lamps and they have all produced a well-defined beam pattern with proper cutoff pattern and no discernible light scatter or glare. You do have to be careful about aim because Edges seem notorious for having their headlights aimed too high from the factory. LED conversions are still in their infancy. I currently use them in aftermarket projector headlamps in my Mustang and they work very well. They are brighter even than HIDs and they are instant on with no warm up time like HIDs - useful with the flash-to-pass feature. They use a fraction of the current required for halogen or even HID but they are sensitive to voltage fluctuations so a plug-in capacitor setup (also known as a CAN-BUS adapter) is recommended to avoid cases of slight flickering at idle. I tried three different LED conversion kits before finding one that worked this well so they are not all created equal. I have not tried them in reflector housings but I have been told that the better ones have the LEDs positioned precisely where the halogen bulb filament would be so they work as plug-and-play replacements for the equivalent bulb. A better analogy than your oil question would be alkaline batteries versus NiCd/NiMH rechargeable batteries. They're all available in the same sizes and are often interchangeable depending on the device. But some devices won't work well with the slightly lower voltage of the NiCd/NiMH batteries. Similarly, some devices (halogen reflector lamps) don't work well with HIDs but for other devices (projector lamps) they are interchangeable. Edited November 20, 2015 by TheWizard 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candurin Posted November 20, 2015 Report Share Posted November 20, 2015 Wizard, which kit did you end up installing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWizard Posted November 21, 2015 Report Share Posted November 21, 2015 (edited) I now have the LMZ Platinum kit from V-LEDs. They are 5000K pure white (also available in 6000K cool white) and produce 4500 lumens each which is about 40% more than typical HID and double the output of the H9 halogen bulb they replaced, yet they use less power so they are safe with factory wiring. They also have adjustable mounting collars so that you can change the position and orientation of the LEDs to best suit your headlights. That isn't necessary with projector lamps but could be useful with reflectors. I had installed the VX3 kit from V-LEDs before these. They produce 2800 lumens which is not quite HID level but still an improvement over halogen. My concern with them is that they aren't fan cooled (heat sink only) and my headlights don't have much air space behind them. But they also don't use an external driver box (like the ballast in an HID kit) so installation is extremely simple. I ended up putting them in my fog lights after I got the LMZ kit for the headlights. They're now being discontinued so you can get them for just $80 a set. Edited November 21, 2015 by TheWizard 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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