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I just replaced my bulbs thinking that that would solve the problem but it still is doing it.
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Hello everyone. New to 996 ownership. One of my headlights is a blue hue. The other one is white. I just replaced my bulbs thinking that that would solve the problem but it still is doing it. Does this have something to do with the projector itself or am I missing something? Different year assemblies? Thanks in advance.
If you have xenon bulbs, those come in a variety of "temperatures" (Kelvin) or "colors". Factory is 4300, which is very white, but without the obvious blueish cast. At around 5000 - 6000 you begin to see the bluer white. Halogen bulbs are typically colored by adding a colored coating to the glass. The wild card in your situation is a difference between two new bulbs.
Sounds like the ballast then, I don't think they sell that part by itself new, you should be able to find a used one on ebay/wherever, not sure much effort it would be to swap it out.
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Can you post pics of the lights? Not sure if 996.1 or .2
Also, are the lights the same? The turbo 996.2 lights do have a slight blue hue to them, where the NA 996.2 lights do not. I think it is more due to the different chrome backgrounds where the tubo's are flat and the NA's are patterned.:
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IMHO, it's the ballast. When they start to go bad, the voltage is not correct and one side effect is lower kelvin light temperature. Since a bluish tint is the "normal" for litronics, I would say the white one is starting to fail.
One idea to rule out the bulb completely, is by swapping ONLY the blue to the white side and see if the color changes. Take photos to compare.
If the ballast is weak, it overheats the HIOD bulbs internals as well and the result is burning out the bulb very quickly... Which often = a blue tint as they die..
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